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SIX-SHOOTER from HARTMANN & WEISS

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Don’t be too excited by the headline: Hartmann & Weiss, famous German Gunmakers,  are not following the steps of Samuel Colt. Though among the best gunmakers of the world, they are “only” making longarms as rifles, shotguns and combinbation guns. Nevertheless, I’ll call this awesome falling-block rifle “six-shooter” because it comes as a six-barrel set….

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JD Dougall, Gun and Rifle Manufacturer to HRH the Prince of Wales

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by Miles Gilbert The remainder of information on the top rib of this lovely double rifle includes the 59 St. James’s St, London address and then in front of the delicately engraved and blued two leaf sight “From H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES K.G. G. C. S. I. INDIA. 1875 & 1876. This 9lb. 4oz…

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KRIEGHOFF “ULM” O/U Shotgun

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The first Krieghoff was build in 1886. In that year Ludwig Krieghoff together with a partner founds the „Sempert & Krieghoff Gewehrfabrik“ (Sempert & Krieghoff rifle factory) in Suhl, Thuringia. They produced guns and rifles for hunters. Ludwig Krieghoff realized the importance of a well fitted gun. He became famous for his slogan “Die Läufe…

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Citroën Sahara, the four-wheel-duck

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From Auto Motor Sport 1961 This is such a wonderful article of late car Guru Fritz B. Busch in German  Car Magazin Auto Motor Sport: Source: https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/oldtimer/citroen-2cv-sahara-fritz-b-busch/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=manually English version by Google Translator: https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.auto-motor-und-sport.de%2Foldtimer%2Fcitroen-2cv-sahara-fritz-b-busch%2F%3Futm_source%3Dnewsletter%26utm_campaign%3Dmanually

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ISCHLER STUTZEN – ONE SHOT IS ENOUGH

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One of the most beautiful type of guns in my eyes is the so called “Ischler Stutzen” from Austria. Ischler Stutzen is the collective name for the legendary one-shot hammer stalking rifles, used by Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I. “Ischler” referred to the Austrian village Bad Ischl, where these rifles were made first by gunmaker…

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THOMAS HEUBERG – DRILLING AND MORE

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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 in the 19th and 20th century, there were also a lot of small makers and manufactures spread all over the country. Certainly one of the most typical German…

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HORATIO ROSS & THE QUEEN OF THE FOREST

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by Miles Gilbert & James Donohue Horatio Ross was born at Rossie Castle, Forfarshire near Montrose about 35 miles northeast of Dundee, Scotland on September 5, 1801. He was the son of Hercules Ross and Henrietta (nee Parish) Ross and named for his godfather Lord Horatio Nelson. Hercules Ross and Lord Horatio Nelson corresponded over…

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THINK BIG – A J.&W. TOLLEY 4-BORE

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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 livelihood. In those times of market hunting, big bore shotguns, so-called punt guns, were an effective method to take out whole flocks of birds while setting on the…

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A HOLLAND & HOLLAND 8-BORE HAMMER GUN

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This Holland & Holland is a nice example of a waterfowl gun from the 19th century. The 8-Bore Underlever Hammer Gun looks mighty but elegant. Made in 1882, the gun comes with its original Damascus barrels of 68 cm. The owner later ordered some additional steel barrels of 86 cm length made by Westley Richards….

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