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Biography: Henri & Nicolas Pieper

March 24, 2015 Ian McCollum 15

Today’s biography is a guest post by our friend Robert White – thanks, Robert! Henri Pieper was born and raised in modest German home in Soest (Westphalia) Germany on Oct 30, 1840. He received his […]

2-Gun Action Match: Gewehr 41

March 23, 2015 Ian McCollum 13

I recently picked up a Walther G41 rifle (1943 production) and have been excited to have a chance to put it through a 2-Gun match. This particular rifle has clearly led an interesting life – […]

Vintage Saturday: More Anti-Aircraft

March 21, 2015 Ian McCollum 37

Soviet snipers train at ranging aircraft with 91/30 PU rifles.

T124E2 76mm Anti-Tank Gun

March 20, 2015 Ian McCollum 36

The T124E2 was the last US antitank gun, and was discontinued after only about 100 had been made – before it was put into service. It was a high velocity 76mm piece, and was replaced […]

Book Review: Unique Pistols by Robert Adair

March 19, 2015 Ian McCollum 9

I recently became aware of a new book published by Robert L. Adair Jr. on the subject of the “Unique” brand pistols, made by Manufacturer d’Armes des Pyrénées Françaises. Today, the most commonly recognized Unique […]

Film Review: Generation War (Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter)

March 17, 2015 Ian McCollum 26

Generation War originally came out two years ago as a three-part German television miniseries, and I only found out about it recently. It has been described as a German Band of Brothers, but that misses […]

Prototype Pieper .45ACP Pistol at James D Julia

March 14, 2015 Ian McCollum 51

Nicholas Pieper designed a blowback pocket pistol which was manufactured under license by Steyr in 1908. It was a reasonably successful pistol, and can be found today in .25ACP and .32ACP calibers. This particular one […]

Schouboe Prototype .45 Pistols at James D Julia

March 13, 2015 Ian McCollum 11

The Schouboe is best known in the US as one of the pistols that competed in the 1907 Army pistol trials, unsuccessfully. It was designed in Demark by Jens Schouboe, whose much more notable accomplishment […]

Walther Volkspistole at James D Julia

March 12, 2015 Ian McCollum 17

As the Second World War started to really take a toll on German industrial production, several companies started to work on alternatives to the P38 handgun in an effort to reduce production cost and time. […]

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