Competition
NAA .22 Magnum Mini-Revolver at the BUG Match
I’ve been taking a lot of big pistols to the (alleged) BackUp Gun Match, and I figured it was time to try out something that actually would quality as a back-up gun. So, I got […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Semiauto Rifles
Zastava’s M90: The Serbian M70 Updated to 5.56mm
Zastava has been making AK rifles in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) since the 1960s, and today has a number of offerings made for the commercial market. One of the recent ones is the M90 (or more […]
Commentary
Throwback Thursday: 70 Years’ Perspective on Gun Collecting (Dolf Goldsmith)
Today I am reposting an interview I filmed with Dolf Goldsmith back in December 2011. We talk about the state of gun collecting at that time, and how things have changed since Dolf first took […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Odd BSA Prototype Charger Bridge Long Lee
Today we have a very odd BSA prototype Long Lee rifle. The details of its production are unknown, but it has good provenance; the Charnwood Ordnance collection. What makes the rifle unusual is a unique […]
Ian's Customs
Ian’s Customs: WWSD Commando
Having worked with the KP-15 for the WWSD2020 project, I got a hankering to know how a tiny SBR carbine would work using a KP-15 lower. There is no option for using a pistol brace, […]
Forgotten History
The Army’s Labor Union: Winchester 94s for the Loyal Legion of Loggers & Lumbermen
Today we have a rifle from a really neat forgotten corner of American military history. During World War One, the Pacific Northwest was the source of prime lumber, in particular Sitka Spruce that was ideal […]
Uncategorized
Field to Table: Shooting (Delicious) Lionfish to Protect our Reefs
Want to do this yourself? Talk to Brady Hale at Ocean Strike Team, and tell him Ian sent you: Also, a huge thanks to Niuhi Dive Charters and Sake Cafe. Lionfish are a scourge on reef […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The Dutch Model 1871/79 Beaumont – from Ethiopia
The Beaumont was one of the early European breechloading metallic-cartridge rifles, adopted in 1871. The rifle is a combination of elements form the Chassepot, the Mauser-Norris, and a unique V-spring firing pin system invented by […]
Commentary
Great Celebrity Breakups: Winchester and John Browning
In August 1903, Thomas Bennett (head of the Winchester company) wrote a letter to his many distributors and agents explaining how Winchester had decided to part ways with the Browning Brothers, and how the company […]
Conversion
But Does it Take 1911 Mags? Prototype Winchester 1905SL in .45 ACP
One of the really cool aspects of the Cody Firearms Museum is that their collection is built largely on the original Winchester factory collection. Thus they have a significant number of prototype Winchester designs that […]