Historical – Page 14 – Scattered Shots

Colt’s Short Lived . 22 Cadet

It will surprise exactly no one to know I had that same sweatshirt at the time. And the Colt cadet.

It’s been a bit of a slow week for gun news and whatnot so I felt like talking about the Model 70 again for a bit. Some pictures shared by the scout sniper association and others came up on facebook this week. I thought they are worth sharing. The SSA is raffling off this preContinue reading “Some Model 70 Stuff”

Model 31 Remington

When I was young. all of my shotgun use was with the M870 and the M1100/11-87. Always in 12ga. When I was 23 and was working for Brady ( famous already to long time readers) I walked in one morning and Brady had a shotgun apart and was carefully polishing some internal parts and cleaning.Continue reading “Model 31 Remington”

WeaponsMan – The Magic Rucksack

In Special Forces from 1960 to the mid-1980s, there was a capability called, among other things, “the Magic Rucksack.” (This weapon, and its mission, were prolific producers of slang and nicknames, most of which were as compartmented as the mission itself; it’s unlikely anyone knows them all). It was the Special Atomic Demolition Munition, SADM, aContinue reading “WeaponsMan – The Magic Rucksack”

The Secret of the Old Master

by: Lucian CaryJoe Hill had two target rifles in cases of canvas and leather hanging from his shoulder as he walked down a factory-lined street in Jersey City of a hot Saturday afternoon in August. He guessed, after half a mile, that he had come to the right corner. There was the little red- brickContinue reading “The Secret of the Old Master”

Griffen & Howe Model 70

Karl got his hands on a real gem. A Model 70 pre64 in 300 H&H mag that got polished over by the legendary G&H shop.

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”