Rifle Marksmanship NSSF On-line Videos
Back when I began shooting seriously in 1971 I sought out whatever I could to learn what to do and how to do it. Four and a half decades later I’m still doing that. Learning to…
1939 Mercedes-Benz 170 V Sport-Roadster
During the 1930’s Mercedes-Benz were designing and manufacturing cars in the environment of Nazi Germany and, as Adolf Hitler was a car enthusiast (albeit one who could not drive) there were significant influences placed upon the…
Mikhail Margolin and His Target Pistols
When I began competitive pistol shooting in the early seventies the name Margolin was renowned as one of the best choices you could make for your Olympic Rapid Fire pistol and for your pistol for the…
1926 Mercedes-Benz Model K La Baule Transformable by Jacques Saoutchik
Confession is good for the soul. The Bible tells us that “If we confess our sins the Lord is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness”. So I need…
1961 and 1962 Triumph Italia 2000 GT
In order to appreciate the level of imagination required to produce the Triumph Italia it is first worthwhile to have a good hard look at the Triumph TR3 on whose chassis it was created. The Triumph…
1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster
Back in 1935 having a car, or a motorcycle that was capable of doing one hundred miles per hour or “the ton” as it used to be called, was a big deal. Nowadays it is a…
Bauska BBK-02 Magnum Rifle in .416 Remington
Lester Osborn Bauska passed away on 11th November 2011, leaving behind him a legacy of some of the best rifle barrels, and some of the nicest custom rifles you could buy. Les had spent some time…
1935 MG PA Airline Coupé
The first time I laid eyes on an MG Airline coupé I was smitten, it was just a sweet little motor car with a truckload of character. Although there were motoring writers of the thirties who…
1935 Riley MPH, the “Swiss MPH”
The Riley MPH that GM executive Bob Lutz lusted after as a sixteen year old teenager is finally coming up for public auction. One of sixteen Riley MPH known to have been made this car was…
Edo Period Japanese Sword Daisho Koshirae
The history of the Japanese people begins around the time of Christ in the last century BC when by which time they had migrated across from the mainland and were building a civilization on the Yamato…