The word “enigma” conjures up a sense of mystery. To most people, it has become synonymous with the German “Enigma” codes of the Second World War and, of course, the spin-off – the cryptanalyst Alan Turing’s breaking of the code with his primitive computer, which decisively turned the tide of the war in the Atlantic Ocean. The more esoteric amongst us would immediately think of (and very appropriately so) “Nimrod”, the 9th of Edward Elgar’s 14 “Enigma” variations.
By now, it has been established that besides being an active shotgunner and wing-shooter, my interest in the British game gun is beyond cursory, and my deprivation syndrome manifests in my collection, res-suddenly turned to me one day and said, “You should buy this
