As you may have noticed my love o vintage target/varmint weapons and optics have been on my brain recently. Last night I got thinking about Unertl again after a friend asked me something about those old beauties and remembered some years ago there was a forum discussion some where or other about what happened. AsContinue reading “SO, WHAT DID HAPPEN TO UNERTL OPTICS?”
Category Archives: Historical
Model 70 Bull Gun .300 Magnum
The Model 70 Bull Gun with its extra heavy contour 28” barrel and chambered in the reigning long-range cartridge of its day was Winchester’s answer for the 1,000 yard Wimbledon Cup matches at Camp Perry. This 1948 transition-era rifle features a nice mix of pre-war and post-war features, including a Carbonia blue barrel and theContinue reading “Model 70 Bull Gun .300 Magnum”
Firearms Advertising in 1896 to 1901
A look at some advertising from the 1896 – 1901 time frame from some period magazines. I always enjoy the old ads and I hope you enjoy them also.
The New Springfield at Camp Perry
TWA Flight Center
Ah the 1960’s, there has to be something for everyone to like from that decade. From cars to style to innovations. The decade might be long gone but The former TWA terminal at JFK airport has been turned into a hotel/museum and it looks like they really put the effort in to it. As aContinue reading “TWA Flight Center”
Left Handed Pre64 Model 70
From the amazing fellas at pre64win.com When you are hopelessly in love with the pre-64 look and equally hopeless at shooting right handed – we can help. This client had a vision and we just finished executing on it. A relatively new (post 2008?) left hand CRF model 70 action, blueprinted and mated with aContinue reading “Left Handed Pre64 Model 70”
Some Neat Vintage Brochures
It’s always nice to see things like this are still out there in this condition.
Transition Model 70 Target Rifle
Transition marksman rifles are hard enough to come by. When they are chambered in .257 Roberts, you have found something truly special. This one looks all original and like it’s been sitting in a time capsule since 1948. But probably a bit too good to be true – we suspect it’s been to the beautyContinue reading “Transition Model 70 Target Rifle”
Colonel William S. Brophy & Sniping In The Korean War
As the Korea war rages in 1952 and A captain in IX Corps Ordnance and veteran of infantry combat during WW2 in the Pacific , William S. Brophy recognized a total lack of US Army sniping equipment and marksmanship compared to its current and future needs. In an effort to reverse some of this andContinue reading “Colonel William S. Brophy & Sniping In The Korean War”
Stoegere conversion for Colt 1911
Not much to look at just another run of the mill Government Model circa 1912. The single shot conversion kit on it was offered by A.F. Stoeger in their 1930 and 1931 catalogs
Scattered Shots 