Art, Engineering, and Adventure When I think about what first got me interested in guns and shooting it was the blending of the adventure of hunting, a fascination with the technology and engineering both of the…
The Honda CBX was a motorcycle that George Brough, of Brough Superior fame, would have loved. It was a bike that George Brough’s most famous customer, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) would have really enjoyed: but…
The Argocat is one of those little items most hunters and fishermen would like to have in their garage ready for life’s little adventures. Despite the fact that many of us could profitably do with a…
It looks like the car that Kermit the Frog should drive. The British called it the “Frogeye” Sprite, while across the pond in the United States they settled on “Bugeye”: but a Sprite by any other…
Introduction: The Land Rover Of all the vehicles ever made the one you are most likely to encounter in the most far flung places on earth is the Land Rover. Created by Rover’s Chief Designer Maurice…
The 1955 Chrysler C-300 was arguably the first of America’s “muscle cars”. The C-300 was in reality a racing car built for NASCAR competition but sold to the public as a road car so Chrysler could…
Background Sometimes it takes a dramatic wake-up call for people to take action on a problem, and the Heckler & Koch P7 pistol was created as a result of one of the most world changing terrorist…
Background The Aultman and Taylor partnership had its origins as far back as the years immediately after the American Civil War and the company was established to manufacture a vibrator threshing machine. When Aultman and Taylor…
Introduction: The Ultimate Refinement of the 1950’s XK Jaguars The Jaguar XK150 was the ultimate refinement of the series that started with the Jaguar XK120, which began life as a show car at the London Motor…
A Thoughtful Oddity The 7×66 Super Express Vom Hofe cartridge has enjoyed a dedicated following in Europe but is almost unheard of in the United States. It is a cartridge that has recently experienced something of…