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Home2018September

Month: September 2018

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Ammunition

Ammunition Evaluation: Ethiopian 7.62x51mm NATO

September 30, 2018 Ian McCollum 2

Century International Arms has imported a quantity of Ethiopian ammunition, and asked me to do a video on it. So, I have a three-part evaluation here: appearance and packaging, live fire testing (including velocity and […]

Single-shot Pistol

Webley Model 1911 Stocked .22 Single-Shot Target Pistol

September 29, 2018 Ian McCollum 3

The Webley Model 1911 is a single-shot, self-ejecting target pistol made only for a few years. It was fitted with a long barrel to increase sight radius and also a detachable shoulder stock for those […]

Semiauto pistol

The Rhodesia Mamba: Big Hype and a Big Flop

September 28, 2018 Ian McCollum 2

The Mamba was originally conceived in a 1970s Salisbury, Rhodesia barroom bull session about the best elements of semiauto pistols. The project would wind up being pushed by an American expat named Joe Hale, and […]

Commentary

Overview of Swedish Gun Laws

September 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 0

Today I am joined by my friend Kristoffer to speak briefly about gun laws in Sweden while we take a break from the competition at Finnish Brutality 2018. As always, this is not intended to […]

Prototype

Prototype Clement 9x20mm Military Pistol

September 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 1

Charles Clement is best known for a series of civilian pocket pistol made in the years before World War One, but today we are looking at a prototype Clement military pistol from 1914. This gun […]

Forgotten History

Forgotten History: Glade of the Armistice

September 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 1

Here at a forested railroad crossing outside Compiègne in Picardy, France, two rail cars met in November of 1918 – one with members of the Allied/Entente high commend and ones with representatives of Imperial Germany. […]

Select-fire Rifles

The American FAL: Harrington & Richardson T48 (w/ Larry Vickers)

September 24, 2018 Ian McCollum 3
Light MGs

M1918 Chauchat: Testing a New Magazine

September 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 12

Today I am testing out a new .30-06 Chauchat magazine converted from a Johnson M1941 machine gun magazine. The workmanship on this new mag is excellent, and much more extensive than I had initially realized […]

Reproduction

Brownells BRN-10A: A Retro Cold War AR-10 Reproduction

September 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 19

Companion shooting video on InRangeTV: We have a new Brownells BRN-10A reproduction AR-10 to take a look at today, hot off the production line! Brownells is making both AR-15 and AR-10 rifles in their “Retro” […]

Select-fire Rifles

Steyr StG 77, aka the AUG

September 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 29

Today’s rifle is not quite an Austrian military StG-77, but it is virtually identical. This is one of the commemorative rifles sold by Steyr, which has been rebuilt with military parts and is a registered […]

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