A Rifle, A Story, and the Legacy of a Lifetime Wally Johnson began his big game hunting career at the tender age of 14 years back in 1928. What was to become his favorite rifle, his…
“The Last Ivory Hunter” Wally Johnson’s Winchester Model 70
The Bristol Brabazon – The First Wide Bodied Airliner
A Transatlantic Airliner for the Post-war World The first wide-bodied airliner was not the Boeing 747, in fact it had a longer wingspan than a 747. It was an aircraft whose specifications were decided by a…
Zastava Arms AK Sporting Rifles
The Semi-Automatic as a Sporting Rifle I didn’t use to think that a semi-automatic was a particularly desirable choice for a hunting rifle. I’d had a semi-automatic shotgun and spent some time using a Ruger .44…
The Austin A90 Atlantic
To Build a Car Americans Would Love The Austin A90 Atlantic was Britain’s plan for a car for America. This was to be the car that would take the United States by storm and become a…
BMW-Volkswagen 1500 “Fikobike”
If you suspect that the name “Fikobike” sounds a bit like “psycho-bike” then you understand the thinking behind oil man Lee Fikes decision to take his perfectly good 1967 BMW R60 and rebuild it into his…
Dale Goens Custom .458 Winchester Magnum
Whether or not we choose an “off the shelf” production rifle or have a custom one made for us in part depends on our budget but even more importantly depends on the gunsmith whom you’ll be…
