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Breaking the bonds of economic enslavement in the industrial German Ruhr for the wilds of an Illinois homestead, in-law Philip Schoenholz was so happy he included his new bird gun and hunting pouch in this ca1865 portrait. Because unless you were a Forstmeister, only aristocrats owned guns and...

Hipster Seattle urbanites protest the arrival of an Alaska-bound Shell Oil Drilling Rig by meeting it in their (oil-based) polyurethane-plastic kayaks. And in timber country to boot, with no shortage of woods suitable for canoe and boatbuilding, and boatbuilders to build them. And they can't...

Had a nice chat with Homer Pearson, owner of Champions Choice shooter supply today. Homer recently commissioned the first ISSU/NCAA competitive junior rifle since the discontinued 1980 Anschutz Achiever and has 150 of them on hand and 50 more on order. Homer designed this one himself with all...

Never saw a Unertl on an AR so I thought I'd try it on my adult son's match rifle build. Fabricated the mounts from Picatinny Rail 11mm adapters and 3/8" scope blocks. Used it as a class to our Junior Small-borers on scope mounting and setup. Here's a 17-year-old banging a 12" steel plate...

As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, I regularly do living history presentations to schools and youth groups. As my ancestors during that war were Pennsylvania riflemen and gunmakers (Newhard, Kuntz and Moll), one of my classes is on the evolution of the long rifle from the...

The Pistolet modèle An XIII in .69 caliber represents the service pistol of choice during the Napoleonic era, and was fielded by French cavalry as well as other army units and also naval personnel. Approximately 300,000 were manufactured at the Royal Armories of St. Etienne, Maubeuge, and...

Once a competition marksman, match armorer and coach for the Army, I enjoy spending my Saturday mornings coaching juniors in a county-wide program run by the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club, teaching competitive shooting to youngsters between ages 8 and 18 (photo left above). As the pool of...

(Mary Nyhart Moyer, age 25) Scranton, Pennsylvania July 8,1862 (Private Stephen J Moyer, age 29 Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, then on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) Dear Husband, I have now sat down to answer your letter that I received on the seventh, and it found us all well...

Light, compact, accurate, and a natural pointer, the Colt 1903 Pocket Auto retrofitted with modern sights remains a great little pistol, but a difficult one to reassemble. The manuals I’ve seen either say “assembly is the reverse of disassembly”…which ain’t so…or not to disassemble beyond field...

Cruiser must have been a logger’s dog. In the forests along Hood Canal where he died 75 years ago, he could have been little else, for a timber cruiser is the woodsman who ranges out ahead of a logging crew to select and mark the trees to be harvested. His grave marker was crafted in red...

Our youngest is a full-time college student. But he’s also an Iraq combat veteran and National Guardsman who, in addition to his line-unit duties, supervises a regional Honor Guard team performing color guard honors and veteran’s funeral details over a wide area of a large, western state...

While I was browsing here I was also using the site for a test posting for a KRA monograph I'm working on, and it occurred to me some of y'all may be interested. So I'll leave it up for a bit: Gunmaker Peter Newhard (Newhardt) (Neihardt) (1743-1813) Uniforms of the Pennsylvania Rifle...

“Cruiser” was most likely a logger’s dog, and a tough-looking Bulldog at that. In the forests along Hood Canal where he died 75 years ago, he could have been little else, for a timber cruiser is the woodsman who ranges out ahead of a logging crew to select and mark the trees to be harvested...

Can anyone tell me who made the aftermarket rear sight that appears to mount to the upper sideplate screw. Thanks.

Received a mint 1953-56 vintage 32 HE 2" Pre Model 30 the other day damaged in the mail. Loosely packed in foam peanuts, the revolver migrated to the bottom where the hammer must have taken a serious blow. Any recommendations on who can repair this? Or if it can be repaired at all. It'll...

Received a mint 1953-56 vintage 32 HE 2" Pre Model 30 the other day damaged in the mail. Loosely packed in foam peanuts, the revolver migrated to the bottom where the hammer must have taken a serious blow. Any recommendations on who can repair this? Or if it can be repaired at all. It'll...