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Red Dots: How Cheap is too Cheap? (featuring Mike Branson)

February 7, 2025 Ian McCollum 2

I met up with Mike Branson of Gideon Optics at SHOT Show 2025. Today, we are talking about red dot price and quality. It’s easy to get a good red dot if you are willing […]

Select-fire Rifles

India’s FAL: The 1A1 Inch/Metric Hybrid

February 5, 2025 Ian McCollum 13

For political reasons, India decided to adopt the 7.62mm NATO cartridge when it needed to replace its No1 MkIII SMLE bolt action rifles with a modern self-loader. They chose the FN FAL as the rifle […]

Light MGs

Praga I-23: Prototype Belt-Fed Predecessor of the ZB26

February 3, 2025 Ian McCollum 52

Vaclav Holek’s first machine gun design for the Czech military was the Praga I, built in 1922 and based heavily on the Vickers/Maxim system. However, it became clear that the military wanted something lighter and […]

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Military History Visualized Joins History of Weapons & War

February 2, 2025 Ian McCollum 2

Subscribe today: http://weaponsandwar.tv Join us on the History of Weapons & War and enjoy knowing that you are supporting ten of the finest historical and educational channels outside the restrictions of YouTube! We are excited […]

Interview

Primary Arms’ HTX-1: A Completely US-Made Red Dot Sight

February 1, 2025 Ian McCollum 2

Primary Arms just recently announced their HTX-1 red dot, and it sounds pretty cool. From a technical perspective, it has a lot of good points – a clever adapter plate mounting system, two different reticles, […]

Conversion

Ljungman Updates: the AG-42 vs AG-42B

January 31, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

In 1953, the Swedish military launched a program to refurbish and refit all of the Ag m/42 rifles in inventory. Aside from replacing broken parts and worn barrels, the program also made a number of […]

Semiauto Rifles

AG42 Ljungman: Sweden Adopts a Battle Rifle in WWII

January 29, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

Sweden developed, adopted, and produced a new self-loading rifle during World War Two. The process began in 1938, with an attempt by the state rifle factory to convert Swedish Mauser bolt actions into semiautomatic; that […]

Semiauto Rifles

Mean Arms’ Bearing Delay System

January 27, 2025 Ian McCollum 36

Mean Arms has developed probably the most refined and sophisticated 9mm AR delaying system on the market, what they call Bearing Delay. This began as an exploration into fitting HK-style roller delay into and AR, […]

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BSD’s VSS Vintorez Reproduction: Beyond the Hype

January 26, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

The reproduction VSS Vintorez announced and shown by BSD Fabrication & Works at SHOT Show 2025 has garnered a tremendous amount of excitement and attention. This is understandable, as the VSS is a very cool […]

Antiques

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 7: Beaumont 1871

January 25, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/episode-7-beaumont-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

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