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A lot of buyers and overseas dealers struggle to get it right.
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A lot of buyers and overseas dealers struggle to get it right.
We are building a No.2 for this 2019 William & Son.
For the Facile Princeps.
How do other metals compare?
Can this repair rescue a vandalised Grant?
A guide to using the bore gauge.
Stephen Nash on Pinfire Conversions
Rigby & Bissell's co-patent for the vertical bolt of 1879.
The L-T bullet patent by Leslie Taylor.
An Old Woodward Gets New Tubes
A Birmingham Gunmaker Thinks So.
By Purdey Gunroom Manager Dr. Nicholas Harlow.
Can we revive a destroyed classic?
A big investment in best work.
A Shooting Card from a Bonehill
We question the need for speed.
Unique Engraving, Special Gun.
The Origins of Percussion Ignition
A Field Test of Non-lead Ammo.
A demonstration of cocking and firing.

Welcome to The Vintage Gun Journal, your free-to-view monthly magazine for all things British gun and rifle.
The snow held off until early January but made sure that my annual trip to Devon to try and shoot some wild snipe and woodcock, while based at the excellent Arundell Arms in Lifton, was a chilly one.
Old Vesper the vizsla joined me without the other dogs and enjoyed our three days together.
If she was disappointed by my megre contribution to the bag, she disguised it well and picked up other peoples' birds whenever the opportunity arose.
I now have a slight lull in my scedule before I head to SCI in Nashville, where I hope to see a few familiar faces.
As always, thank you for reading the VGJ and I would like to wish all readers a very happy 2026.
