Long Shots
The idea of long range shooting on game animals is one that, I think, tends to fascinate new shooters and it can be interesting to us old shooters as well. However, it is not something to…
New Rifles for a New Rifle Cabinet
Having been living and working in Asia for the past several years I will be leaving in a few months and returning to my home country. When I left my home country I had to sell…
Targets for Rifle and Pistol
Although there seems to be no shortage of free targets out there with which to sight in our rifle, pistol or slug shooting shotgun there is a small collection I discovered a while ago that I…
One Rifle With Which to Travel the World
When I was a young, new shooter I read shooting magazines such as “Guns and Ammo“, in fact “read” is not really the right word, I devoured them. I progressively acquired a shooting library over the…
1949 Bristol 400 Garage Find – Bonhams
(This is my most recent post for Hagerty). Some of us are “conservationists” of a different type to the common understanding of that word. Some of us are people who just love time in workshop…
Kahles Riflescopes
I’d been using various American rifle scopes by Leupold, Weaver and Burris for years before I discovered Kahles from Austria. At the time I was setting up a rifle for low light shooting, often at extended…
To Build a Morgan
Back when I was a school boy in England in the fifties I was asked a question by my schoolmaster one day. He was not a schoolmaster to be trifled with, he was a Scotsman. And…
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Growing up in London, England, during the fifties and early sixties; and coming from a family for whom money was stretched pretty tight, my Dad used to find low cost outings to keep my younger brother…
A Watch With Character
I tend not to wear wrist watches, perhaps it’s because I’ve demolished more than one inside the engine bay of whichever car or truck I was dealing with at the time. I prefer pocket watches but…
Transportation History, Ornaments and Art
When it comes to decorating the house choice is commonly based on compromise unless you happen to be a crusty old bachelor, or a young “the world is at my feet” one. Personally I would happily…