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The new blog for the hunting arms lovers shotguncollector.com
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So far, only in Russian. Use the Google Translator, please
Shotguncollector.com....... What a marvelous and attractive website. I very much look forward to it being presented in English.
Very nice site, great pictures.
If you have Windows 8, 8.1 open site go to bottom right to grey box with word in it, right click, go up to Translate with Bing.
Once open go to upper left hand corner Translate URL, type in
http://shotguncollector.com go to next box and select Russian and then English or whatever you want. click on arrow and it should translate the article. It did for me.
I thought that to be yours Igor.
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Raimey
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Very nice site, great pictures.
If you have Windows 8, 8.1 open site go to bottom right to grey box with word in it, right click, go up to Translate with Bing.
Once open go to upper left hand corner Translate URL, type in
http://shotguncollector.com go to next box and select Russian and then English or whatever you want. click on arrow and it should translate the article. It did for me.
Does anyone know if it can do the auto translate if using Apple??
The new article is ready. Welcome.
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Canvasback, if you search Google Bing you should get the same results.
www.shotguncollector.comI'm curious if canvasback made any enroads less just lifting text and copying into Google Translate?
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Thanks Robertovich. The translator leaves a little to be desired, but you can understand the meaning of things. The photos are well done.
Raimey, have been fairly busy today but tried some of it. I have to echo Felix's point. It's a bit garbled so one might miss nuance but you kinda get the gist of things.
The new article about Sir Joseph Whitworth`s Fluid Compressed Steel
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Thank you for sharing. I love the pics of those Tulas. I wish I could learn more about them.
OWD
Great article, thanks for posting this newest one.
Robertovich,
I cannot get my Windows 8.1 Bing translator to work. I wish it would. If the text matches the quality of the photos, this is a first class online publication.
Many years ago I worked on a pair of pre-revolution guns made up in Tula. They were box locks made to be used, and not so elaborate. The quality was excellent and it is certain that they gave and will continue to give good service. I wish I had photographed them but did not.
Thanks, guys, for good grades
Google Translate works. I checked. You can understand something.
Sorry, my English is worse than Google Translate
James, this is from an earlier post on this topic and it worked for me, just have to follow what I put.
you have Windows 8, 8.1 open site go to bottom right to grey box with word in it, right click, go up to Translate with Bing.
Once open go to upper left hand corner Translate URL, type in
http://shotguncollector.com go to next box and select Russian and then English or whatever you want. click on arrow and it should translate the article. It did for me.
Dear colleges,
The new article "Carabiner for General Secretary"
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General information about German (Thuringen) gunmakers 1897-1974 according to historical data
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Great stuff! I was able to get by with the google translator. I'm hoping someday an english translation could be done.
Thanks for sharing.
Ken
You're Welcome!
Translation into English? It`s a dream.
Much time is spent on Russian.
If the blog is interesting, it is better to push on the tracking icon (bottom right corner of interface)
Igor
This is really first class with the finest of firearms and information. Thank you, Daryl
Yes, just did it. Takes a while for the translation SW to showup, then it asks if you want to translate the article. Just click on "translate".
Very nice site, great pictures.
If you have Windows 8, 8.1 open site go to bottom right to grey box with word in it, right click, go up to Translate with Bing.
Once open go to upper left hand corner Translate URL, type in
http://shotguncollector.com go to next box and select Russian and then English or whatever you want. click on arrow and it should translate the article. It did for me.
Does anyone know if it can do the auto translate if using Apple??
Igor,
Very interesting blog.
Brezhnev must have been very interested in hunting. Nice pictures of him and of Marshal Ustinoiv, who always looks as if he just ate a lemon.
You have an amazing level of detail on the development of the .308 carbine for Brezhnev. Khoroshevo zhdelano!
Dear colleges,
The new article "Carabiner for General Secretary"
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Thanks, texasquailguy
New article SOME QUESTIONS OF SHOTGUN`S MECHANICS AND TERMINOLOGY in the blog
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Robertovich.
Translate
Dear Friends,
The article "First Soviet Shotguns" significantly revised and supplemented with unique materials.
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The article "Britte, Bury and the others" in the blog. Welcome
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I am running Windows 7 and can't find any way to translate this. Would it be possible for a member who can to do a translate and repost it? Judging by the pictures these are excellent articles.
Jim
Please use Google translator and clipboard
Igor
Rare Russian and German gun catalogues in the blog.
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Interesting treasure trove of info to sift thru. I believe it is the 1st reference I've seen on the Husky( Husqvarna Vapenfabrik ) svástika( lappland runes ) - Warsaw publication 1913-1914
There are a couple threads around somewhere with images of tubes wearing that stamp. Make me ponder if Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget was involved in tube making???
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Raimey
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Shakespeare, sorry
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New page Gallery in the blog (button at the top right).
