Anti-Tank Rifles
Soviet AT Rifle Performance
Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, guys. My day job has gotten a bit hectic in the last week, and it’s really cutting into the time I have available to work on the site. […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Competition
FG-42 vs M1 Garand – 2 Gun Match (Video)
For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, we had a loaner .308 FG-42 from SMG Guns, which I handed off to my friend Karl to shoot. I went up against him with an M1 Garand, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Spare a Rifle?
Lots of Mosin-Nagant rifles, and we’re guessing also Swedish Mausers. Plus, of course, the two Chauchats and a Maxim 1910. Thanks to Dave for the photo!
Accessories
Old Tech, New Tech (Syria)
Is there a computer-using gunnie anywhere who has not dreamed of doing this? Yep, an old German StG-44 mounted on a set of servomotors to allow remote control movement. Complete with firing solenoid and a […]
Video
Movie Review: Assembly (2007)
The past year’s lineup of blockbusters from Hollywood has been pretty light on war movies, so here’s one you may not have seen to fill the gap. Produced in China by director Feng Xiaogang, it […]
Semiauto Rifles
Brøndby Military Rifle Cutaway View
Courtesy of reader Peter, we have this neat cutaway drawing of the Norwegian Brøndby military rifle. This rifle was originally chambered in 6.5×55 Swede and was sent to England for military testing. Neat – thanks, […]
Semiauto pistol
Safeties – or not – on US Military Pistols
The question of what type of safety is appropriate on a combat pistol is a source of lots of debate. That’s partly because it’s ultimately a subjective rather than objective question, but also partly because […]
Semiauto pistol
Colt/Browning Sight Safety 1900
In 1897, John Browning patented four different types of automatic pistol – a blowback type that would become the FN/Browning 1900, a gas-operated type similar in concept to his 1895 machine gun, a rotating-barrel type, […]
Revolver
Looking for Webley-Fosbery First-Hand Accounts
I recently got an email from Jonathan Ferguson at the British National Firearms Centre (better known as the Pattern Room) asking if I might have any first-hand written accounts of the Webley-Fosbery being used in […]
Medium MGs
Vintage Saturday: Borrowing from Neighbors
German soldiers training with a Czech CZ30(t) machine gun, a refined Vickers gun used mostly for air service. Thanks to Beryl for the photo!