Semiauto Rifles
Year: 2015
Semiauto Rifles
Scotti Model X Internals
I recently acquired a Scotti Model X rifle, so now we can have a set of internal photos of one (shooting and evaluation will be coming). This was one of the semiauto rifles trialed by […]
Manual machine guns
Reffye Mitrailleuse (Video)
The mitrailleuse was one of the early types of mechanical machine gun, along with the Gatling, Gardner, Nordenfelt, and others. “Mitrailleuse” is actually a general name for a volley gun – one with many barrels […]
Uncategorized
Two More Nazi Belt Buckle Pistols
Every since the first time I was able to get my hands on an alleged Nazi belt buckle pistol, I have had a hankering to collect photos of as many of them as I can, […]
Medium MGs
Experimental Fiat-Revelli Magazine
Apologies; we have a pretty brief post today. I’ve been moving into a new house and things got a bit hectic. At any rate, I did happen to notice this photo from Max Popenker of […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Trench Armor
Interestingly, one of the German troops in the front row is wearing grabenpanzer steel armor. This was reportedly used primarily for machine gun crews and sharpshooters – soldiers whose jobs were particularly heavy on staying […]
Tour
A Brief Tour of the Rock Island Auction Company
I have been spending this past week at the Rock Island Auction Company, making a series of videos on guns that will be in their upcoming regional auction (they will start running on the site […]
Semiauto pistol
Slow Motion: Mauser 1914 Pocket Pistol
Mauser’s classic early pocket pistol began as the model 1910, in .25 ACP caliber (6.35mm). It was then re-engineered for the larger .32 ACP (7.65mm) cartridge in 1914, and a final set of modifications too […]
Semiauto Rifles
History of the Designated Marksman’s Rifle (Video)
Today Karl and I are looking at the history and evolution of the DMR concept. This is the idea of a squad force-multiplier in the form of a rifle with greater precision capability than the […]
Semiauto Rifles
The SVT-40 and Soviet Tactics
I have an SVT-40, but haven’t had a chance to really put it through the paces and do a video on it yet. So I was interested to watch when I saw that Balázs Németh […]