A Rifle, A Story, and the Legacy of a Lifetime Wally Johnson began his big game hunting career at the tender age of 14 years back in 1928. What was to become his favorite rifle, his Winchester Model 70 serial number 13997 chambered for the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum cartridge was made in December 1938 ...
The Semi-Automatic as a Sporting Rifle I didn't use to think that a semi-automatic was a particularly desirable choice for a hunting rifle. I'd had a semi-automatic shotgun and spent some time using a Ruger .44 Magnum semi-automatic carbine, but finally settled on bolt action rifles and a side-by-side double barrel shotgun, although I did also ...
Whether or not we choose an "off the shelf" production rifle or have a custom one made for us in part depends on our budget but even more importantly depends on the gunsmith whom you'll be having build the custom rifle for you. If you have access to a suitable rifle-maker then you may be ...
Introduction: A .500 Nitro Express for Bolt Action Magazine Rifles The cartridge that we know today as the .500 Jeffery almost certainly began life back in the mid 1920's in the gunshop of German gunsmith August Schuler and was originally called the .500 Schuler. August Schuler's was a highly respected name in German sporting rifle circles ...
Introduction When the world entered into the First World War it was said that the Americans went to war with a target rifle, the Springfield 1903, the Germans went to war with a hunting rifle, the Mauser M1898, and the British went to war with a combat rifle, the Lee-Enfield. There is an element of truth ...
The 4 Bore: the Black Powder Era Elephant Gun The early elephant hunters back in the black powder era of the early to mid nineteenth century did not have access to rifles or guns that could dependably penetrate in such a way as to reliably stop an elephant, especially in the event of a charge where ...
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 looking for a suitable classic riflescope to suit the classic rifle I was planning to buy. As I looked for ...
Introduction The British gunmaking trade was primarily concentrated in the cities of London and Birmingham during the 1800's and 1900's. Some gunmakers produced complete guns in-house exclusively but many purchased either component parts such as actions and barrels from other makers and finished them in their own workshops. Other companies did not make guns or rifles ...
A Dangerous Game Rifle That Could Be Speed Reloaded by Stripper Clip The .425 Westley Richards is sometimes referred to as the Westley Richards .425 Magnum Express. It became a much respected cartridge, favored by the legendary Frederick Courtenay Selous and by John "Pondoro" Taylor, author of "African Rifles and Cartridges". Firing a 410grain bullet at ...
The Men from Victor Sarasqueta A few decades ago, in a time that feels like it was in another life, I had a work colleague who was also a shooter, and his pride and joy shotgun was his Victor Sarasqueta. My own shotgun at the time was a utilitarian BRNO side by side sidelock ejector which ...
