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Winter 2006 (Print) Vol. 17

‘British Gun Auctions, Part V’ by Diggory Hadoke (guns by Robert Adams, A. Hill & Son, Gibbs & Pitt, Adams & Co., T. Woodward, William Evans, Charles Lancaster, T. W. Watson, Edwinson Green & Son) ‘Finding Out For Myself – pt.12 by Sherman Bell (Barrel tests, L. C. Smith Remington 1894, Remington 1900) ‘The King’s double rifles – pt.1‘ by Jean Paul Loeff (Nowotny, Heym)‘Special Order Stevens No. 56’ by William W. Headrick ‘Examples of Cogswell & Harrison‘ by Dr. John Newton ‘Early American Shotgun Makers – Part 1’ by Robert Matthews, Bill McPhail & Terry Allen (Sneider) ‘Golden Oldies’ by William W. Headrick (Remington 1894, A.H. Fox CE, L.C. Smith 00, Parker, VHE) ‘Hinckley’s Parker’ by Colin McLagan (hammergun) ‘Westley Richards – pt.2’ by Ross Seyfried (Centerfire breechloaders) ‘William Griffiths of Manchester‘ by Steve Bodio (hammergun) ‘The Sumners – Engravers To Boss & Co.‘ by Donald Dallas ‘L. C. Smith Double & Single Trap Guns’ by Townsend Breeden ‘The “Ideal” Shotgun‘ by Martin Godio (Manufacture Francaise d’Armes) ‘The Ruger Red Label Shotgun’ by J. E. Fender (Ruger SxS) ‘The Syracuse Arms Company – pt.7’ by Jack Maedel

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Winter 2007 (Print) Vol. 18

‘Our national game-bird, Quail’ by Charles D. Lanier (1895) ‘A tribute to Bill Wise, 1938 - 2007’ ‘British Gun Auctions - pt. 9’ by Diggory Hadoke (large number of named British makes) ‘The elusive A Grades’ by Bruce W. Foster ‘And they made double rifles - pt. 2’ by Colin McLagan (Browning Superposed, Winchester Model 101, Centennial) ‘British sporting guns & rifles - pt. 19, more real muzzleloaders’ by Sherman Bell (Parker, Field & Sons, Trulock & son, John Dickson & son, Blanch & Son) ‘In the land of Fire And Ice’ by Dr. Lloyd Newberry (L.C. Smith Ideal grade) ‘A rifle beyond belief’ by Ross Seyfried (Marlin, Caspar Schaller of Suhl) ‘F. L. Brooks and his A1 Specials’ by Jim Hall ‘W. J. Jeffery - a la carte!’ by Colin M. MacKinnon (John Saunders of Birmingham) ‘My favorite Browning Superposed’ by Nick Hahn ‘Progressive Cut’ by Frank Findlow (Alexander Henry, Thomas Turner ‘A poor man's Holland & Holland’ by Vincent Tomaselli (Badminton, Dominion) ‘Some things of value’ by Phillip D. Yearout (J. Stevens .410 gauge, Fox Model B, ‘To The Editor Of The Field, The Brindled and Nyassaland Gnu’ by Ross Seyfried ‘The Loon Lake Club’

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Winter 2008 (Digital) Vol. 19

‘Out of India’ by Damien Conlon (Holland & Holland Royal double rifle ) ‘The Walter Chrysler Model 21 ‘ by Ned Schwing ‘Not of English Make – Part II ‘ by Sherman Bell (Sauer, Nowotny, Wunder & Gunther guns) ‘Wilkes-Barre Guns ’ by Raymond Matteren & Larry Schuknecht ‘The Army & Navy 20 Bore ‘ by James Kadash ‘Mysteries of The Poker Parker No. 3561 – Part I ’ by Richard Hoover (Parker lifter hammergun) ‘A Ghost From Christmas Past ’ by Ross Seyfried (Westley Richards percussion hammergun) Iver Johnson’s Marvel ’ by Colin McLagan ‘An African Battery ’ by Diggory Hadoke (Manton, J. Thompson, Rigby) ‘Mind Your Language ‘ by Donald Dallas (Purdey) ‘Best Gun of A Lesser God ‘ by John Campbell (Morrow & Co. double) ‘Sakaba – The SKB Shotguns of Japan ’ by Nick Hahn

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Winter 2006 (Digital) Vol. 17

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Winter 2004 (Print) Vol. 15

‘Finding out for myself - part 8, Express rifle pressure variables - black powder’ by Sherman Bell (.450 Express Alexander Henry) ‘The President’s Parker’ by Arthur W. Wheaton (R.H. Coleman’s DHE) ‘Ithaca Flues 28-gauge Grade 4’ by James T. Tyson “Famars” of Gardone by Donald C. Butts (Mario Abbiatico and Remo Salvinelli) ‘The Purdey bolt’ by Donald Dallas ‘Some interesting members of the Smith family’ by Colin McLagan (L.C. Smith) ‘Mr. Jones, Mr. Jones, Mr. Jones, the action that changed us all’ by Ross Seyfried (Harkom, Westley Richards, Boss, Robertson, Henry Jones double screw grip) ‘Wide prairies’ by Worth and Margaret Mathewson (Ithaca Field magnum 10 bore) ‘All but forgotten’ by William W. Headrick (Fox BE grade) ‘J.P. Sauer & Sohn: serial numbers and dates of production 1881-1925 - One collector’s thoughts, Part 2’ by Jeff Stephens ‘The Syracuse Arms Company - Part 8, the elusive hammer gun’ by Tom Archer and Terry Allen ‘Falling through history: The Ed Zern gun’ by Tig Tillinghast (Army & Navy) ‘Evolution of the Sterlingworth - part 2’ by David J. Noreen

