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Blaser R8 fitted with a 6.5 PRC barrel and a Schmidt & Bender 2.5-10x40 Summit riflescope. About as good as a modern big-game rifle can get.

The Emperor’s New Cartridge

It has been my happy lot for the past week or two to put through…
Cutting off .66 inches from the .40-65 case became quick and exact using a proper drill press.

The Care and Feeding of Heidi

A couple of enquiries have arrived, requesting details on exactly how I manufactured ammunition for…
The Werndl action with its rotating breechblock closed. The quality of the materials and workmanship is obvious, and the action itself is ingenious.

A Heidi Report

In my first Sporting Note a couple of weeks ago about Heidi, the sweet little…
A Jagdstutzen built on one of the small Werndl actions, probably in the 1880s. The only name on it is Jos. Heinige of Vienna, most likely a high-end gun dealer.

Puzzles Upon Puzzles

It was the name “Werndl” that first grabbed my attention, attached to a very pretty…
SHOTGUN
Now fitted with a new Lee Shaver Soule-pattern tang sight and Hadley eyecup, the Stevens Model 49 Walnut Hill is ready for the range.

The Stevens Mystique

Everyone needs a purpose and, for many years, one of mine — a minor one,…
rifle
A top-quality rook rifle from Joseph Harkom, one of Edinburgh’s finest makers (later absorbed by Dickson’s). In all likelihood, it was made by W&C Scott to a design by Holland & Holland and (perhaps) finished at Harkom’s shop at 30 George Street. It’s chambered for the .300 Rook.

Rooked

A “rook,” as in “rook & rabbit” rifle, is a black bird, found in England,…
shooting
The author in his element. The rifle is a Snider-Enfield.

Learning the Ropes

When I was but a boy, when dragons roamed the Earth amid smoky tendrils from…
The Starr carbine.

Paper Trails

Every so often, it’s good to delve into the past and see how things used…
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The raw material — an unbelievable Armenian walnut blank, cut many years ago, and a Dakota No. 10 action.

Wood Just Too Beautiful

The story begins in 2004, when I was possessed by a desire for a trim,…

The Bell Project

Two hunter-philosophers honor the rifle of a great elephant hunter. [by Peter Ryan & Roger…

Expeditions: Fifty-Inch Minimum

The words “unmitigated disaster” spring to mind.

License

The Gray’s Poem by Richard Yatzeck Curse and confound us for clock watchers and cash…