Historical – Page 14 – Scattered Shots

Pre 64 Model 70 Super Grade

1/1226 Pre-64 Model 70 Super Grade Africans- Karl How about that? A 458 Win Mag Model 70 Safari Supergrade.

Colt Canada C84A4 Concept Carbine

Man, this is pretty nifty. I know nothing about it yet. Be neat to get the details on it soon. C8A4 carbine as the conceptual prototype for the Canadian military’s ‘Canadian Modular Assault Rifle’ program

Townsend Whelen: Mister Rifleman

From the now long dead Rifleman’s Journal One of the most accurate, and at the same time lyrical and romantic, descriptions of highpower rifle shooting is found in Charles G. Finney’s The Old China Hands. The book is the wonderfully told tale of a young man’s experience as a private soldiering in the 15th InfantryContinue reading “Townsend Whelen: Mister Rifleman”

The Old Master The Story of Harry M. Pope

By John Scofield(from The American Rifleman June, 1941) The old man slowly climbs the stairs that hang steeply on the side of the warehouse, and lets himself into the fourth floor shop he has worked in for over three decades. Before him now the lettering “H. M. Pope” shows dimly for an instant through theContinue reading “The Old Master The Story of Harry M. Pope”

MBA Short Stop Data Dump

We’ve covered some AP projectiles the last few days, so how about one that won’t penetrate anything? As I mentioned with the Sting RAG and Soft RAG yesterday, less lethal riot control was the topic of day in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Robert C. Mawhinney of MB Associates (MBA) came up with one of theContinue reading “MBA Short Stop Data Dump”

THE STORY OF CREEDMOOR

from: The Galaxy, August 1876 by: Frederick Whittaker A HUNDRED years ago there was no doubt as to the nationality of the rifleman. He was peculiar to the only republics then existing, America and Switzerland. The Swiss, until very recently, have changed little in their habits and weapons. The short Yager rifle, with its twoContinue reading “THE STORY OF CREEDMOOR“

Full Disassembled 2 Inch Unertl 15X

A fellow in the Unertl group took it upon himself to take his 15X Unertl varmint scope apart. Not something any of the various John Unertl recommended you do. Though oddly enough a lot of the Unertl was designed to be field serviceable. Common things of the day would have been fogging, water getting intoContinue reading “Full Disassembled 2 Inch Unertl 15X”