
Just a pic of a French gun – purely ornamental.
Just a pic of a French gun – purely ornamental.
A 9.3x74R double rifle by Purdey. Photo (c) Joh. Springer’s Erben
Post-modernism anticipated. Even though James Purdey pioneered the two-groove stalking rifle, and even is said to have coined the term “Express”, breech-loading double rifles by J. Purdey & Sons are extremely rare. Even fewer of them are built on the house’s trademark Beesley’s patent self-opening action – but what makes this 1898 Purdey double rifle doubly special is that it is used in combination with Jones underlever loclup.
A photograph by Valeriy Maleev, perhaps the best contemporary Russian wildlife photographer. It is a very rare shot, because capercailzie don’t usually do their spring mating song when the weather is that bad.
Valeriy started out as a hunter, a trophy hunter even, before he put down the guns and took the camera, and it might have nothing to do with the images he takes – his blog deserves a visit from anyone who enjoys pictures of wildlife – but there’s one thing that I can’t get out of my mind: all hunters turned photographers claim that you can no longer kill the species you take pictures of. There’s something very significant in this that I can’t put my finger on.
On May 9, President Putin signed an executive decree that deals with security during the incoming Soccer World Cup (2018) and Confederations Cup (2017). The decree has provisions for registry of visitors, limiting air and ground traffic, mass assemblies of citizens not relating to the sport – and civilian weapons.
Article 12 of the decree bans all legal actions with privately owned weapons Continue reading
If there was one gun sold at the latest Joh. Springer’s Erben auction that I would really want to toy around with, it is this – the SuperBritte. Continue reading
by Mikhail Sidorov.
condensed translation into English by Aleksei Morozov
According to the Chinese calendar, 2016 was the year of the Red Monkey, but for me it was the year of the White-Fronted Goose. Continue reading
Text and photo by Alexander Prokhorov.
condensed translation into English by Aleksei Morozov
Photo by Daniil Karpichenko, from Russian Hunting Magazine 2013 contest.
The night before another capercailzie lek hunt I seldom get to sleep. Continue reading