Weatherby Mark XXII Bolt Action Rifle
If you can turn the hobby you are passionate about into your full time job then you are near certain to be very happy about going to work every day. Roy Weatherby was someone who accomplished…
Wheeler Engineering “Level-Level-Level”
Not everyone is a perfectionist but some have perfectionist tendencies. The Japanese as a nation tend to be perfectionists which is why their camera optics and their swords are second to none. Likewise the Germans are…
MGB GT
Jeremy Clarkson once said of MG owners that you could always pick one because of the ingrained grease and dirt under their fingernails. There may be a grain of truth in this although I haven’t yet…
Bugatti EB110 GT
Back in 1991 the Bugatti marque was resurrected for a few years by Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli who set up Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. in Italy and debuted the company’s first car, the Bugatti EB110 GT on…
Darne Sliding Breech Double Guns and Rifles
Régis Darne established his gun-making business in Saint Etienne in East Central France in 1881. Saint Etienne had become an arms making center as far back as the 16th Century and had even been briefly renamed…
Brough Superior 11-50 Motorcycle Combination
George Brough was a man determined to create the “Rolls Royce of motorcycles” and he succeeded in doing exactly that. His first production model was the SS80 and production began in 1922. When we say “production”…
Sunbeam 4¼hp Model 7
Back in the days before he married my mother in law my father in law used to own a Sunbeam motorcycle of twenties vintage. He really enjoyed that old bike back in the days when young…
Fiat 508 S ‘Balilla’ Aerodinamica Barn Find
The Fiat 508 Balilla made its debut at the Milan Motor Show of 1932. The 508 Balilla was a small and quite conventional car powered by a 995cc side valve in-line four cylinder engine that produced…
Free Vital Zone Targets from Berger Bullets
When out hunting we are held to a rather higher standard than target shooters and to a different standard by comparison with military snipers. For the target shooter the shot that does not hit the ten…
Beretta M1951
On Beretta’s 490th Anniversary we celebrate almost five hundred years of Beretta firearms. Beretta have used that four hundred and ninety years to establish a reputation for quality and imaginative designs, yet Beretta’s designs are kept…