Commentary
The Truth Behind the Great G36 Controversy
Is the G36 a great rifle unfairly maligned? Or is it mealy and inaccurate? Let’s look at the question, and find out what was really going on with the Great G36 Controversy.
Articles by Ian McCollum
Presentation
Water-Themed Art Deco FN/Browning B25 Shotgun
The B25 was introduced by FN in 1925; the last of John Browning’s designs and the first successful over/under sporting shotgun. The one we are looking at today was created as a presentation piece for […]
Competition
French Resistance 2-Gun: FG-42 & Mle 1935A (Prep for Desert Brutality)
Next week is Desert Brutality 2020, the big annual 2-Gun “nationals”. I’ll be shooting it in the Classic division (guns from 1946 and earlier) this year, with an SMG semiauto FG-42 rifle and a French […]
Submachine Guns
Swedish K: The Carl Gustav m/45B and the Port Said
During the 1930s, Sweden acquired an assortment of different submachine guns, including Bergmanns, Thompsons, and Suomis. As World War Two progressed, they decided that they really needed to standardize on a single caliber and model […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Why Antitank Rifles Were Not Sniper Rifles
When talking about antitank rifles, I often hear people ask why such things were not fitted with telescopic sights and used as snipers’ rifles. So today, I figured I’d take a few minutes to explain […]
Submachine Guns
MAT 49-54 Police Submachine Gun
After the adoption of the MAT 49 as the standard French military submachine gun, elements of the French security services also adopted it to replace the 7.65mm MAS 38 submachine guns. These included the Paris […]
Q&A
Q&A #37: FNs in Korea and Suomis in Denmark (and more)
0:00:21 – Do I only drink Scotch? 0:02:03 – Belgian semiauto rifle at Chosin Reservoir? 0:03:54 – Do patent laws improve firearms design? 0:05:49 – Who do I like when I read fiction? 0:06:14 – […]
Gunsmithing
Real, Reworked, or Faked? Authenticating a C96 Mauser
When you get into expensive historical firearms, values begin to diverge significantly for guns in particularly good condition. This, naturally, leads some people to take poor quality guns and make them better. Sometimes this is […]
Submachine Guns
Ians Top 5 SMGs
One of the questions I got for this month’s Q&A was, “what are your favorite submachine guns?” Well, I figured that would be a good idea for a standalone video instead of just a Q&A […]
Submachine Guns
Star Z45: Spain’s Improved MP40 Submachine Gun
The Z45 was a submachine gun designed during World War Two by the Start firm in Eibar, Spain for export sale to Germany as well as domestic Spanish use. It was heavily based on the […]