2013 - Forgotten Weapons

Egyptian Hakim in a 2-Gun Match

November 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 34

This past weekend was another 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, and this time I decided to shoot my Hakim in it. The Hakim is an Egyptian license-built copy of the Swedish AG-42 Ljungman (you can find […]

Vintage Saturday: Maritime Gunnery

November 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 35

Sailor mounting an antiaircraft Hotchkiss Portative machine gun on the Canadian corvette Trillium.

Bergmann No.5 / 1897 Pistol

November 15, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

With the failure of the No.4 Bergmann 1896 to attract military interest (which couldn’t have been too difficult to predict), Bergmann and Schmeisser realized that the straight blowback mechanism of the 1896 model pistol would […]

Book Review: The World’s Fighting Shotguns

November 14, 2013 Ian McCollum 38

Shotguns are a subject I don’t cover much, and I’ll admit that’s because of a prejudice on my part. I just don’t find most of them to be particularly interesting…but then I had the chance […]

Bergmann No. 4 / 1896 Pistol

November 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 10

With the Bergmann No.3 proving to be a popular pistol and commercial success, Bergmann and Louis Schmeisser made another attempt to break into the military market. This was done by adapting the No.3 to use […]

Bergmann No. 3 / 1896 Pistol

November 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 16

Of the three calibers available in the 1896 model Bergmann pistol, the 6.5mm No.3 was the most popular. Approximately 4,000 of these guns were produced, and they found a worldwide following. We have examples below […]

Streetsweeper Shotgun (Video)

November 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 51

It may seem sometimes that I’ve never met a gun I didn’t like…but I can assure you that isn’t the case. The Streetsweeper, for example, is a pretty terrible gun. Originally designed in 1980 by […]

Vintage Saturday: Rifles? What Rifles?

November 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 50

US World War I doughboys with M1911 pistols on display. Trigger discipline wasn’t what it is today.

Bergmann No. 2 / 1896 Pistol

November 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 25

After several years of work and at least two Swiss military trials, Louis Schmeisser’s design of the Bergmann self-loading pistol was still not quite good enough to become a commercial success. Only a few pistols […]

Gun Nation Podcast

November 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 3

Sorry guys – I don’t have a book review ready today. I’ve got a bunch of books in hand, but I’m still working my way through them. Instead, I do have the episode of Gun […]