A Classic Riflescope for a Classic Rifle A few years ago as I was coming back into the shooting sports, having spent some years working overseas in a country that was not “gun friendly”, I started…
Leica ER 5 Riflescopes
Although we’re used to the name Leica being associated with top quality optics but at rather high prices it is refreshing to see their introduction of the new Leica ER 5 series of riflescopes which provide…
Talley Quick Detachable Rifle-scope Mounts
One day I was carrying a Mauser 77 rifle. The Mauser was fitted with a Zeiss Diavari rifle-scope in EAW quick detachable pivot mounts and I was carrying the rifle by the rifle scope as is…
Lucky Strike Spy Camera
The “Lucky Strike” spy camera was made by Mast Development Corporation in the United States. Only two of these were ever made, one now resides in the Signal Corps Museum, Ft. Monmouth, U.S.A. The other one…
Serengeti Aviator Sunglasses
It took me a while back in my dim distant younger days to discover that sunglasses ain’t sunglasses. I was doing a fairly long 1400km road trip in the summer up in the north of Australia…
Schmidt and Bender “Hungaria” Rifle-scopes
Back when I was living in the Australian Goldfields my group of shooting friends included some Hungarians who made some of the best salami I’ve ever come across and also a very palatable cherry brandy. So…