NEEDHAM NEEDLE-FIRE GUN
FROM MUZZLE TO CENTER The transition from muzzle-loader to breech-loader took place relatively quickly in the 1860s. Within a few years the age-old method of lo...
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THOMAS HEUBERG – DRILLING AND MORE
Germany has a great history of guns and gunmakers. Most famous centers of gunmaking for hundreds of years were the small villages of Suhl and Zella-Mehlis. But ...
Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Hunting Culture - Jagdkultur/Jagd/jagen/Shooting - Schiessen/Technics - Technik/Uncategorized/Wing Shooting - Flugwild Jagd
THINK BIG – A J.&W. TOLLEY 4-BORE
In earlier times, when it comes to waterfowling, only seize counted. Shooting geese and ducks was not a sport, but hard work, very often to earn one’s liv...
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BÜCHSENMACHER SCHILLER
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 ...
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3 DOORS FROM PICCADILLY
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 t...
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WESTLEY RICHARDS – OR NOT?
Picture above: Andrew Maloch and Charles Smith both obtained whole guns, or very nearly so from WR. WHO MADE THIS WESTLEY RICHARDS? OR, WHO MADE THIS, WESTLEY R...
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THE “RUSSIAN PURDEY”
By Aleksey Morozow Not many people in the West know of it’s existence – a best gun made completly in Russia by master craftsmen: The Russian Purdey,...
SINGLE SHOT FALLING BLOCK RIFLE
Sometimes it’s love at first sight – not only with women, but also with guns and rifles. Have a look at this beautiful petite falling block rifle an...
Double Rifles - Doppelbüchsen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Rifles - Büchsen/Side by Side/Technics - Technik
CROCODILE ROCK – WR .450 II EXPRESS RIFLE
Westley Richards Doppelbüchse Kal. .450NE #2 Bj. 1906 in absoluter LUXUSAUSFÜHRUNG Thanks to Norbert Wenninger of Feine Jagdwaffen for the pictures! If one need...
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MERKEL 304 PAIR – NEW PICTURES!
Some time ago I posted the outstanding pair of Merkel O/U Guns from the 1920ies.Tody I got some nenew and better pictures, where you can see all details of this...