by Barry Wilcox | Oct 29, 2013 | 'Gramps', Hunting dogs
In the mid 1990’s, I arrived at the “Flying G Ranch” in the Rio Grande area of south Texas. After many successful years in the UK driven game shooting industry, I had been offered the opportunity of a lifetime and my remit was to make the...
by Barry Wilcox | Oct 18, 2013 | 'Gramps', Fishing
Not long after the war, when food rationing was still in place, one of my occasional (some may say many!) transgressions took place. I was about 10 years old and my pal Milf and I spent many a happy hour on and around the River Avon at Ringwood in Hampshire. At this...
by Barry Wilcox | Oct 10, 2013 | Gun Sales
The 12 bore Hardy non ejector Sportsmen who fish often shoot and vice-versa. If you are one of them and have a collection of rods and reels bearing the famous Hardy name why not add a gun by this world renowned rod builder to your collection? William Hardy was...
by Barry Wilcox | Oct 9, 2013 | Gun repairs
In April this year we wrote about a pair of Best London Sidelock cross-over shotguns that we were converting to conventional right-hand configuration. All the difficult metalwork had been done and we had sent them to be re-stocked. A pair of high quality walnut blanks...
by Barry Wilcox | Oct 1, 2013 | Latest shooting news
After months of hard work from all the team, we finally have our new website up and running. Please take a look at the new Castle Gunmakers website and give us your feedback! Please also sign up for our newsletter if you’d like to hear the latest updates and...