Artillery
Vintage Saturday: Fire Support
One of the photos that didn’t make the cut for the 2015 Forgotten Weapons Calendar: US troops demonstrating use of an M1916 37mm gun. Note how the ammo is supplied on a cloth belt – […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
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2015 Calendar Preorder!
I am happy to announce that I will be making another Vintage Photo calendar for 2015! Last year’s calendar was a big hit, and I’ve been using one myself to track and plan posts for […]
Semiauto pistol
Slow Motion: Star Model B Super
Today’s high speed video analysis is the first Browning-style pistol that was at hand when I took out the camera: a Star Model B Super. Manufactured in Spain for many years, this basic pistol was […]
Commentary
Bergmann 1894 Grip Style
I recently had the opportunity to examine a very early model 1894 Bergmann pistol, and made an interesting discovery (discovery to me, at any rate). The gun has a rather elegant bird’s-head grip, and a […]
Fake
Another Bogus Belt Buckle Pistol
I will admit, in the aftermath of my video on the “Nazi” belt buckle pistol I have gotten a bit interested in them. Not because of their historical significance (which I am pretty well convinced […]
Semiauto pistol
Colt All-American 2000 (Video)
The All-American 2000 was Colt’s attempt to break into the polymer high-cap pistol market in the early 1990s, when Glock was dominating that field. Colt took what appears to have been a pretty good pistol […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Mujahideen
Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Mostly armed with SMLEs, but I see at least one No4 Enfield in there as well (and the AKM, of course – which appears to have a 40-round […]
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Tactical and Technical Trends #50: September 1944
Today I have another issue of Tactical and Technical Trends – this time #50, from September 1944. As usual, most of the material herein will be of interest to folks who like to study WWII, […]
Semiauto Rifles
Slow Motion: M1 Garand
The M1 Garand needs no introduction, does it? Here is is at 2000 frames per second:
Bolt Action Rifles
7.62 mm PSG LANO Sniper Rifle
Today’s post is more modern than most of what we usually cover, but it is about a rifle for which very little information is available. It is a Swedish report translated by Arne Bergkvist – […]