Book review
Book Review: Flying Guns of World War I
We’ve looked at a couple early self-loading rifles that saw aerial use this week, so I figure it’s a good time to check out a book on the subject. Flying Guns of World War I […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
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SAR West in Phoenix this weekend
It’s that time of year – time for the SAR West gun show in Phoenix. Maybe I’m spoiled, but it’s about the only show in the Southwest that I think is really worth going to […]
Semiauto Rifles
Farquhar-Hill rifle
The Farquhar-Hill rifle was developed by Colonel Moubray Farquhar and gunsmith Arthur Hill in England, and initially patented in 1908. The original design was a recoil-operated system, but this proved unreliable and was replaced in […]
Semiauto Rifles
Get your own Forgotten Weapon!
Looking for a way to really take your own collection to the next level? Well, here’s a way you can get into the Forgotten Weapons club and the NFA club at the same time: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=262385694 […]
Semiauto Rifles
Mauser Selbstlader manual
We recently added a much better writeup on the early Mauser semiauto rifle designs, and while searching through some material I realized that we have a copy of an original Mauser Selbstlader manual. The Mauser […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Hotchkiss photo
Just a neat old photo to spice up your Saturday… Think he’s going to hit that airplane?
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Pedersen clip
The main competitor to the Garand rifle in the 1930s was John Pedersen’s toggle-locked rifle. The Pedersen was designed to fire, appropriately, the .276 Pedersen cartridge developed just for it, and it used an en […]
Book review
Blood Brothers: A Biography of Hiram and Hudson Maxim
Today we take a look at Iain McCallum’s Blood Brothers: Hiram and Hudson Maxim: Pioneers of Modern Warfare – a book deserving a place in everyone’s firearms library. Most people don’t realize that Hiram Maxim […]
Light MGs
Mexican Mendoza LMG
So, you might wonder how firearms were procured in Mexico before the ATF was around to hand them out. Would you believe indigenous development? Mexico had a couple notable firearms designers working hard in the […]
Machine pistol
Stechkin Automatic Pistol
The Stechkin automatic pistol was adopted by the Soviet military in 1951, alongside the Makarov pistol. Both are chambered bot the 9x18mm Russian cartridge, and both use simple blowback mechanisms. The Stechkin is a heavier […]