Semiauto pistol
What Would Browning Do: FN’s New High Power
It seems like everyone is making a copy of the Browning High Power these days, and FN themselves have jumped into the arena as well. What FN is making isn’t just a clone of the […]
Month: September 2022
Q&A
Ask Ian: Liberators or Cobray Terminators for the Elbonian Resistance?
From Jon on Patreon: “Elbonia has been occupied by an enemy force. Do you sabotage their resistance by airdropping them Liberator pistols or Cobray Terminators?” To my mind, the Liberator is a substantially more useful […]
Select-fire Rifles
VHS-1: Croatia Copies the FAMAS (But Not Really)
The VHS-1 was heavily influenced by the French FAMAS, albeit with a short stroke gas piston operating system. Early development began in the late 1990s with the prototype designs we looked in over the past […]
Q&A
Ask Ian: What Rifles Were the M2-M13?
From Dennis on Patreon: “What rifles were between the M1 Garand and the M14? I went through Basic with an M14 and I know the M15 was supposed to be a BAR replacement. Google doesn’t […]
Select-fire Rifles
Yugoslav M70A: The AK With a Real Magazine Holdopen
Yugoslavia began development of a Kalashnikov pattern rifle in 1959. The Yugoslav rifle would be distinct from the standard Soviet model, as evidenced by features like the gas cutoff for grenade launching and the early […]
Competition
Desert Brutality 2022: Registration Is Open!
Sign up for the original Brutality match here: https://practiscore.com/inrangetv-s-desert-brutality-2022/register November 11th – 13th, Hurricane Utah. Trooper day on the 11th, standard match is the 12th and 13th. Seven stages of Brutality!
Competition
Armatix iP1 Smart Gun at the BackUp Gun Match
Yesterday we looked at the history and the functioning of the Armatix iP1 “smart gun”, and today I’m taking it out to a BackUp Gun Match. How will it perform? Will it cycle reliably? Will […]
Semiauto pistol
Armatix iP1: The Infamous German “Smart Gun”
The Armatix iP1 is a pistol created by former H&K designer Ernst Mauch that was released – or almost released – in the US in late 2013 and early 2014. It is a .22LR caliber […]
Q&A
Ask Ian: Why Does the AR15 Have a Buffer Thingie?
From Arvid on Utreon: “Why does an AR-15 need a buffer thingy? Why can’t it just have a spring like every other normal gun?” The Ar-15 really doesn’t need the buffer and tube, but it […]
Prototype
A Path Less Traveled: IM Metal’s Tavor-Based Prototype for the VHS-1
Today we are continuing to trace the development of the IM Metal / HS Produkt VHS rifles. During this period, Croatia briefly considered adopting the Israeli Tavor rifle. Part of the adoption would have included […]