Martin Pegler
Martin Pegler was curator of firearms at the Royal Armouries for twenty years and during his career was able to shoot almost every historic and current sniping rifle. He is the author of a dozen books about firearms, but specializes in the development sniper and technology of sniping. He owns a comprehensive collection of working sniping rifles dating from the nineteenth century and has provided many of them to film and TV companies, for whom he has also acted as historical advisor. He appears...See more
Martin Pegler was curator of firearms at the Royal Armouries for twenty years and during his career was able to shoot almost every historic and current sniping rifle. He is the author of a dozen books about firearms, but specializes in the development sniper and technology of sniping. He owns a comprehensive collection of working sniping rifles dating from the nineteenth century and has provided many of them to film and TV companies, for whom he has also acted as historical advisor. He appears regularly as a militaria specialist on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. He lives in France with his wife. See less
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