May, 2013 - Forgotten Weapons

Argentine Halcon SMG Family

May 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 6

We have a reprint of an article on the Argentine Halcon SMG written by Ronaldo Olive today, originally published in Gun Tests in the early 90s. These are pretty tough guns to find information on […]

Breaking news – the US State Department has informed Defense Distributed that posting 3D model blueprints is a violation of ITAR, essentially saying it is the legal equivalent of exporting firearms parts. They have ordered […]

Book Review: A Gun For All Nations

May 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 3

I ran across a mention of this book while trying to find some information on this 37mm Hotchkiss machine gun – and this book was the only reference I could find any mention of it […]

Atmed SMG and an Arisaka Addendum

May 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

First up today, we have some additional information on the scaled-down Arisaka trainer from our video on Monday. Teri from Nambu World gave us some more details (thanks, Teri and Chip!) that we would like […]

Training, Zombie Style!

May 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 11

Zombies? Yeah, I know – if you are looking for detailed gun info, best to leave now and check back tomorrow. But if you have a moment, stick with me… I spent a very fun […]

Brazilian M954 (G43 copy) on GunBroker…

May 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 12

We got a tip from Weaponsman that there’s a Brazilian G43 copy, called an M954, closing on GunBroker in a couple hours. These were made in .30-06, and are pretty rare items – and this […]

Scaled-Down Arisaka Trainer (Video)

May 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

In many countries prior to WWII, it was not uncommon to begin preparing children for military service at fairly young ages, and several countries produces small-scale rifles for training boys who could not yet handle […]

Proxibid Warning

May 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 30

So, just a heads-up for you guys who take part in online auctions – we’ve had some complaints about the Proxibid outfit. They allow people to remotely participate in live auctions – like the Cowans […]

Vintage Saturday: Faye Schulman

May 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 35

Faye Schulman was born in the small Polish town of Lenin in 1919 to a large Jewish family. After the German attack on Russia, the town was occupied, and in August 1942 the town’s roughly […]

Arkady Shipunov and the GSh-18 Pistol

May 3, 2013 Ian McCollum 51

We learned (thanks, Denny) that Arkady Shipunov passed away last week. He began work at Tula arsenal in 1950, and was chief designer of its instruments bureau from 1962 until 2006 – quite the long […]

Month: May 2013