Wether if you like it or not – this Merkel Boxlock 16 Gauge Over Under shows what German Craftsmanship was able to do in gunmaking and engraving. I think this exhibition gun is a real piece of art. Have a look and make up your mind!
GEORGE FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RUXTON’S OTHER RIFLE Miles Gilbert An article in the Autumn 2001 Double Gun Journal (as it was then known) mentioned double guns used by British sportsmen in the American West 1833-1883. Among those sportsmen listed George Ruxton was known to have had both a shotgun and a double rifle. His written accounts…
Fine Mauser rifles from Franken In a small German town , situated in Franken, a part of Bavaria (but people there do not like that!), you will find some of the best Mauser rifles made today. Master gunmaker Heinrich Schiller is one of only a handful of craftsmen in Germany, who build custom guns and…
Trophies are not the most important thing with hunting, but of course they play a significant role as memorabilia for most hunters. I collected some pictures of trophies found in different places in Germany and Austria. Trophies are part of our living Red Stag Wild Boar Chamois Roebuck Fallow Deer Muflon More exotic game…
by Miles Gilbert SIEVERT NIELSEN FROM ZANE GREY That was the inscription on a ‘95 Winchester carbine held by Tommy Hunt when I met him near Parks, Arizona on the edge of what Zane Grey termed the Tonto Rim. Officially the Mogollon Rim, named for Juan Ignacio Flores de Mogollon (pronounced ‘muggy-own’) who was Capitan-General…
I saw this nice vintage photograph yesterday when I visited Gunmaker Theo Jung and he was so kind to leave it to me. Many thanks! I love these old pictures in two ways: as a Photographer and as a Hunter. They are real objects of art and typical for the early years of photography. This one…
A rare Hammergun of London Gunmaker William Moore & Grey. The gun is a 16 bore using the Grey patent. At the first glance it looks like a Pinfire Gun, but the hammers are only for cocking the firing pins inside the action. Better to see on this picture: The underlever locking mechanism: More information on…
Good news for German readers: The tales of one of the last famous hunters in Old Africa, Brian Nicholson, are published by Neumann-Neudamm Verlag. Originally it was edited in 2001 by Safari Press in English and only a small number. Thanks to German PH Rolf Baldus (editor) and publisher Heiko Schwartz of Neumann-Neudamm (publishing company),…
Lebeau Courally, the famous Begian Gunmaking Manufacture from Liège once again presented a real gem at the last IWA in Nuremberg. This time they showed a 28 G version of their O/U Sidelock model “Baron”. The lovely gun comes with Sidelocks of Boss type, 74 cm barrels and weighs 2,6 kg. The barrels have Teague…
High up in the North, you will find one of the last wilderness of Europe: Finland. Since the last Ice Age the landscape has not changed much . Most of the 5 million inhabitants live in the South. Among them there are more than 385 000 proud hunters who practice their sport with great passion in…
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