Submachine Guns
UC-9 at the Range
Yesterday we looked at the development and mechanics of the UC-9 folding sneaky submachine gun. Today we are out at the range with it – how does this thing actually handle? Well, actually better than […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Submachine Guns
The UC-9: Like a Sneaky, Extra-Boxy Uzi
The UC-9 is a really interesting example of the market distortion caused by the 1986 Hughes Amendment. This is essentially an Uzi converted into a form factor than doesn’t look like a gun when folded […]
Semiauto pistol
Serbian/Yugoslav Ruby Pistol
The Serbian Army was essentially destroyed in 1915, and lost a massive amount of equipment. It was rebuilt with French assistance and reequipped with French arms in 1917, including about 5,000 Ruby pistols. These were […]
Select-fire Rifles
The Compact CZ-2000 “Krinkov” Variant
We have previously looked at the development of the CZ 2000 and Lada rifle programs in Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic, and today we are taking a close look at one specific variant. This […]
Bolt Action Rifles
2-Gun Match: Enfield Jungle Carbine & Martini-Henry
https://youtu.be/IuSw8VbiRT I have been wanting to bring my new (to me) No5 MkI Enfield “Jungle Carbine” out to a match, and chose this month’s 2G-ACM to do it. In addition I am joined by Tom, […]
General Purpose MGs
M60: Its Purpose, Mechanics, and Development
The concept for the M60 began at the end of World War Two, when US Ordnance officers became very interested in the German concept of a universal machine gun (originally conceived by the Danes, but […]
Q&A
Q&A 58: Tenuous Travel, Time Travel Investment, and 7.65 French Magnum
00:00 – Introduction 00:26 – Videos I want to re-film? My ZK-420S video: https://youtu.be/xQa_1gWW_6U 03:05 – Gas system change between MKB-42(H) and MP43 04:15 – Why do we still use rimmed shotgun shells? 06:54 – […]
Select-fire Rifles
MAS Type 62: France Does the FAL, With a Twist
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, France was seriously considering joining the NATO small arms standardization. They were equipped with the MAS 49/56 semiauto rifle at this point, and were looking at three possibilities: […]
Submachine Guns
Suomi Compensator Comparison – Does It Work?
In February of 1943, new production Suomi submachine guns began to include a 10-point compensator built into the barrel shroud. This pattern, really the only substantial variation in Finnish military m/31 production, was identified as […]
General Purpose MGs
North Korean Type 73: A PK That Uses Both Mags and Belts
Many of the small arms developed in North Korea show substantial Czechoslovakian influence, and the Type 73 machine gun is no exception. Based on the concept of the Czech 52/57 light machine gun, the Type […]