Sometimes we come across a rifle that immediately challenges our thinking of what works and what doesn’t, a rifle that is an enigma to us. And that was my reaction to this Mauser Type B sporting…
The .500 Smith & Wesson is a lot of cartridge to pack into a six-gun. If we compare it to the world’s most common big game rifle caliber, the .375 Holland and Holland Magnum which is…
For some collectors and aficionados of the British single shot rifle the Field’s patent falling block is the action of choice. The Field patent is a side lever falling block that produces a rifle with a…
There are a lot of interesting and desirable guns coming up for sale at Rock Island Auction’s next auction scheduled for 24th-26th June 2016. In fact there are over seven thousand items listed for this particular…
Hodgdon has been supplying shooters and reloaders with top quality powder since the end of the Second World War. They are a company that has earned the respect and trust of people involved in the shooting…
(Note: This post updated on 5th August 2017 with additional re-loading information). The Mauser 9×57 is an interesting cartridge that was reasonably popular before the Second World War. Sitting in power and size around the .358…
