.416 Taylor
Introduction The .416 Taylor is one of those cartridges that started out as a wildcat back in the golden era of wildcatting which lasted from the 1950’s up into the 1970’s. Created by American wildcatter Bob…
Heym SR30 Straight Pull Rifle
Straight Pull Rifles: Background Although straight pull rifles have been around for well over a century they have only tended to really become popular in Europe, and not the United States, Canada, Africa or Australia. American…
Heym Express Rifle
History Heym began making firearms back in 1865 and by 1891 they had advanced to the point where they became the first manufacturer to patent a design for a hammerless drilling (i.e. three barreled gun). That…
Land Rover Series I Tickford Station Wagon
The Land Rover Tickford station wagon was a vehicle that, like the Land Rover itself, came about quite unexpectedly. When the Series I Land Rover was first conceived it was thought of as a vehicle that…
TarHunt Guns
When I think of a “Tahr Hunt” my mind conjures up images of a plane trip to “The land of the long white cloud” (New Zealand) and a journey into the “Lord of the Rings” country…
Steyr Model 1912
The Steyr Model 1912 was, arguably, one of the greatest pistols of the early era, around the First and Second World Wars. It stands alongside the Colt M1911 and the Luger P08, and yet it is…
Westley Richards .500 Jeffery and .458WM Double Rifle
Most people have heard of a sidelock action and a boxlock action for a double barrel rifle or shotgun: but not everyone has heard of a droplock action. The droplock action was created and patented by…
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…
Meyers Manxter 2+2
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…
.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…