At Rock Island Auction it is common practice to put a number of firearms into a lot so one buys all the firearms in the lot and afterwards can make a decision as to which to…
“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 348 Winchester cartridge was designed to be a replacement for the 33 WCF and the 405 Winchester and was only chambered in the Winchester Model 71 rifle. The 348 Winchester made the Model 71 a…
Thomas Bland & Sons made some outstanding guns and rifles and this Farquharson action single-shot is a beautiful example, made even more desirable by having been rebuilt by Griffin & Howe of New York. Fast Facts…
The 9.3x74R is a current production and fairly popular cartridge in Europe. The cartridge dates back to about the year 1900 so it has been with us for over a century and shows no signs of…
Fuchs Fine Guns are bespoke makers of fine sporting rifles and guns. Fuchs make one of the most unique sporting rifles in the world: the Joseph Szecsei designed bolt-action double rifle, along with conventional double rifles…
The 6.5×55 Swedish cartridge began life as Sweden and Norway’s standard military cartridge, and standard target rifle cartridge. It went on to become a popular sporting rifle cartridge throughout Scandinavia and other parts of Europe: popularity…
The Krag-Jørgensen was a visionary design when it was first created and it stands out as one of the great rifle designs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This rifle blended a butter-smooth bolt action with…
The 284 Winchester and the 6.5-284 Norma were both superb cartridges that produced surprisingly good performance in a relatively small package. Their short and fat case design with fairly sharp shoulder proved to be very popular…
Fast Facts Russian gun makers seem unique in the world in that they make sporting guns using the Lancaster oval bore to spin projectiles to achieve improved accuracy. The Russian Lancaster bore guns fall into two…