Alvin Beisen was a man who endured the hardships of the 1930’s and went on to become one of the best American custom rifle stock, and rifle makers of the post Second World War years. He…
Al Biesen 378 Weatherby Magnum and 300 H&H Magnum Rifles
The 348 Winchester
The 348 Winchester cartridge was designed to be a replacement for the 33 WCF and the 405 Winchester and was only chambered in the Winchester Model 71 rifle. The 348 Winchester made the Model 71 a…
Winchester Model 71
The Winchester Model 71 is one of the most outstanding of John Moses Browning’s lever action rifle designs. It brought with it the 348 Winchester cartridge which was a superb medium bore perfect for woods hunting…
Prototype 30-06 Thompson Machine Gun
One of the most mysterious of the Thompson automatic guns is this prototype 30-06 chambered version which is based on the original Thompson Model 1921/1928 design but with a distinctly different method of delaying the blowback…
Auto-Ordnance 30 Caliber Thompson Machine Gun
The Thompson sub-machine gun is one of the most iconic arms in the world. While most were made chambered for the 45ACP pistol cartridge a small number of prototypes were made chambered for the 30 Carbine….
Peter Capstick’s Musgrave-DWM Rifle
Peter Hathaway Capstick was a man who was instrumental in encouraging a young generation into safari hunting in Africa. His books fired the imaginations of many and the resulted in safari hunting becoming popular, something which…
