I’m using this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match as preparation for Lynx Brutality this spring. Žiga, Bloke, Jari, and I decided to all use AK’s at Lynx, and I’ve got this Romanian kit build that I riveted together myself many years ago. I have a sidereal on it with a Russian PK-A red dot, and I will be adding on a suppressor in Slovenia. For a pistol, I’m taking my Arex Delta with its Holosun 509T enclosed red dot. Today’s match was very cardio-heavy, which was both great practice for Lynx and also a genuinely fun experience that I’ve been missing from the last year or two of local 2-Gun matches…
Light MGs
A Soviet Look at Cold War Small Arms Development
I have covered various elements of small arms development during the Cold War more than a few times – usually involving the contentious process that led to the 7.62mm NATO cartridge being adopted, and the […]
Submachine Guns
Leningrad’s Emergency-Production PPS-42 at the Range
Yesterday we looked at the history of the PPS-42 and how it was developed into the much more common PPS-43. Today we are taking it out to the range – the only time one of […]
Machine pistol
Stechkin Automatic Pistol
The Stechkin automatic pistol was adopted by the Soviet military in 1951, alongside the Makarov pistol. Both are chambered bot the 9x18mm Russian cartridge, and both use simple blowback mechanisms. The Stechkin is a heavier […]
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