Commentary
Pronunciation: Is it carBEAN or carBYNE? And why?
Every time I say “carbine” on film, I get a bunch of people complaining that I’m saying it wrong. So…am I?
Articles by Ian McCollum
Bolt Action Rifles
Thorneycroft: A Victorian Bullpup Rifle with Volley Sights
The Thorneycroft was the first military bullpup rifle, developed in the United Kingdom in response to combat experiences in the second Boer War showing the British infantry rifles to be overly long and cumbersome. Scotsman […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The First Modern Military Rifle: The Modele 1886 Lebel
Get your “Only Dropped Once” shirt here, and do your part to push back against the stereotype of the French soldier! The Lebel was a truly groundbreaking development in military small arms, being the first […]
Uncategorized
Final Prices: James D. Julia Fall 2017 Auction
As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed form the most recent Julia auction (fall 2017). While there was the usual wide variety of guns in this […]
Book review
Book Review: Captured Arms (Beutewaffen)
“Captured Arms (Beutewaffen)” by Guus de Vries is Volume 9 of the Propaganda Photo Series by SI Publicaties out of the Netherlands. I really like the whole series, as they do a very good job […]
Semiauto Rifles
The .32ACP Dreyse Light Carbine
Manufactured by Rheinmetall and designed by Louis Stange, this light .32ACP (7.65mm Browning) carbine is a bit of a mysterious item. Very little written information exists about it, but we know it was sold on […]
Submachine Guns
The Swiss Cheap Out: SIG 310, aka MP48
The SIG 310, aka MP48, is the final evolution of SIG’s submachine gun design from the 1920s. It began as the MKM/P/S/O with a folding magazine well, wooden stock, and fancy lever-delayed operating system. Over […]
Combination gun
Parisian Needlefire Knife-Pistol Combination
Combination knife/gun weapons have been popular gadgets for literally hundreds of years, and this is one of the nicest examples I have yet seen. This sort of thing is usually very flimsy, and not particularly […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Steyr M30S Prototype: A Repurposed WW1 Improved Mauser
This rifle, as best I can tell, is a prototype model made by Steyr in Switzerland in the early 1930s for use in Hungarian military trials. The Hungarians were looking to replace their old 1895 […]
Bolt Action Rifles
M1903 Springfield – Stripped for Air Service
Edit: For additional information on these, including some unpublished documentation, see the C&Rsenal video on the 1903 Springfield One of the more interesting and unusual – and rare – variations of the M1903 Springfield is […]