Not everyone is a perfectionist but some have perfectionist tendencies. The Japanese as a nation tend to be perfectionists which is why their camera optics and their swords are second to none. Likewise the Germans are…
Régis Darne established his gun-making business in Saint Etienne in East Central France in 1881. Saint Etienne had become an arms making center as far back as the 16th Century and had even been briefly renamed…
When out hunting we are held to a rather higher standard than target shooters and to a different standard by comparison with military snipers. For the target shooter the shot that does not hit the ten…
It was using a pump action .22 gallery rifle when I was first bitten by the gun bug. I was too young to remember if it was the Winchester or Colt version. But I was a…
Many years ago down in the south of Australia I met a farmer who kept a .458 Winchester Magnum on the farm for kangaroo culling. At the time my rifle for long range kangaroo control way…
Paul Mauser’s 1898 bolt action rifle design is legendary and has survived and prospered in sporting rifles around the world. It is still regarded as the best bolt action ever created for a dangerous game rifle….
