Rifles

This very nice bolt action magazine rifle was originally created in 1920 for a Mr. F. Morgans and the rifle was then made in .350 Rigby, a common caliber for general big game hunting though much…

When people hear the name “Smith and Wesson” nowadays the first image we get in our mind is of the typical double action Smith and Wesson revolvers, and perhaps of the expression “I’d like to introduce…

When Steyr of Austria decided to end production of the classic Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles in 1972 they needed to answer the “now what” question and come up with a rifle that would keep the loyal customer base…

“Out of Africa” with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford is one of my favourite movies. Director Sydney Pollack’s blending of John Barry’s music with Africa’s landscape, people and wildlife is fabulous, and as the icing on…

The Winchester Model 1876 is associated with Teddy Roosevelt and with the wild west era. It is a rifle that was iconic even before Steve McQueen immortalized it in his classic movie Tom Horn, a movie…

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one considers to be drop dead gorgeous – although a bit quirky – another will describe as “butt ugly”. We see this with cars such as the…