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Home2014September

Month: September 2014

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Shotgun

Fosbery’s Pump Shotgun

September 19, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

Today’s post and photos were provided by guest author Miles Vining – thanks, Miles! Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC is primarily known for his most famous contribution to military small arms in the Webley-Fosbery […]

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Semiauto pistol

Type 94 Nambu in Slow Motion

September 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

The Type 94 Nambu is a much-maligned pistol used by the Japanese military from 1935-1945. It’s actually a better gun than people give it credit for, but we will address that in a later video. […]

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Video

New InRange Trailer and Madsen Catalog

September 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 29

First off, in the past few days we have had a number of people ask for a trailer for the first episode of InRange that actually provides a thorough idea of what is in the […]

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Uncategorized

Upcoming Match with a Swiss Gewehr 1911

September 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 47

This coming weekend, I’ll be taking a brief trip into western Texas to compete in the annual Pecos Run and Gun in the Sun. It’s a run-n-gun match, as the name implies, using rifle and […]

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Submachine Guns

Madsen M50 SMG (Video)

September 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 52

The Madsen M50 was one of a series of submachine guns developed and marketed by the Danish Madsen company after World War II. The first was the M46 (1946), followed by M50 and the M53. […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: A Rifle for Cold Weather

September 13, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

German sentry in Russia with a captured Mosin-Nagant M91 rifle, WWI. Note the sling swivel on the front of the magazine, and the lack of sling slots in the stock – this is a pre-1908 […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

German Mauser Obrez Pistol

September 12, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

From the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum, a reader named James found an example of an Obrez pistol made on a Mauser K98 rifle action. This apparently was made by Czech partisans during World […]

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Uncategorized

Introducing InRange TV

September 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 47

I am very excited to introduce a new project today – InRange TV! InRange is intended to be everything that cable TV gun programs have utterly failed to be: intelligent and educational, while still being […]

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Single Shot Rifles

Hall Breechloading Carbine at RIA

September 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 14

The M1819 Hall rifle was the first breechloader adopted on a wide scale by a military force (the British Ferguson predated it, but was only made in small numbers). The Hall stayed in production on […]

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Accessories

Survival Rifles at RIA: Luftwaffe Drilling and USAF M6

September 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 19

Today we’re looking at a pair of military survival rifles at the Rock Island September auction. One is a Luftwaffe M30 drilling – the most finely finished and luxurious survival rifle ever issued by a […]

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