Vicknair Restorations, Specialist Gunsmithing Weblog

This is a common enough failure with many side-by-side ejector guns, and the part usually breaks at one of two places, either at the end of ...

What can I say that hasn't been said too many times already?  Sometimes all you can do is scratch your head and laugh. Unsurprisingly,...

This is a set of Parker barrels that had suffered damage in transit.  The right barrel was deeply dented on the underside, about ten inches ...

What shit is that you may wonder?  The wholly inappropriate use of welding to "repair" lockwork parts.  Regardless of how good an ...

It's not gun related but it is an interesting piece of automotive and industrial history.  What it is, specifically, is the original pat...

What the Hell is a "Smython", you ask?  Well, that's an interesting story that has its roots in a form of competition known as...