The Hornady Lock-N-Load® technology is a simple yet significant improvement in classic reloading press design. Reloading presses in past years required the operator to manually adjust the reloading dies being installed into the press. This had…
When it comes to choosing a shotgun my personal preference tends towards the side by side double. The reason for this may seem a little unusual. I am right handed but was born with a dominant…
The World War II German Enigma encryption machine and the successful Allied effort to crack it are fascinating pieces of modern history. Surviving Enigma machines are a rarity and amongst the most rare is the Kriegsmarine…
The Johnson Shipley Bonneville racer auction on eBay ended on 15th October at 5:00am with a bid of US$80,000.00. You can find the eBay auction page if you click here. This car, which was one of…
Heavy calibre hunting handguns are, in my humble opinion at least, enormously enjoyable to shoot. It can help to have arms like Popeye the Sailorman, and to have consumed your can of Spinach before lining her…
Wandering down the main street of the town where I live today I saw a hot rod based on what looked like a 1938 Ford Model 48 utility (or pick-up for our US readers). It was…
It was quite common for senior officers of the Japanese Imperial Army who came from traditional samurai families to have a family heirloom sword blade mounted in army regulation mounts to carry on duty. For this…
The 1972 Chevrolet Corvette was an interesting car, but it was a car that would respond nicely to some well thought out improvements. The original shark nosed Corvette was a car that set whole new standards…
The Volkswagen Iltis is one of those lesser know but quite superb cars that really should be rather more appreciated than they are. Occasionally one of these wonderfully interesting little vehicles pops up for sale and…
The Jensen Healey was one of very few cars to win a Sports Car Club of America championship in its first year of competition. That occurred in 1973, the year of production for this interesting Jensen…