Simplicity is a perennial goal for engineers and gunmakers (who are engineers of sorts). In gun actions, simplicity translates into fewer parts, greater strength,
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OPENING LEVER LOCATION
It all started many years ago when a friend loaned me a Holland and Holland B grade for a season. It was a strange
SHOTGUN ART PEDIGREES
The terms Art Nouveau and Art Deco might seem more at home in antique shops and art galleries, yet the two trends also influenced
SIMPLIFYING BARREL FITTING
Many years ago I fitted a pair of Spanish barrels onto an action. The job took months of painstakingly slow work with files
3D SCANNING FOR NEW BARRELS?
Can modern 3D design and scanning processes be used to make new barrels for old classic shotguns? While researching prototyping processes for a
ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS
the Ribeye training mirror The traditional method to stabilise your shotgun mount is to mount an empty gun while looking at your eye in
UNCOMPROMISING PLEASURE
All mechanical systems are a compromise, says the engineering mantra, but some are less so than others as shown by the gun in
BULLISTICS
The smudge just ahead of the three dark dots on the right is the shot cloud travelling to the target. If we could see
UNSHAKABLE BABY
It is as ugly as sin, at least to traditionally conditioned eyes. It is also light as a feather, has aluminum alloy action and
BLOW FORWARD ACTION
No, it is not a mistake made when I meant to write blow back, nor is it some kind of clever word play. There