The Japanese sword has acquired near legendary status as works of art and for the technical excellence that goes into making them. Japanese thinking is very different to Chinese thinking, and also very different to British…
One of the neatest little free items available on the Internet is the simple ballistics calculator provided by Jackson Rifles based on work by Professor Arthur Pejsa. Just download the file pejsa ballistics.xls and open it…
In this last installment of our Schmidt and Bender rifle-scopes trilogy we will look at the Classic series of traditional rifle-scopes. The Classic series (or Klassik in German) are the older Schmidt and Bender design that…
I take my fun seriously. This is because there seem to be so many people in positions of power absolutely determined to make real fun activities illegal or at least heavily taxed. So even though the…
It seems to have become the fashion in recent years for businesses not to have Christmas Parties any more but instead to have “Happy Holiday Parties”; which is odd really because the word holiday means “holy…
In part 1 of this article we spent quite a bit of time looking at “magnifying” verses “non-magnifying” reticles to try to ensure readers are equipped to make their own choice as to which type they…
Regarded by many as the best rifle-scopes in the world Schmidt and Bender occupy a lofty place on the top shelf tier of optics you could choose to put on your rifle whether it be for…
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…
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…
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…