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Winter 2005 (Digital) Vol. 16

'Takes My Breath Away' by Wayne Capooth 'London Gun Auctions' by Diggory Hadoke 'British Single-Shot Rifles - Part 1, The William Soper Rifles' by Sherman Bell 'The Tuna Club Lefever' by Colin McLagan (Lefever Grade EE) 'The Howell Family of Birmingham by Stephen D. Howell 'The Christmas Present, Ten-gauges in the Sacramento Valley' by Ross Seyfried (Westley Richards 10 gauge, Lancaster sidelock ejector, Greener 10 gauge) 'A Rare Remington Model 1889, Grade 6' by Charles Semmer 'A Gift For A Prince' by Frank Findlow (1897-Joseph Lang & Son .577 rifle ) 'The Life and Times of Mr. Fox's DE Grade' by William W. Headrick 'Love For The Little Gun' by Robert Matthews & Terry Allen (.410s Bertuzzi, Army & Navy by Webley and Scott 1893, L.C. Smith 'Monogram', Browning, Ansley H. Fox) 'Ghost or Gunmaker - Part 2, - the mystery of H.A. Lindner of Suhl' by Hans Pfingsten & John Mann 'The Syracuse Gun Co: The Low Grades - Part 11' by Tom Archer & Terry Allen 'The Syracuse Gun Co: The Early Years - Part 3' by Jack Maedel 'The Ubiquitous Ithaca Doubles' by W. R. Hammond (Flues 1908-1926, NID 1926-1948, Lefever Nitro Special 1921-1947) 'George E. Ramey's L.C. Smith' by James T. Tyson (Specialty Trap gun) The Loon Lake Club

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Winter 2005 (Print) Vol. 16

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Winter 2002 (Digital) Vol. 13

‘The Goose Of Christmas Past’ by William W. Headrick (Winchester, Bownning, Super-Fox) ‘Exceptional British Doubles’ by Sherman Bell (Stephen Grant .500 x 3 inch BPE, Holland & Holland .450 Royal, W&C Scott ‘Premier Extra Special’, Wild, Watson) ‘The Short Life Of Philadelphia Arms Co.’ by David Noreen (Fox) ‘The Souvenir’ by David J. Baker (Powers and Surface cleaning rod, Faries). ‘Remington Whitmore Combination Gun’ by Charles Semmer Model 1873) ‘Tracing The History Of Your English Gun’ by Donald Dallas (Boss) ‘Parker A-1 Special - Lost And Found!’ by Robert L. Dluge, Sr. ‘The Argentina Grand Slam’ by Stuart Williams (Duck shooting. Ithaca Classic double 5E) ‘Some American Lightweights’ by Colin McLagan (Parker, L.C. Smith, Lefever, Fox, Ithaca) ‘Fur, Feathers, and Frontloaders’ by William W. Headrick (Purdey muzzle loader, Charles Moore flintlock, William Smith, Beckwith, Manton & Son) ‘Double Back In Africa - Part 1’ by Timothy Carney (Holland & Holland .500 / .450. ‘John Rigby & Co, regulating double rifles in the new millennium’ by Steve Helsley ‘Jim DeMunck - Craftsman, Artisan & Artist’ by J .F. Fender (Engraving) ‘German Double Guns, with two or more barrel sets’ by Fredrik Franzén (Simson, Geyger, Bessel, Englund, Foerster) ‘Crass 16-Gauge Grade 6’ by James T. Tyson (Ithaca) ‘Peter In Wonderland’ by Peter Kogut (English pheasant shoot) ‘A New Slant On The "Wrist Breaker" by David J. Baker (Lancaster Model A lock conversion)

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Winter 2003 (Digital) Vol. 14

‘How John Norton…kept his Christmas’ by Rev. W.H.H. “Adirondack” Murray ‘Could he have done it?’ by David J. Baker & Roger E. Lake (Lord Ripon) ‘Good, better, best - pt 1’ by Colin McLagan (British Best gun marques) ‘A Westley Richards boxlock’ by Colin Greenwood ‘An unusual Remington CE Grade 1894’ by Charles Semmer ‘Bore-rifles - pt 1’ by Sherman Bell (Holland & Holland 8-bore rifle) ‘Christmastime with William Harnden Foster’ by Arthur W. Wheaton ‘My trip south for “Birds” by Dale Spartas ‘The Wilkes-Barre Gun Co. - part 2’ by Bob Noble & William O. Achtermeier ‘Doubles for dangerous doings’ by William W. Headrick (Rigby, Beretta Model 455, B. Searcy & Co. Heym, Merkel) ‘Wingshooting in New Zealand’ by Stuart M. Williams ‘Kaiser Wilhelm’s Sauer & Sohn double rifle’ by Jeff Stephens ‘The Syracuse Arms Co. - pt 4- model variation’ by Tom Archer & Terry Allen ‘Re: The 2-gauge rifle and shotgun’ by G.H. Whittome ‘Ernst Steigleder’by Frederik Franzén ‘The Baker aspect of my Ithaca reality’ by James T. Tyson

