RogueJSK, Check Your Email.... This is London calling... Now with a karma!
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**************************** It's a beautiful sunny day here in London SW1.
After I get a shower, I'll head out to take and post some pictures.
****************** KARMA See my post below added on 29 May 2017.
Figure out where my tired aching feet are and win $20 Amazon Card. Rules...... Member as of today. First correct answer as to where I am gets a digital $20 gift card from Amazon, so you must supply a valid email address.
I guess I should update the rules.... I'll respond to guesses. The response may or may not be helpful. Players can guess up to 6 times.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Sig2340,
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
Originally posted by snidera: This is the United States calling, are we reaching?
I don't understand...he keeps hanging up.
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May 24, 2017, 03:50 PM
Sig2340
I went to the Holland and Holland Co. gun room today. I've wanted to visit H&H since I was teenager reading books about big game hunting in Africa. Sadly I couldn't take l pictures to share but here is a link to their website: https://www.hollandandholland.com/gun-room/.
H&H is a bespoke gun maker at 33 Bruton St., Mayfair, London SW1. They been doing business since 1835.
The rifles and shotguns on display were priced upwards of £30,000 for a used SxS or O/U shotgun, and several new guns were > £200,000. All are works of art. Stunning wood, deeply blued barrels, incredible engraving.
The best part was when I asked if I could use the loo. I was taken downstairs into the office area, passing through the corporate board room where H&H has one example of every model the firm made in the last 160 years. Then they left me to find my own a way out!
Sooooo, I stopped for a one man show. What a treat!
If you are in London and like amazing guns, go for a visit. Even though it's a small shop, it's worth the time!
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
May 24, 2017, 03:59 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340: I went to the Holland and Holland Co. gun room today. I've wanted to visit H&H since I was teenager reading books about big game hunting in Africa. Sadly I couldn't take l pictures to share but here is a link to their website: https://www.hollandandholland.com/gun-room/.
H&H is a bespoke gun maker at 33 Bruton St., Mayfair, London SW1. They been doing business since 1835.
The rifles and shotguns on display were priced upwards of £30,000 for a used SxS or O/U shotgun, and several new guns were > £200,000. All are works of art. Stunning wood, deeply blued barrels, incredible engraving.
The best part was when I asked if I could use the loo. I was taken downstairs into the office area, passing through the corporate board room where H&H has one example of every model the firm made in the last 160 years. Then they left me to find my own a way out!
Sooooo, I stopped for a one man show. What a treat!
If you are in London and like amazing guns, go for a visit. Even though it's a small shop, it's worth the time!
Have a pint at Coach & Horses! and James Purdey & Sons is right down the street. I also walked into a smaller, lesser known shop when I was there and the experience was better, even if the guns weren't as nice. got to talk to the makers a lot more and got to handle some nice guns. William Evans Ltd, at the corner of St James St and St James Pl.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
May 24, 2017, 04:22 PM
sjtill
Places like that make me wish I could actually knock down clays, much less birds. It's bad enough I have a Beretta Silver Pigeon and make a fool of myself when I shoot it.
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May 24, 2017, 04:33 PM
46and2
quote:
Holland and Holland
Very cool. I'd love to visit there.
May 24, 2017, 05:01 PM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by snidera: This is the United States calling, are we reaching?
See he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
May 24, 2017, 09:24 PM
41
So what are you getting custom made?
41
May 24, 2017, 11:52 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by 41: So what are you getting custom made?
Nothing. I could barely afford to breathe in the place.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
May 25, 2017, 07:05 AM
sigspecops
I've always dreamed of going to one of the London makers of bespoke shotguns and being fitted for a gun that costs more than a new car. I also suspect that they'd throw me out the door upon finding out I couldn't afford anything in the building.
No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain
May 25, 2017, 09:06 AM
Sig2340
Even their Made in China baseball caps were £30 plus VAT!
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
May 25, 2017, 01:01 PM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by Sig2340: Even their Made in China baseball caps were £30 plus VAT!
Just a point - if that's the price on the hanger, then that includes the sales tax - 20%. Mind you, if you bought the child sized version, you get that off - all children's clothes are exempt VAT.
Anyhow, if you can afford any of their guns, a paltry 20% sales tax is a meh.
tac
May 25, 2017, 01:04 PM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by sigspecops: I've always dreamed of going to one of the London makers of bespoke shotguns and being fitted for a gun that costs more than a new car. I also suspect that they'd throw me out the door upon finding out I couldn't afford anything in the building.
It's not just a matter of walking in the door and saying, 'fit me up'. Getting that far is but one stage in a long drawn-out process of introduction, meeting to discuss your shooting needs and so on. By the time that you are getting your first fit, many thousands will have changed hands - all of it formerly yours.
tac
May 29, 2017, 12:36 PM
Sig2340
HAM AND JAM.... HAM AND JAM.... HAM AND JAM...HAM AND JAM....HAM AND JAM.... HAM AND JAM...HAM AND JAM....HAM AND JAM.... HAM AND JAM...HAM AND JAM....
$20 Amazon Card to the First Member who knows where I am typing this.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
May 29, 2017, 01:03 PM
RogueJSK
I'm going to guess the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.
("Ham and Jam" being the coded message indicating the successful seizure of the vital Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge by the British Airborne in the early hours before D-Day.)
May 29, 2017, 02:35 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK: I'm going to guess the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Myyuuseum.
("Ham and Jam" being the coded message indicating the successful seizure of the vital Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge by the British Airborne in the early hours before D-Day.)
In the famous words of Maxwell Smart "Missed it by [•] that much."
So close, in fact, you may get an honorable "Mention in Dispatches."
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
