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Home2017June

Month: June 2017

Semiauto pistol

Rogak P18 – A Cautionary Tale of Manufacturing

June 10, 2017 Ian McCollum 79

The Rogak P18 was a copy of the Steyr GB service pistol, with some disagreement over whether it was unlicensed or just unfortunately made. Les Rogak was a Steyr distributor in Illinois who managed to […]

Lever Action Rifles

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1873

June 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

Musket Rifle Trapper Carbine With the Model of 1873, Winchester was able to address the major remaining weakness of the Henry and 1866 rifles – the cartridge. The 1873 was introduced in tandem with the […]

bullpup

Bushmaster M17S – An American Commercial Bullpup

June 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 21

The M17S began as an Australian design by a man named Alex Hand, apparently intended for Australian military trials. It did not succeed in that effort, although the Australian military did adopt a bullpup rifle […]

Lever Action Rifles

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1866

June 7, 2017 Ian McCollum 11

While the Henry Repeating Rifle had been an serious leap forward in firearms capability, it was not without problems. The biggest single weakness of the Henry was its magazine. The tube magazine was open to […]

Lever Action Rifles

Winchester Lever Action Development: 1860 Henry

June 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 36

The Henry Repeating Rifle was a truly revolutionary development in firearms technology. It was not the first repeating rifle, but it was the best of a emerging class of new arms, reliable in function and […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Norwegian K98kF1 Repurposed Mauser

June 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

At the end of When Germany capitulated in 1945, there were nearly 400,000 German soldiers in Norway (largely thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance to prevent them from being transferred south). This provided […]

Bolt Action Rifles

What is the German 1920 Double Date Stamp?

June 3, 2017 Ian McCollum 18

One will sometimes encounter German WW1 arms – mostly Lugers and Kar98 carbines – that have two date stamps, one of them being 1920. What is the significance of this? The crux of the matter […]

Accessories

Browning M1919A6 Double Size Training Model Machine Gun

June 2, 2017 Ian McCollum 15

During World War II, the US military had a simultaneous need to put machine guns into combat service, and also a need to train new soldiers on the operation of those machine guns. Cutting up […]

Semiauto pistol

Unintended Consequences of the AWB: The Olympic Arms OA-98

June 1, 2017 Ian McCollum 56

The AR-15 does not lend itself to stock-less use, because its basic design places the recoil spring in the length of the stock, and requires that space for the bolt carrier to travel in. Olympic […]

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