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…
Bentley 4¼-Litre ‘Woodie’ Shooting Brake
No. 1 Engraved Winchester Model 1886 Express Rifle
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…
The Winchester Model 70, Pre-64 to Current Production
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…
United Defense M42 Sub-Machine Gun
The United Defense M42 sub-machine gun has a moderately complicated history, a history rather more convoluted than its original creators, High Standard, had intended. The M42 was originally created as a replacement for the Thompson sub-machine…
Verney-Carron Speedline “Stop & Go” Rifle
Introduction: So What Kind of Rifle Is This? Verney-Carron are famous for their superb double rifles which feature an innovative double under-locking system that obviates the need for a top extension, and thus leaves the breech…
Holland & Holland 500/465 Nitro Express Double Rifle
The British have a bit of a long and unhappy history of banning things to “solve” problems and the 500/465 Nitro Express was the result of just such a ban. In 1905 the British Government banned…
