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Home2013October

Month: October 2013

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Book Review: The Bear Went Over the Mountain

October 31, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

I’ve been aware of Lester Grau’s The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan for a long time – I borrowed a copy many years ago – but only recently purchased a […]

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Manuals

Swiss ZfK-55: Manuals and More

October 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 15

Thanks to several readers, I have some more material on the Swiss ZfK-55 sniper rifle today. To start off, Beryl sent this vintage photo of a group of Swiss troops with a ZfK-55 (and a […]

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Commentary

Cavalry Use of Pistols?

October 29, 2013 Ian McCollum 66

Here’s a subject I don’t know much about, and I’m hoping some of the folks reading this can help educate me: cavalry use of handguns. How many groups actually experimented with handguns as a primary […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Swiss ZfK-55 Sniper (Video)

October 28, 2013 Ian McCollum 23

At the Rock Island Auction last month, there were several Swiss ZfK-55 sniper rifles up for sale. The rifle is basically a K31 action, with a bunch of modifications to convert it into a very […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Arms of the Empire

October 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

Japanese troops with Murata rifles, 1900.

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Excellent New Premium Members’ Benefit

October 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 2

I’m happy to announce that I’ve added a new benefit item to the Forgotten Weapons Premium Member program! Rock Island Auctions is offering us a great discount on their catalogs. If you’ve seen their catalogs, […]

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Book review

Book Review: Forty Miles A Day on Beans and Hay

October 24, 2013 Ian McCollum 10

We wint to Arizona, for to fight the Injins there; We came near being made bald-headed, but they never got our hair. We lay among the ditches, in the dirty yellow mud, And we never […]

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Commentary

US Army Rifle and Carbine Adoption 1865-1900

October 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 43

Courtesy of reader Mike, we have today a copy of a Master’s thesis written by Major John Davis in 2007, as a part of a Staff College degree. The title of the paper is “U.S. […]

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Commentary

The New York Times, on Smokeless Powder

October 22, 2013 Ian McCollum 29

I ran across this brief article from the September 17, 1896 edition of the New York Times. They seem to have gotten things pretty well figured out… THE NEW SMOKELESS POWDER Change of Tactics Made […]

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Commentary

2-Gun Action Challenge Match: SVT40 vs M1 Garand

October 21, 2013 Ian McCollum 23

So, after the hype about setting the FG-42 up against the M1 at a practical action match, I unfortunately have to let you down. We had a bit of a mishap right before the match […]

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