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Home2018April

Month: April 2018

bullpup

Vektor CR21: South Africa’s Futuristic Bullpup

April 30, 2018 Ian McCollum 23

The CR-21 was a private effort to create a new rifle for the South African military in the 1990s. Bullpup designs were all the rage at the time (Austria has the AUG, France had the […]

Book review

Book Review: Serbian Army Weapons of Victory 1914-1918

April 29, 2018 Ian McCollum 3

Serbia, as one of the minor powers of World War One, if usually overlooked by history books – and is especially overlooked by firearms reference books. Want to know about the M1899/07 Mauser rifles? The […]

Submachine Guns

Feeling the Bern: Shooting the Swiss Furrer MP-41/44 SMG

April 28, 2018 Ian McCollum 26

When I filmed yesterday’s video on the MP-41/44, and did not know I would have a chance to actually do some live fire with it. But we snuck off to a little shooting range to […]

Submachine Guns

Swiss MP-41/44: Adolph Furrer and His Toggle Lock Fascination

April 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 37

  The Swiss military discovered an urgent need for submachine guns in the early years of World War II, and sent out a very short-notice request for SMG designs. This seemed like the perfect opportunity […]

Ammunition

Testing 7.65mm French Long Ammo (Reed’s and Buffalo Arms)

April 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 36

  I am on the search for suitable ammunition for the Mle 1935A and Mle 1935S French pistols, as well as my MAS-38 submachine gun. They are chambered for the 7.65mm French Long cartridge, aka […]

Semiauto pistol

Polish and German Police Silenced CZ-27 Pistols

April 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

Today we are looking at two suppressed CZ-27 pistols, one Polish and one German. The Polish one was issued by the Ministry of Public Security, an agency which only existed from 1945 until 1954. It […]

Q&A

Q&A #17: Bullpups, Stocked Pistols, Delayed Blowback, and More!

April 24, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

  0:26 – Can roller delayed blowback system be relevant in modern guns? 3:32 – Difference between gas tappet and short stroke gas piston 6:00 – Cleaning procedure, particularly for corrosive ammunition 7:32 – Brief […]

Semiauto pistol

Lahti L-35: Finland’s First Domestic Service Automatic Pistol

April 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

When Finland decided to replace the Luger as its service handgun, they turned to Finland’s most famous arms designer, Aimo Lahti. After a few iterations, Lahti devised a short recoil semiautomatic pistol with a vertically […]

Book review

Book Review – The Mac Man: Gordon B Ingram and His Submachine Guns

April 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 22

Gordon Ingram served as an infantryman during World War Two, and decided to get into the gunmaking business after the war. He though there was a market for a submachine gun for police and military […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Iron Sights at 800 Yards: New Mexico Milsurps Match!

April 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 40

While traveling through Albuquerque, I was invited to join the New Mexico Milsurps club for one of their long range rifle matches. This is no typical shooting challenge – the course of fire is 20 […]

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