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Winter 2004 (Digital) Vol. 15

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Winter 2000 (Print) Vol. 11

'The Lovely Menace' by Catherine Harper (Browning BSS) 'Money Well Spent' by William W. Headrick ( 'British Doubles From A to Z, Part 12' by Sherman Bell (Alexander Henry .450, Thomas Horsley .450, Holland & Holland .577, William Powell & Sons) 'Ithaca NID 28 Gauge Guns' by Bill Davis 'Clayton’s Parker' by Ed Muderlak 'The Rarest Purdey?' by Donald Dallas 'Rigby Shotguns' by Ted Hatfield 'A Very Early Woodward Over-Under' by Robert I Egbert 'Hunting and Shooting with Holland & Holland, Part 2' by Stuart Wiliams 'A Converted Lancaster Double Rifle' by Colin Greenwood 'The John Olin Model 21 Winchester' by Edward E. Ulrich 'A Combination Gun, and the little one that got away' by Ross Seyfried (Alexander Henry) 'Brownings Afield' by William W. Headrick (Superposed Grade 1, Citori model 425, Citori Grade VI) 'Perazzi Nonpareil' by James I. Fender 'An Italian Proved Remington EEO' by Charles Semmer 'L.C. Smith’s Worshipful Masters of the Order of Gunmakers' by John O. Houchins 'Project B.S.A.' by David J. Baker '1897 ~ Men, Monuments and Moments, Ithaca-Quality since 1880' by James T. Tyson

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Winter 2001 (Digital) Vol. 12

'Remembering Geoff' by David Trevallion and Michael McIntosh (Geoffrey Boothroyd tribute) 'Whatever Happened To “The Little Gun”? by Arthur W. Wheaton (16 gauge Parker) 'Finding Out For Myself, Part 5, long shells in short chambers' by Sherman Bell 'EJ. Churchill' by Don Masters 'Remington Model 1889 ~ Grade 7' by Charles Semmer 'Postscript On Baker' by David J. Baker (William Baker) 'An XE/AE Fox' by Paul Brown 'Wigeon On The Tide' by Worth and Marge Mathewson "The Snow Leopard' by Ivan Johnson and David Trevallion (Purdey) 'Where Are The Birds?, a story of an unusual Ithaca .410' by Bill Davis 'Fit For A Czar' by William W. Headrick (Nicholas II's Parker A-1) 'Gunning For Doves In Cordoba, Argentina' by Stuart M. Williams (Browning Superposed, Winchester 101) 'Prewar Rigby ~ The way they were' by Ross Seyfried (Rigby history) ‘Two Unusual German Double Rifles' by Fredrik Franzén (Stendebach Patent Ideal 110, Thieme & Schlegelmilch) 'The Black Forest Hunt' by Stephen C. Helsley. (Holland & Holland .500, Samuel Nock, Thomas Boss, William Powell & Sons, Miller & Val Greiss, Imman-Meffert, Serbian Mauser)

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Winter 2001 (Print) Vol. 12

'Remembering Geoff' by David Trevallion and Michael McIntosh (Geoffrey Boothroyd obituary) 'Whatever Happened To “The Little Gun”? by Arthur W. Wheaton (16 gauge Parker) 'Finding Out For Myself, Part 5, long shells in short chambers' by Sherman Bell 'EJ. Churchill' by Don Masters 'Remington Model 1889 ~ Grade 7' by Charles Semmer 'Postscript On Baker' by David J. Baker (William Baker) 'An XE/AE Fox' by Paul Brown 'Wigeon On The Tide' by Worth and Marge Mathewson "The Snow Leopard' by Ivan Johnson and David Trevallion (Purdey) 'Where Are The Birds?, a story of an unusual Ithaca .410' by Bill Davis 'Fit For A Czar' by William W. Headrick (Nicholas II's Parker A-1) 'Gunning For Doves In Cordoba, Argentina' by Stuart M. Williams (Browning Superposed, Winchester 101) 'Prewar Rigby ~ The way they were' by Ross Seyfried (Rigby history) ‘Two Unusual German Double Rifles' by Fredrik Franzén (Stendebach Patent Ideal 110, Thieme & Schlegelmilch) 'The Black Forest Hunt' by Stephen C. Helsley. (Holland & Holland .500, Samuel Nock, Thomas Boss, William Powell & Sons, Miller & Val Greiss, Imman-Meffert, Serbian Mauser)

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