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New article in the blog.
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New article "Production of hunting weapons in the Soviet Union during World War II" in the blog.
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Amazing amount of original research, as usual. My compliments!
Found it last year when net trolling for Jules Bury trivia. It is a neat place with nice quality pictures. The google translate is imprefect, but acceptable.
I wish I could locate a similar blog in Belgium.
Hi Michael, you are correct, there are 2 people capable to write about the Liége artisans from the past and both are Americans The first to do it Robert Chambers he is (or was) also a member of this forum. And the second to do it is Vic Venters who live in N. Carolina.I have regular contacts with Vic, but he told me that he is not ready for it. I offer my help with research he only need a push to start writing. B.T.W. Robert Chambers have the largest collection of old Belgian gunmakers catalogs and not only the catalogs he have the knowledge. Here in my country there is nobody interested to presurve the history about "gunmaking in and around Liége" Marc.
There is a fair bit of info on Belgian makers here:
http://www.gournetusa.com/forum/default.aspAs well as tons on French guns. Also Robert Chambers continues to frequent that forum, as do a few others from here.
James & Wolfgang, the links you both mention is not enough. The most interesting period is from 1900 till 1950 this covers a half century and is by far the most interesting periode.James, what you find on the gounetusa side is for 95 % posted by Robert chambers.
Our pride the gunmakers school Léon Mignon even have not 1 book about our Liége artisans. The Liége arms museum not show the a work of the 20 best artisans what we had. The curator who comes from a gunmaking family not even answer your questions. I give you an example: I had the intention to write an article on Nicolas Jacquet who was a lockmaker living in a little town (Cheratte) nearby Liége and was the lockmaker for most of the Liége artisans, when I asked the curator of the Liége arms museum if he have more info to write my article I even not receive an answer. For me it is clear, it is a shame that nobody is interesting to write about this for a future generation, soon this is gone for ever.
Marc.
Marc, you live in the area, you love guns, you know how to contact both Robert and Vic. And you can work in both English and French. Sounds like you should be researching and writing a book!
James, most of what you say is correct. I write around every month an article in my native language who is Flemish for our hunting magazine. I not have enough knowledge of English to write a book, of course I am volonteer to help and do the research and I think this is an important factor. Of course that book must be written in English to reach a bigger public. If written in Dutch with a big chance 500 people are interested if written in French maybe double and then I am optimistic. So the only option is write in English and in a way that Vic Venters wrote his book "The best of British".James,I give you and example, not longtime when I joined this forum there was critic on my knowledge of english and I even receive a mail, my mail is in my profile, I have nothing to hide with advise that I needed first study english before join te forum.
I not remember who or when it was but consider this a the truth.
Cheers, Marc.
Well Marc, you know I was just joking about the book. As far receiving emails criticizing your knowledge of English....there are idiots everywhere. I guess we have a few here.
Dear colleagues,
If Alex (Humpty Dumpty) will help with the translation, you don`t need to write a book because this book in most part is almost written.
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Raimey, maybe it has been said before, but if you copy
www.shotguncollector.com , the address, and paste it into google.translate, google will translate the whole text and include pictures. Very handy.
I think this may work. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fshotguncollector.com%2F&edit-text=
Thanks Daryl, worked like a champ.
Great site!
New article SOVIET BOSS in the blog.
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First experience in English. Welcome.
http://shotguncollector.com/category/in-english/Many thanks Humpty Dumpty (Mr.Alex Morozov)
Igor my congratulations, to both. I think you are a real team from now on.
Marc.
New article "Gunmakers from St.-Petersburg of XIX-XX" in the blog.
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New article about Matska in the blog (in memory of Geno)
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New article about Maslov and Ruzichka (Matska`s students and followers) in the blog.
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New article about Ivan Aleshkin (completely unknown name in the West) in the blog.
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Very nice, great articles and information. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice, great articles and information. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome!
New article about Lejeune and Ivashentsov`s systems in the blog.
Absolutely unknown information. Welcome!
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Westley Richards thought they had the barrel-cocking principle covered by their Anson&Deeley patent of 1875, which included the concept of the cocking rod. In the late 1870s they sued everyone who tried to offer a barrel-cocking design - Greener with Facile Princeps, Scott and Baker, Rogers - appealing all the way up to the House of Lords. Westley Richards lost in every instance (God knows how much it cost them) but most other gunmakers preferred not to mess with them, and so offered lever-cocking designs. Of course, they never said "We're offering you, dear customer, a gun built on a flawed principle only because we don't want to pay royalty for a good design". They advertised increased strenth of action. Ivaschentsev, apparently was taken in by this - I don't know how else to exlain his love for lever-cocking devices.
