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MacNab Challenge - Mission Accomplished

In 2021, John Dickson & Son were able to support Delaney & Sons inaugural trip to Harris to attempt a MacNab, which was successfully achieved twice in the week they were there. In order to celebrate this and provide an insight into this incredible Scottish challenge, Delaney & Sons commissioned a fabulous video to be made during their trip.

The video can be viewed here

The Macnab Challenge has its roots in the 1925 novel John Macnab by John Buchan. The story follows three protagonists: Sir Edward Leithen, John Palliser-Yeates and Lord Lamancha, all desperate to relieve the boredom that has engulfed them. The solution can only be something devilish, with a dash of daring. Under the mantle of John Macnab, they issue a warning to three Highland estates: within 48 hours they will remove a salmon or stag, undetected, and present it at the door of the house. On this, they stake their reputations and the danger proves part of the thrill of the pursuit of the quarry.

The modern Macnab challenge involves bagging a salmon, stag and brace of grouse within one day between dawn and dusk and is a thrilling test of sporting skill, with a huge serving of luck thrown in.

Dickson's were able to supply a new Daniel Fraser stalking rifle, a vintage Dickson Round-Action gun and a pair of new Alex Martin fishing rods and reels, thus making us the only gunmaker in the world able to equip the team with a rifle, gun and fishing rod/reel from three of the greatest Scottish gun, rifle and fishing tackle manufacturers.

Would you like to try the Macnab Challenge? 

Then please contact the team at Delaney & Sons here

Vintage Gun Inventory Update

Whilst sourcing good vintage examples of the names we own, we still have huge demand for Scottish guns generally, and we have some pretty special guns arriving in June:

This list includes:

- John Dickson & Son 12 bore Anson & Deeley gun - originally delivered in 1933  

- John Dickson & Son 12 bore Anson & Deeley gun - originally delivered in 1898

- John Dickson & Son 12 bore Best Anson & Deeley gun with rare Kell engraving - originally delivered in 1922 

- John Dickson & Son 12 bore Best Anson & Deeley gun with rare Kell engraving and 2 3/4in chambered barrels - originally delivered in 1920

- John Dickson & Son 12 bore Round-Action with rare Kell engraving in re-manufactured specification - originally delivered in 1923

- John Dickson & Son 12 bore Round-Action with rare Kell engraving and new 2 3/4in chambered barrels - originally delivered in 1926

- John MacPherson of Inverness 12 bore Anson & Deeley walked-up grouse gun with a 28in Churchill elevated rib and 3/4 choked barrels 

- Mortimer & Son of Edinburgh 12 bore Anson & Deeley gun with 30in Damascus barrels and 2 3/4in chambered barrels

- J. D. Dougall 12 bore Anson & Deeley gun with 30in Damascus barrels and 2 3/4in chambered barrels

John Dickson & Son at The Scottish Game Fair 2022

This years event is returning back to its original slot on the calendar, being held 1st to 3rd July at Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland, and marks the start of the summer shows in the UK.

John Dickson & Son are very pleased to be attending this grand event and will be bringing a compliment of John Dickson & Son guns, James MacNaughton & Sons guns and Daniel Fraser rifles to display. The team will be on hand to discuss our new gun and rifle making activities and any repair and restoration work for your guns. 

We will also be welcoming members of the Dickson Owners club to an informal gathering on the Saturday at our stand on Gunmakers Row. A separate invite for this event will go out to club members in the forthcoming weeks.

To find out more about The Scottish Game Fair 2022, please click here