One of the more rare and interesting variants of the Colt 1911 is the one made specifically for the ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) Centre Fire target match. The pistol was made for international export to…
At the Bonhams “Modern Sporting Guns” auction coming up in London, UK, on 2nd December there are four reasonably priced Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles on offer. The first, and for some the cream of the crop is a…
The notion of a double rifle makes complete sense to me especially for a rifle that will be used against dangerous game. Double rifles are difficult to make, in part because the two barrels have to…
At their upcoming Modern Sporting Guns auction scheduled for 2nd December 2015 Bonhams will be offering one Purdey self-opening gun and four matched pairs. So for Purdey collectors and for those perhaps aiming for a once…
The Czechoslovakian CZ ZKR 551 target revolver was designed by the Koucky brothers around 1955-1956 and became popular in Czechoslovakia and amongst some shooters in Europe. Examples even made their way to such exotic locations as…
The Series 1 Land Rover was the car that defined what a Land Rover is, or rather was. In the movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy” the mechanic, who has to spend more time fixing it…
Winston Churchill’s Webley automatic pistol Model 1913 needs to be saved from the hands of those who would desecrate this important historical artefact by “de-activating” it, in other words damaging it so it cannot be used…
The “Lucky Strike” spy camera was made by Mast Development Corporation in the United States. Only two of these were ever made, one now resides in the Signal Corps Museum, Ft. Monmouth, U.S.A. The other one…
After the Second World War the design work done by Hans Ledwinka survived him and was developed by the Czech company Tatra that he had spent many years working for. The Tatra 603 was in production…
If I asked you to name the only semi-mid engine production car in the world would you be able to guess what it was? Of course you would, it’s the car we’re featuring in this post….