Westley Richards thought they had the barrel-cocking principle covered by their Anson&Deeley patent of 1875, which included the concept of the cocking rod. In the late 1870s they sued everyone who tried to offer a barrel-cocking design - Greener with Facile Princeps, Scott and Baker, Rogers - appealing all the way up to the House of Lords. Westley Richards lost in every instance (God knows how much it cost them) but most other gunmakers preferred not to mess with them, and so offered lever-cocking designs. Of course, they never said "We're offering you, dear customer, a gun built on a flawed principle only because we don't want to pay royalty for a good design". They advertised increased strenth of action. Ivaschentsev, apparently was taken in by this - I don't know how else to exlain his love for lever-cocking devices.
Hi, Alex. Ivashentsov`s "second design" was born in 1906. The first barrel-cocking hammerless shotgun was built in 1874 on Needham patent earlier than Anson and Deeley action.
New articles in the blog.
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Kersten`s action in the blog.
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Dear collegs,
Article "Lebeau-Courally. Between Truth and Fiction" translated into English.
Many thanks Humpty Dumpty (Mr.Alex Morozov)
I would be grateful for comments and information regarding errors
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New article about russian model A (Anson-Deeley action) in the blog.
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Article "Lebeau-Courally. Between Truth and Fiction" updated and supplemented with new documents.
http://shotguncollector.com/2016/03/28/lebeau-courally-between-truth-and-fiction/
Hello,
just started my new Blog on classic hunting, doubles and dogs.
But I also intend to write about German Gunmakers of today.
http://www.hunting-heritage.com/blog/Thanks,
Gunwolf
Dear colleagues,
Published a new article in English about Defourny and Brancquaert. Mr.Alex Morozov (Humpty Dumpty),many thanks as always.
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Gunwolf and Robertovich, thank you for your very interesting blogs. I am sure many appreciate your efforts.
New article in the blog. Full description of Rules of Proof in German Empire. Welcome.
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For German hunting gan`s lovers. Otto Reif. The end of legend.
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The House of the Rising Bite. A lot of new facts.
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I cannot get the Rising Bite article to come on in English. Each time I press the English button, the website switches to the Easy Opener article, which is very good, by the way.
Daryl, the button "English" does not have a translation for the current page. You can use Google Translate to read the current page
https://translate.google.com
WAFFA-BSW-Gustloff Werke
Complete history in the blog
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Production of hunting weapons in Nazi Germany
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New article "Immediately after the war". Welcome.
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New article "Southgate`s ejector". Welcome.
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Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your articles. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, there are problems with the translation. My English is too bad... good translation is an expensive treat for me.
New article BOSS vs PURDEY in the blog. Welcome.
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New article "Deeley`s ejector" in the blog. Welcome.
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The Beginning of the Steel Age.
https://shotguncollector.com/2017/06/21/the-beginning-of-the-steel-age/At the request of readers from Sweden. Interpreter Mr. Alex Morozov. If you see any factual or language issues in this story, please, don't hesitate to comment on it!
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Well done Igor.
Did you see the discussion here about early British fluid steels?
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=482352&page=2Wm. Powell & Son used Whitworth for barrels in 1875. The first Purdey Pair Nos. 10614 & 10615 were delivered January 1, 1880 with the “New Whitworth Fluid Pressed Steel”. Lefever Arms Co. was the first U.S. maker to supply Whitworth steel for their Optimus in 1887. Parker Bros. used Whitworth for the first AAH Pigeon Gun in 1894 SN 79964 delivered to Capt. Du Bray. Hunter Arms first offered Whitworth on the Monogram, A2, and A3 in 1895.
Sir Joseph clearly won the marketing war, but it is my opinion that by the 1880s Siemens-Martin steel was very good stuff and likely used on many more quality British doubles.
A third chart in the 1891 Birmingham Proof House Report is frequently overlooked, and was generated based on the cumulative grains of powder plus the grains of shot yielding seven “First Class” barrels:
English Steel, Siemens – Martin process English machine-forged variegated Damascus, 2 rods
English “Superior Barrel Steel”
Foreign Steel, Siemens – Martin process English machine-forged best Damascus, 4 rods
English machine-forged chequered Damascus, 2 rods
Foreign Steel
“Second Class” was English steel, basic open hearth process and English steel, Siemens – Martin process; special mix.
The Phase One winners, Whitworth and Laminated Steel made up the “Third Class”.
And no Krupp samples were included in the Trial.
And why no mention of Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin's
Drobovoe Ruzhze Istrelz Ba Iz Nego?!?
BTW: your much appreciated and valuable translation thereof MAY appear in the upcoming Summer
Double Gun Journal
Feel free to use anything here for Part 2 of your article
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dnRLZgcuHfx7uFOHvHCUGnGFiLiset-DTTEK8OtPYVA/edit
Drew, many thanks. Very valuable comments. I would like to study this information more thoroughly.
