Our intrepid reporter, JOHN NORRIS, travels to the Isle of Wight to visit a castle with an interesting history…
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On the morning of 23rd November 1943 Major General Ralph Smith sent the message “Makin taken…” to announce the island had been captured from the Japanese.
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Wheelwrite takes a look at a rock and roller from the cowboy era
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Bruce Potts takes his restored and recreated K98 Mauser sniper rifle from the battlefield to the hunting field
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JOHN NORRIS looks at a new series of books from Casemate and visits an interesting shop in Jersey…
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Military museums come in all shapes and sizes; JOHN NORRIS reports from a shining example on the island of Jersey…
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Mark Stone puts a traditional Boswell ‘live pigeon’ gun to competitive use
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The American Civil War is one of those conflicts about which historians and collectors never tire...
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Pete Moore looks at another classic John Moses Browning design that unusually never really hit the spot!
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John Northmore casts his critical eye over a reproduction of the Winchester 1892 lever-action rifle as offered by Chiappa of Italy
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It is almost 80-years since Japan attacked China in an incident which precipitated WWII. It is...
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Choosing a re-enactment group to join takes some thought; JOHN NORRIS weighs up the options…
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When war broke out in August 1914 the widely-held consensus was that it would ‘all be over by Christmas’.
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When the Churchill tank entered service with the British army in August 1940 it had already...
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It’s always good to hear about a new military museum opening; JOHN NORRIS reports back from Barry Bromley’s Classic Firearms Museum in Belgium…
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Derek Landers gives some pointers on starting a bayonet collection
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The author has done a very good job in putting together a range of firearms which are of interest to the serious collector. However, some of the weapons are beyond what many collectors can afford, in which case they will have to satisfy their needs either with a replica or a visit to a museum. Nevertheless, this is a nice introductory work for those with an interest in firearms.
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There is a saying which runs along the lines that ‘God made men, but Samuel Colt...
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Ownership of handguns is prohibited in the UK, but we can still read about them and...
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