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Month: June 2016

Accessories

Italian Scout Bicycle

June 30, 2016 Ian McCollum 48

So, this is a bit off our normal subject matter, but it appealed to the mechanical nerd in me, and I figured at least a few of my readers would have the same reaction. If […]

Italian soldier in Rome with an ARX-160
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GunSpotting in Rome

June 29, 2016 Ian McCollum 71

About a month ago I spent some time in Italy, and noticed a few things that I thought would be interesting. The biggest thing that stood out to me (on the matter of firearms, I […]

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Gunsmithing

Q&A #5: Rollin White and Other (Better) Designers

June 28, 2016 Ian McCollum 51

Questions in part I of today’s Q&A: 1:04 – What was Rollin White’s revolver like? 7:09 – Why did pan magazines disappear? 10:14 – Why no pointed pistol bullets? 13:24 – Funky rounds like Trounds […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Transitional Swiss Sniper K31 Rifles (Video)

June 27, 2016 Ian McCollum 12

During World War II, the Swiss military experimented with two models of K31 carbine with integral optics (the K31/42 and K31/43). These were found to be not sufficient for military service, and after more experimentation […]

French soldiers attacking in the Argonne in 1915
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Fixed Bayonets

June 25, 2016 Ian McCollum 61
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Travel Plans & Patreon

June 24, 2016 Ian McCollum 27

When I set up my Patreon funding page a while back, I needed to define a couple specific goals – you know, what do I plan to do with this money anyway? Well, what I […]

Semiauto pistol

RIA: Praga 1921 One-Handed Pocket Pistol

June 23, 2016 Ian McCollum 25

This cute little pocket pistol was an early project of Vaclav Holek, who would become much better known for his work with the ZB-26 light machine gun and ZH-29 rifle. It is a very small […]

Semiauto pistol

RIA: Beretta 1915 – the First of the Beretta Pistols

June 22, 2016 Ian McCollum 32

The Italian military went into WWI having already adopted a semiautomatic sidearm – the Model 1910 Glisenti (and its somewhat simplified Brixia cousin). However, the 1910 Glisenti was a very complex design, and much too […]

Bolt Action Rifles

RIA – Swiss Model 1893: A Mannlicher Cavalry Carbine

June 21, 2016 Ian McCollum 23

The Swiss were the first country to adopt a bolt action repeating rifle with their Vetterli, and followed this by changing to a straight-pull design in the 1880s. The straight-pull Schmidt-Rubin system was quite good, […]

Revolver

RIA: A Pair of Arresting Montenegrin Gasser Revolvers

June 20, 2016 Ian McCollum 26

This is quite the eye-catching pair of revolvers… The Model 1870 Gasser was a behemoth of a pistol designed by Leopold Gasser for the Austro-Hungarian cavalry – it was built around the 11x36mm cartridge used […]

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