EXHIBITION ON GUN ENGRAVING
Just got a message from Alain Lovenberg, who noticed me for an exhibition on gun engraving in Liège from May 13 to June 3, 2018. I think it will be worth a visi...
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Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Side by Side - Doppelflinten/Uncategorized/Wing Shooting - Flugwild Jagd
JULES BURY – LIÈGE BEST GUNMAKER
One of the better known makers of Belgian Guns during the “Golden Age” of Liège was Jules Bury, arquebusier in Liège passage Lemonnier, 11. He was ...
Bolt Action Rifles - Repetierbüchsen/Companies - Firmen/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Rifles - Büchsen/Uncategorized
TOY FOR A BOY – DREYSE TESCHING from 1894
Probably there was a lucky boy at the end of the 19th century who got this nice little single shot rifle made by a famous German gunmaker in Sömmerda as a prese...
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...
THE BEAUTIFUL KNIVES OF NICOLAS FETTING
“Later, being into knife collecting, I found that most knives could be improved in terms of ergonomics, beauty and size.” One of the most important ...
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for all Readers!
Companies - Firmen/History - Geschichte/Hunting Gear - Jagdausrüstung/Tradition - Brauchtum/Uncategorized
10 vintage gun adverts for hunters from the 40s and 50s – the Monocular
Source: 10 vintage gun adverts for hunters from the 40s and 50s – the Monocular
Washington, D.C. 1923: Flinte für drei Hände – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Dieses Riesengewehr auf die leichte Schulter zu nehmen, konnte böse enden. einestages erzählt die Geschichte einer Waffe, die nicht nur für ihr Ziel gefährlich ...
BROWNING/Companies - Firmen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Lifestyle - Lebensart/Uncategorized
FN B25 – PAIR OF CUSTOM MADE GUNS
The B25 certainly is one of the most famous O/U Doubles in the world. It was the last great design of firearm inventor John Moses Browning. His intention was, t...
Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Side by Side - Doppelflinten/Uncategorized
THE GUNS AND GUNMAKERS OF ST. PETERSBURG
A LOOK AT THE LITTLE-KNOWN ARTISANS OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA by Marc Gettemans Little information about Russia’s sporting arms makers of the era of Czars has...