Merkel Double Rifles

Merkel Double Rifles

Sporting rifles need to have a degree of specialization for the type of shooting that the hunter will be engaging in. For example, for long range hunting where shots may need to be taken out beyond…

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Meyers Manxter 2+2

Meyers Manxter 2+2

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The Meyers Manx was made possible because of the design brief for the Volkswagen that Doctor Ferdinand Porsche was given back in the 1930’s. Dr. Porsche set about creating an inexpensive automobile that could pretty much…

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.500 Smith & Wesson Magnum

.500 Smith & Wesson Magnum

Depending on your hunting experience, many will not really see the point in a powerful handgun cartridge. For me the changeover point came whilst pig shooting where we had a mob of pigs retreat into really…

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Hispano-Suiza H6C Transformable Torpedo

Hispano-Suiza H6C Transformable Torpedo

Hispano-Suiza have a fascinating history having made not only automobiles and trucks, but also aircraft engines and machine guns so highly regarded that they were used as replacements for John Moses Browning’s .50 BMG. The Hispano-Suiza…

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Watson Brothers Lee-Enfield .375 2½” Nitro Express

Watson Brothers Lee-Enfield .375 2½” Nitro Express

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The Lee-Enfield rifle was made in a number of calibers other than the .303 British with which most of us are familiar.  One of the better ones for a hunting rifle was the .375 2½” Nitro…

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Westley Richards Explora and Super Magnum Explora

Westley Richards Explora and Super Magnum Explora

British gunmaker Westley Richards is one of the most highly respected, not only in Britain but in the world.  Westley Richards guns tend to be treasured by those who own them, and their web magazine “The…

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Brenneke Shotgun Slugs for Hunting

Brenneke Shotgun Slugs for Hunting

Wilhelm Brenneke (1865-1951) was a German cartridge designer who’s contribution to the development of sophisticated rifle and shotgun cartridges is largely overlooked outside his native Europe. In the United States shooters are most often only acquainted…

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Pennsylvania Railroad T1 and T1a Duplex

Pennsylvania Railroad T1 and T1a Duplex

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The Pennsylvania Railroad’s T1 duplex steam locomotive is perhaps the most eye-catching, and the most controversial ever created. Engineers at the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and at Baldwin Locomotive Works created a quite complex solution to building…

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Singer Model 1911A1 Pistol

Singer Model 1911A1 Pistol

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Singer were and still are world famous for their sewing machines, manufactured at their US plant at Elizabeth, New Jersey. But as the Second World War loomed in 1939 the US Government was already looking for…

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Greener Martini Harpoon Gun

Greener Martini Harpoon Gun

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I don’t know about you but I’d much rather go shooting than fishing, primarily because shooting involves guns and fishing normally doesn’t: at least it doesn’t unless you’re going big-game fishing with a Greener Harpoon Gun,…

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