I take my fun seriously. This is because there seem to be so many people in positions of power absolutely determined to make real fun activities illegal or at least heavily taxed. So even though the…
Jon C. Branch
We Wish You a Joy Filled “Papa Panov” Christmas
It seems to have become the fashion in recent years for businesses not to have Christmas Parties any more but instead to have “Happy Holiday Parties”; which is odd really because the word holiday means “holy…
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Hunting Riflescopes by Schmidt and Bender – Part 2
In part 1 of this article we spent quite a bit of time looking at “magnifying” verses “non-magnifying” reticles to try to ensure readers are equipped to make their own choice as to which type they…
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Hunting Rifle-scopes by Schmidt and Bender – Part 1
Regarded by many as the best rifle-scopes in the world Schmidt and Bender occupy a lofty place on the top shelf tier of optics you could choose to put on your rifle whether it be for…
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Long Shots
The idea of long range shooting on game animals is one that, I think, tends to fascinate new shooters and it can be interesting to us old shooters as well. However, it is not something to…
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New Rifles for a New Rifle Cabinet
Having been living and working in Asia for the past several years I will be leaving in a few months and returning to my home country. When I left my home country I had to sell…
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Targets for Rifle and Pistol
Although there seems to be no shortage of free targets out there with which to sight in our rifle, pistol or slug shooting shotgun there is a small collection I discovered a while ago that I…
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One Rifle With Which to Travel the World
When I was a young, new shooter I read shooting magazines such as “Guns and Ammo“, in fact “read” is not really the right word, I devoured them. I progressively acquired a shooting library over the…
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1949 Bristol 400 Garage Find – Bonhams
(This is my most recent post for Hagerty). Some of us are “conservationists” of a different type to the common understanding of that word. Some of us are people who just love time in workshop…
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Kahles Riflescopes
I’d been using various American rifle scopes by Leupold, Weaver and Burris for years before I discovered Kahles from Austria. At the time I was setting up a rifle for low light shooting, often at extended…
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