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RICHENS LACEY ‘UNCLE DICK’ WOOTTON by Miles Gilbert Most of us have probably crossed Raton Pass on I-25 between Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM. Until it was develop...
RICHENS LACEY ‘UNCLE DICK’ WOOTTON by Miles Gilbert Most of us have probably crossed Raton Pass on I-25 between Trinidad, CO and Raton, NM. Until it was develop...
This is what I got from Miles Gilbert / Arizona: “American single shot rifles may be out of their league in the presence of high grade British and Contine...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This story was written by Richard Brewster and published in the Shooting Sportsman under the title “A Father-Son Purdey”: Many thanks to Shooting Sp...
A happy New Year to all readers and friends of my blog! Below is a really big bore from Napoleon’s time, made in 1811 in Liège, Belgium. Look here for the...
Winchester, one of the most famous brands in firearms history, which became synonymous with the Wild West, celebrates it’s 150th anniversary. Time to look...