Back when I started shooting in the seventies, and when I got into competitive benchrest shooting in the eighties, the notion of needing to break-in a barrel was unheard of. It was certainly unheard of in…
Rifle New Barrel Break-In
Winchester 1883 Prototype Revolver
Winchester were not content with just being America’s main rifle maker, they also looked at becoming her main revolver maker and created prototypes such as the Wetmore-Wells which was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in…
Armalon AL42 Rifle in .223 Remington
The Armalon AL42 rifle is one which you may not be familiar with if you, like me, do not live in Britain. But despite its initial appearance this is not just a converted Lee Enfield but…
BMW R16
BMW’s first venture into motorcycle manufacture was with their tube framed R32, R42, and R52 series (See our Revivaler post on these bikes here). Tube frames proved to be fine for motorcycle construction but BMW had…
Holland & Holland Royal Sidelock Ejector Double Rifle
American John Taylor who worked for many years as a professional hunter in Africa said that he believed the best possible rifle for a “one gun world wide hunter” would be a double rifle chambered for…
BMW R52
BMW began in 1916 when the aircraft engine manufacturer Rapp Motorenwerke was reorganized to become BMW. This was done at a time when the First World War was at its height. At the end of the…
