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Ingram Model 6: Like A Thompson Without the Price Tag (Sort Of)

October 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 22
This transferrable Model 6 SMG is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. Before he made a big success with the M10 (MAC-10) submachine gun, Gordon Ingram designed a couple other guns. His initial […]
Conversion

The MG 08/15 Updated Between the Wars

October 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 14
This MG08/15 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. In the aftermath of World War One, the Treaty of Versailles strictly limited the number of machine guns that the German military could keep […]
Light MGs

M1909 Benet Mercie – American’s First LMG

October 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 35
This Benet-Mercie is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. The first light machine gun adopted by the United States was the M1909 Benet-Mercie, made by the Hotchkiss company in France. The gun was […]
Slow motion

Shooting the S&W Model 76 – the Original!

October 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 3
This S&W 76 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. I have long been told that the Smith & Wesson Model 76 is a very nice submachine gun to shoot, despite its rather […]
Submachine Guns

Smith & Wesson 76: American’s Vietnam 9mm SMG

October 19, 2018 Ian McCollum 49
This S&W 76 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Early in the Vietnam War, the US Navy acquired a quantity of Swedish M/45B submachine guns (“Swedish K”) for special forces use. By […]
Slow motion

Shooting the Thompsons: Comparing the 1921, 21/28, and M1A1

October 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 21
These Thompsons are all being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018: Model 1921 (transferrable), Model 1921/28 overstamp (transferrable), and M1A1 (pre-86 dealer sample). Having gone through the whole series of Thompson submachine guns, not […]
Submachine Guns

The Iconic American WW2 Thompson: the M1A1

October 15, 2018 Ian McCollum 34
This Thompson is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Note that I refer to the M1A1 in this video as a transferrable gun; it is actually a pre-May dealer sample. Sorry! While the US […]
Medium MGs

The First Browning 1919: The Automatic Tank Machine Gun

October 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 10
This transferrable 1919 tank MG is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. In 1918 the United States began manufacturing tanks for the war effort in Europe, and these tanks naturally required armament. The […]
Submachine Guns

World War Two Heats Up: The M1928A1 Thompson SMG

October 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 10
These two 1928A1 Thompsons (Savage manufacture and Auto-Ordnance manufacture) are being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. By 1939, Auto-Ordnance was thoroughly bankrupt, having about $400 in assets and a debt of more than […]
Submachine Guns

The Marines’ First SMG: 1921/28 Thompson Gun

October 9, 2018 Ian McCollum 28
This Thompson is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. The USMC had acquired a few hundred early 1921 model Thompson submachine guns in 1926, and prompted the US Navy to formally test the […]

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