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Light MGs

Slow Motion: Swiss LMG-25

July 2, 2015 Ian McCollum 10
I had a cool Swiss viewer named Bjoern kindly send me this footage of a Swiss LMG25 machine gun firing – thanks, Bjoern! These guns are very rare in the US, and the only one […]
Bolt Action Rifles

The Lee Enfield Finally Leaves Canadian Ranger Service

July 1, 2015 Ian McCollum 52
As far as I have been able to tell, the Canadian Rangers are the last formal, first-world military organization still using a WWII-era bolt action rifle as a standard-issue weapon (correction – the Danish Slædepatruljen […]
garand development

Shooting a .276 Pedersen

June 30, 2015 Ian McCollum 58
Thanks to Alex C. at TheFirearmBlog, I recently had an opportunity to do some shooting with a .276 caliber Vickers-Pedersen model PB rifle. This was one of the very first rifles Vickers built when they […]
Select-fire Rifles

Shooting and Disassembling A.I. AR-10 rifles (Video)

June 29, 2015 Ian McCollum 26
I had a gun-shop-owning friend offer me a chance to do a video on a Portuguese contract AR-10 made by Artillerie Inrichtingen in the Netherlands a little while back. Unfortunately, it had just sold, and […]
Very pleased with his captured rifle!
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Fusil d’Assaut

June 27, 2015 Ian McCollum 72
A Chasseur à pied of the 19e Battalion on the road between Breteuil and Flers, Somme. 10th of April 1918. This Battalion had been on foot after heavy fighting in order to occupy the village […]
Accessories

Hatchet-Stock for a C96 Mauser

June 26, 2015 Ian McCollum 35
How’s this for something different…and maybe clever? I don’t have a source for these photos, and I can’t say if they date from 75 years ago or 75 days ago (although I would suspect newer […]
Accessories

Testing Reproduction WWI German Trench Armor

June 25, 2015 Ian McCollum 29
You may recall that a week or two back I posted a video on some German trench armor at RIA. Reading up on that set of armor led me to International Military Antiques, who sells […]
Single Shot Rifles

Ethan Allen Brass Falling Block Rifle at RIA

June 24, 2015 Ian McCollum 30
Ethan Allen was a very prolific gun manufacturer in the US, being involved with a series of different companies. This particular rifle of his appealed to me because it is an excellent example of how […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Japanese Type 30 “Hook Safety” Arisaka at RIA

June 23, 2015 Ian McCollum 21
Most people are familiar with the Type 38 Arisaka, which was one of the two very distinctive Japanese rifles of World War II (along with the Type 99). The Type 38 was an outstanding rifle […]
Revolver

Moore Teatfire Revolver at RIA

June 22, 2015 Ian McCollum 15
The Moore patent “teatfire” revolver was one of the more (no pun intended) successful workarounds to the Rollin White patent. Designed by Daniel Moore and David Williamson, the gun was a 6-shot .32 caliber pocket […]

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