The Matchless Silver Arrow was a motorcycle that featured an unusual 18° side-valve V-twin engine that was said to be “vibrationless”. The bike also had a quite advanced suspension for the 1930’s giving it a reputation…
The Van Veen OCR1000 is a motorcycle that few have heard of. It was powered by a 996cc Comotor Wankel rotary engine and it was superbly made with excellence in performance, handling, and build quality. Fast…
The British Centurion Main Battle Tank served the British and other militaries through many of the wars and conflicts that filled the latter half of the twentieth century from 1945 through to 2003. Fast Facts The…
The late nineteenth and early twentieth century period of pioneering development of automatic pistols saw some fascinatingly quirky designs. One of the most interesting and unusual of these is the Mannlicher Model 1894. Fast Facts The…
Longthorne Gunmakers of Great Britain are pioneers in twenty-first century gunmaking and offer over and under, and side by side guns of extraordinary quality. They are especially famous for their titanium barrel over and under guns….
One of the most mysterious of the Thompson automatic guns is this prototype 30-06 chambered version which is based on the original Thompson Model 1921/1928 design but with a distinctly different method of delaying the blowback…
The Thompson sub-machine gun is one of the most iconic arms in the world. While most were made chambered for the 45ACP pistol cartridge a small number of prototypes were made chambered for the 30 Carbine….
The six cylinder Honda CBX might be thought of as “the Duesenberg of motorcycles”. Built to be the fastest motorcycle of its time it delivered that speed in a refined bike whose performance outshone its peers….
High Standard pistols acquired a deserved reputation for accuracy and quality. Primarily thought of as target pistols High Standard also made military pistols including those for clandestine operations. Fast Facts The High Standard range of pistols…
Peter Hathaway Capstick was a man who was instrumental in encouraging a young generation into safari hunting in Africa. His books fired the imaginations of many and the resulted in safari hunting becoming popular, something which…