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Home2015January

Month: January 2015

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Semiauto Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Not the Best Choice

January 31, 2015 Ian McCollum 16

A postcard photo from May 1918 (sent to me by Shane M. – thanks, Shane!). Featuring Arthur L. Potts, 103rd MG Co. 26th Division. The Standard Arms Model G rifle he’s holding was a direct […]

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Revolver

Colombo Ricci Automatic Revolver

January 30, 2015 Ian McCollum 21

The Colombo-Ricci is (was) an automatic revolver reportedly designed in Italy around 1910, and chambered for the standard 10.4mm Italian revolver cartridge. Very little information is available on the gun, but it seems reasonable to […]

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Semiauto pistol

Slow Motion: Steyr-Mannlicher M1905

January 29, 2015 Ian McCollum 32

The 1905 Steyr-Mannlicher was developed by Ferdinand Mannlicher, one of Europe’s most prolific gun designers. It uses the 7.65mm Mannlicher cartridge, which is roughly equivalent to .32 ACP, with a 10-round fixed internal magazine. The […]

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Revolving Rifles

Mexican Pieper Revolving Carbine

January 28, 2015 Ian McCollum 27

I often find myself answering the question, why didn’t anybody adopt a revolving rifle based on the M1895 gas-seal Nagant revolver? It does seem like a natural solution to the gas-related problems inherent to a […]

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Uncategorized

SHOT Show Followup: Forgotten Weapons Edition

January 27, 2015 Ian McCollum 56

I took most of last week to head to Vegas for the annual SHOT Show, and while it is mostly a giant sea of AR15s, there were a few things there that might be of […]

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Medium MGs

Japanese Type 97 Tank Machine Gun

January 26, 2015 Ian McCollum 29

While in Las Vegas last week, I stopped into Battlefield Vegas to check out some interesting machine guns (and join Tim from Military Arms Channel for a video). While there, the owner took the time […]

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Medium MGs

Vintage Saturday: Why They Make Tripods Like That

January 24, 2015 Ian McCollum 38

Waffen-SS soldier manning a Czech ZB-37 machine gun on its tripod. Note that the articulated tripod legs have been put to good use mounting the gun up on a large rock that offers some cover […]

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Semiauto pistol

Chinese Pistols Coming Soon!

January 23, 2015 Ian McCollum 15

I just recently spent some time at RIA doing video for their upcoming Regional auction, and happened to notice a batch of guns they were in the process of sorting and writing descriptions of for […]

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Semiauto pistol

Slow Motion: M1912 Steyr Hahn

January 22, 2015 Ian McCollum 32

The Steyr M1912, or Steyr Hahn (meaning “hammer”, to distinguish it from the striker-fired Steyr 1907) has a number of features that make it unusual among pistols today. It uses a fixed internal magazine fed […]

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Semiauto Rifles

Mud testing: M1A, MAS 49/56, AR

January 21, 2015 Ian McCollum 27

I’m at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas today (and the rest of the week), and when you read this I will probably be desperately trying to wade through the sea of AR15s in search […]

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