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Month: July 2013

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Select-fire Rifles

1964 SPIW 60-round Magazine

July 31, 2013 Ian McCollum 59

Let’s step back to 1964 for a few minutes, into the midst of the SPIW development program. This was the US military’s attempt to increase hit probability from infantry rifles by, basically, changing focus from […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Rifle Collecting on a Budget: Think Turkey

July 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 33

We all love seeing (and pawing through, when given the opportunity!) the fantastic collections built up by gun collectors who have had the twin resources of time and money on their side, but few of […]

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Competition

More 2-Gun Action!

July 29, 2013 Ian McCollum 20

Yep, it’s that time again – we’ve had another 2-Gun Action Challenge Match. I was hoping to take a Ross rifle this month, but it didn’t arrive in time – so instead I used a […]

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Sniper Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Scharfschützen

July 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 31

German snipers of the Hermann Goering Division in Bautzen, 1945. Most have scoped G43 rifles, but the man at the far left has an MP41 (and a paratrooper helmet) and the third man from the […]

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Manuals

Swedish Army Documents

July 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

Thanks to Carolus L., we have a batch of Swedish military manuals for you today. We always enjoy getting international mail, and the package from Carolus was no exception. The most interesting piece of material […]

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Book review

Book Review: Honour Bound – The Chauchat Machine Rifle

July 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

I’ve discussed the much-maligned CSRG machine rifle (the Chauchat) previously – it was not the utter disaster that common knowledge would lead you to believe. You won’t find much literature on the Chauchat, but fortunately […]

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Manuals

Original Mendoza HM-3

July 24, 2013 Ian McCollum 34

Mexico has more of a history of domestic arms design and production than many people expect – from the many designs of Manuel Mondragon to Rafael Mendoza’s light machine guns, the Trejo machine pistols, and […]

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Commentary

Gunnie Grafitti, and RIA Loot Has Arrived!

July 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 16

Thanks to Rock Island Auctions, it’s been Christmas in July here. An extended Christmas, because with the amount of care they put into packaging things it took me a while to get all my loot […]

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Uncategorized

Browning BDM Controls (Video)

July 22, 2013 Ian McCollum 16

Last week, we talked a bit about obsolete firearms controls, and that discussion made me think of a fairly recent pistols with a fairly unique feature, the Browning BDM. Mechanically, the BDM is a pretty […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: The Not-French Resistance

July 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

Soviet guerrillas in the Crimea, with a few different types of rifles. Just women in the main shot, but there are men in the background as well.

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