Antiques
Colt 1855 Revolving Rifle at the Range
I recently had a chance to take a .36 caliber Colt Model 1855 revolving rifle our to the range. It was pretty interesting to shoot, but unfortunately the video ended up rather sub-par and I […]
Year: 2020
Bolt Action Rifles
Finnish Brutality Practice: 2-Gun with a Finnish M39
As practice for Finnish Brutality, I ran a 2-Gun match with the Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant I am planning to use over in Finland. The M39 is the final iteration of the Mosin in Finnish […]
Grenade Launcher
Airtronic’s Modernized 40mm China Lake Grenade Launcher
In 2004, a trio of small arms enthusiasts began an effort to reproduce the Vietnam-era China Lake 40mm pump action grenade launcher. They displayed their first prototype at SHOT Show, and (not surprisingly) got quite […]
Uncategorized
Chassepot to FAMAS: Limited Quantity Back in Stock
Missed out of Chassepot to FAMAS? We have a limited number of blue signature editions form the original print run available now: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/purchase/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-2016-signature-edition-e6m3g They will not last long, and I don’t know when we will […]
Interview
Brownells Retro AR-15 Family: What Was, Is and Yet to Come
Brownells has produced a substantial line of retro AR-15 pattern rifles, from the “Proto” with the trigger-shaped charging handle to the M16A1 and XM-177 rifles and carbines. Today I am joined by Paul Levy from […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Uniquely Ethiopian Shortened Lebel Rifles
Today we are looking at an interesting sub-type of Ethiopian Lebel short rifle. When InterOrdnance brought in the surviving Lebels from Ethiopian storage, eleven of one hundred were in this configuration, with barrels shortened to […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Checking Ammo in my Finnish M39 Mosin for Finnish Brutality
Finnish Brutality 2021 is going to be a tough match in the best case. But I will be running it in a 1940 uniform, with a Mosin. A Finnish M39 Mosin, sure, but still a […]
Conversion
Experimental Pre-WWI Ross .30-06 Automatic Rifle
In August 1913, the British War Office wrote to Sir Charles Ross requesting a sample automatic rifle for trials in the UK. Ross was able to submit a prototype on May 1914, which was tested […]
Competition
M1 Carbine on the PCC Course of Fire
Today I am running an early-configuration M1 Carbine through my standardized Pistol-Caliber Carbine course of fire. This consists of a selection of cool target systems from MOA Targets – an 8-plate dueling tree, a mini-Mozambique, […]
Grenade Launcher
China Lake 40mm Pump Action Grenade Launcher
Possibly the coolest small arm used by the United States in the Vietnam War was the China Lake 40mm pump action grenade launcher. Only 24 of these were made, each fitted by hand. Of those, […]