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Year: 2013

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Vintage Saturday: Government Shutdown

October 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 45
Note the assortment of arms – a Polish variant of the BAR, a Mauser rifle, Luger pistol, and what appears to be a Mauser 1910/1914/1934 pistol.
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Book review

Book Review: Testing the War Weapons

October 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 11
I was pretty excited to dig into Tim Mullin’s Testing The War Weapons when I first got a copy of it, having already read his book on SMGs, shotguns, and machine pistols cover to cover. I […]
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Video

Warsaw Uprising

October 3, 2013 Ian McCollum 36
I normally have a book review on Thursday, but this week I’m pushing it to Friday. I meant to post this yesterday, but lost track of the date – which, 69 years ago, was the […]
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Patent drawings

Maxim-Silverman 1896 Pistol

October 2, 2013 Ian McCollum 35
We all know of Hiram Maxim for his groundbreaking work in machine gun development – but not many people are familiar with his automatic pistol designs. In fact, this is at least partly because the […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Israeli 7.62mm Conversion

October 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 30
I was looking at a particularly nice FN Israeli Mauser the other day; one of their rifles converted to 7.62mm NATO: I was admiring the condition (much better than the one of these I have […]
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Semiauto pistol

Skorpion Scarab 9mm (Video)

September 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 22
In my defense, I want to point out that the only reason I wanted to get one of these pistols was to see how much it actually resembled the Czech vz.61 Skorpion, wich is a […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Three or Five?

September 28, 2013 Ian McCollum 25
Members of the French resistance in Paris, August 1944. Interesting to see that the shooter has an M-16 Berthier with a 5-round magazines, but the window sill has a pile of three-round clips. Also interesting […]
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Heavy MGs

Finnish M1932 Maxim Manual

September 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 13
Allow me to put on my Tikkakoski Company Sales Rep hat for a moment, and explain to you why as a modern military force (in 1933) the obvious choice in support machine guns is the […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Book Review: The Early Arisakas

September 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 10
Are you interested in Japanese weapons and militaria? There is a group you should be aware of – Banzai. Formed in 1982, Banzai has been publishing a newsletter full of Japanese-weaponry-related articles for more than […]
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Accessories

Nydar Reflex Sight

September 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 41
The basic technology for the Army’s fancy high-tech M68 CCO (the Aimpoint) was first patented all the way back in 1900. The concept of the reflex sight, in brief, is that ambient light is used […]

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