Needlefire
Knoch Needlefire Pistol
This is a handmade, single shot needle fire pistol (zündnadelpistole) made by a German gunsmith named A. Knoch in Munich in 1850. I have been unable to find any documentation about the man, but the […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Semiauto pistol
Walther Model 3: A Tiny Early .32
Walther was founded as a rifle making company in the 1880s, and expanded into the flourishing market for semiautomatic pocket pistols around 1910. The Model 3 was the company’s first .32 ACP caliber pistol, and […]
Semiauto pistol
Model 1927 Thompson Semi Automatic Carbine
One of the rarest versions of the Thompsons Submachine Gun is the Model of 1927 Thompson Semi Automatic Carbine. These were regular 1921 machine guns that had their fire control groups slightly modified to only […]
Revolver
Forehand & Wadsworth Old Army Revolver
The Forehand & Wadsworth company was a better firearms manufacturer than most people tend to give them credit for. It evolved from Allen & Wheelock, with Sullivan Forehand and Henry Wadsworth both having married daughters […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Spanish 1892: Last of the Single Stack Magazine Mausers
The Mauser 98 may have been the best bolt action design of all time, but it did not spring forth from Paul Mauser’s head fully formed. The Mauser took nearly 10 years of development and […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Bolt Action Cartridge Conversion of a French M1822 Rifle
This is a conversion of a French 1822 rifle to a single shot bolt action, using a newly manufactured receiver. It is unfortunately not marked with a patent name or date, and I have been […]
Revolving Rifles
Genhart Horizontal Turret Rifle
Heinrich Genhart was a Swiss designer working in Liege, Belgium in the 1850s making horizontal turret rifles. His design was actually pretty decent, and included recessed chamber mouths and a calming barrel which would lock […]
Uncategorized
M37: The Ultimate Improved Browning 1919
In November of 1950, the US Ordnance Department requested an improved version of the Browning 1919 air cooled machine gun for use in tanks. The new version was to be able to feed from either […]
Light MGs
Project Lightening Episode 07: Conclusions
Project Lightening is a collaborative series with Othais and Mae of C&Rsenal in which we test all seven light machine guns and automatic rifles of World War One and put them through a series of […]
Percussion
Springfield Arms Double Trigger Navy Revolver
The Springfield Arms Company existed only for a brief period in 1850 and 1851, making revolvers designed by its chief engineer, James Warner, before being driven out of business by Colt patent lawyers. During that […]