Who was Winston Churchill’s preferred gunmaker? Many will assume that he patronized gunmakers who made the best that the pre-war London gun trade could offer: and so names such as Purdey, Holland & Holland or Boss…
Woodward Best Pre-War Double Rifle
The 6.5×57 Mauser: A Cartridge Worth Discovering
A Light Sufficiently Powerful Rifle with Mild Recoil The 6.5×57 Mauser rifle cartridge has been with us for over a hundred years and yet it has not become obsolete. Rifles in 6.5×57 are still made by…
Rößler Titan Sporting Rifles
Introduction Austria has produced some of the most famous firearms in the world. In the modern era the Austrian Glock has become “the” must have pistol for civilians and law enforcement alike. The Glock “plastic fantastic”…
Karamojo Bell: The Small Bore Ivory Hunter
You Can’t Kill Deader than Dead Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell quietly went from being just another adventurer trying his hand at being a professional ivory hunter to becoming nothing short of a legend. In his years…
Smith & Wesson Prototype Lever Action Carbine
The Rocket Ball and Volition Rifle The quest that would lead to the development of the lever action rifle began with a man from New York named Walter Hunt who reasoned that before he could design…
Colt Large Frame Express Lightning Rifles
One Size Does Not Fit All The Colt Lightning rifle was created as Colt’s answer to Winchester and Marlin’s lever action rifles and it seems odd that it was not more successful than it was, although…
