Introduction: Naval Guns Were Single-Shots I wonder if you’ve ever considered that the artillery and naval guns of the First and Second World Wars were single shots? Most artillery guns probably still are. My own father…
British sports car designer Donald Healey was active in motor sport and working to build up his small specialist business with a view to becoming a major sports car maker. As it turned out his sports…
Introduction Back in 2009, when Mauser announced that they were going to put the classic Model of 1898 back into production, you could hear sporting rifle aficionados all over the globe singing “Halleluyah”. Not the miserable…
I’m a bit of a wood aficionado, there’s nothing quite like a genuine wood dashboard in a car, or a walnut stock on a rifle or shotgun, or a “mahogany runabout” boat. Good wood typically has…
Introduction Its not often you get to handle a rifle that is worth as much as a house, it happened to me exactly once, and the rifle concerned once belonged to a royal family. The rifle’s…
Introduction: The Winchester Model 70, an American Icon The Winchester Model 70 was, and still is, a different rifle for different people. For some it represents one of, if not the greatest American rifles ever created…
