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Recent Developments in Auto-Loaders (1922)

August 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 20
Today’s guest author is none other than Julian Hatcher – although he didn’t give me permission to use his article on account of having passed away 20 years before I was born. I was looking […]
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Commentary

Digging for WWII Relics

August 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 45
I expect this is a subject more familiar to our European readers than folks here in the US – the idea is tromping out to the sites of WWII skirmishes or battles with a shovel […]
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Prototype

George Wilson’s Prototype .45 Autopistol

August 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 13
George A. Wilson was a designer for the High Standard company, and also a competitive bullseye pistol shooter. Formal bullseye shooting requires the use of a .45 caliber pistol, and the 1911 really isn’t an […]
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Semiauto Rifles

SKS Manuals at Allegheny Arsenal

August 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 16
One rifle that isn’t really forgotten at all but still interesting and historically significant is the Samozaryadnyj Karabin Simonova – the SKS. Predating the AK by several years, the SKS was a staple weapon in […]
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Medium MGs

Vintage Saturday: A Pile O’ Browning

August 3, 2013 Ian McCollum 27
 
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Light MGs

John Inglis and Bren Production

August 2, 2013 Ian McCollum 42
If I say “John Inglis”, the first two things that probably come to mind for a gunnie are High Powers and Bren guns. Inglis was a Canadian company that made a huge proportion of the […]
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Book review

Book Review: Japanese Military Cartridge Handguns 1893-1945

August 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 8
Japanese Nambu pistols used to be widely ignored as inferior and uninteresting, but prices have been climbing in recent years (as with all Japanese wartime arms). As prices rise, it is beneficial have as much […]
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Select-fire Rifles

1964 SPIW 60-round Magazine

July 31, 2013 Ian McCollum 59
Let’s step back to 1964 for a few minutes, into the midst of the SPIW development program. This was the US military’s attempt to increase hit probability from infantry rifles by, basically, changing focus from […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Rifle Collecting on a Budget: Think Turkey

July 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 33
We all love seeing (and pawing through, when given the opportunity!) the fantastic collections built up by gun collectors who have had the twin resources of time and money on their side, but few of […]
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Competition

More 2-Gun Action!

July 29, 2013 Ian McCollum 20
Yep, it’s that time again – we’ve had another 2-Gun Action Challenge Match. I was hoping to take a Ross rifle this month, but it didn’t arrive in time – so instead I used a […]

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