May, 2013 - Forgotten Weapons

Russian 1895 Nagant Revolver (Video)

May 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 32

One of the mechanically interesting guns that is really widely available in the US for a great price (or was until very recently, it seems) is the Russian M1895 Nagant revolver. It was adopted by […]

Vintage Saturday: Too Sexy For My Shirt

May 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 24

Greek soldiers practicing antiaircraft fire with a model 1926 Hotchkiss LMG – note the AA extension on the tripod. Thank to Di for the photo!

French MAS-38 SMG

May 17, 2013 Ian McCollum 39

In the early 1930s, France adopted a new standard pistol and a new cartridge to go with it – the MAS 1935 and the 7.65x20mm, closely patterned on the us M1918 Pedersen Device cartridge. They […]

Book Review: The Devil’s Paintbrush

May 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 6

One of my favorite books to just flip through at random is Dolf Goldsmith’s The Devil’s Paintbrush: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Gun. Every time I open it, I find another detail of information that I had […]

As you may be aware, one of the very first prototype FAL designs was build for the German 8x33mm cartridge. The FAL was originally intended to be an intermediate-cartridge assault rifle along the same lines […]

Need a Gunsmithing Project?

May 14, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

As you may have noticed, Defense Distributed has been in the news quite a bit in the last few days since the State Department decided that their posting of single-shot pistol plans violates ITAR regulations. […]

Got Too Much Spare Cash?

May 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 4

Well, here are a couple things we’ve noticed that you could use to alleviate that problem. Boris Karpa (who did a great job translating Dror testing reports for us a little while back) is running […]

Savage 101 “Revolver” (Video)

May 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 29

A little nostalgia for today – I was out at the range with some friends, and this came out of a range bag. It’s a Savage Model 101, in .22 LR, and I thought it […]

Forgotten (Thankfully) Training Practices

May 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 9

Steve G sent us this video, a digitized copy of a training film made in 1936 by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. It’s a bit long at 15 minutes (and originally silent, now with a […]

Vintage Saturday: Tacticool Suomi

May 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 30

Finnish soldiers, photo found by Leszek at the Finnish Winter War Archive. The fellow on the left has a holstered Lahti L35 pistol, while the gent on the right has an early Suomi m/31 SMG.

Month: May 2013