Book review
Book Review: The Book of Rifles by W.H.B and Joseph E. Smith
This is an excellent book to start a firearms library with. It has a lot of great information for a very affordable cost – I found my copy for $3 at a gun show, but […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
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Custom Holster Giveaway Update
Okay, guys – I think I may have given the wrong idea when I said we are looking for a non-copyrighted picture for our holster giveaway. We don’t need a chain of custody on who […]
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Schwarzlose 1907 and 07/12
The Schwarzlose machine gun was developed by Andreas Schwarzlose starting in 1902, as an attempt to produce a machine gun simpler and less expensive than the guns then on the market. Schwarzlose achieved this end […]
Aircraft MGs
Assessment of the Schwarzlose M1907
A pointed account of the Schwarzlose M1907 aircraft machine gun, from John Biggins’ hilarious description of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in WWI, The Two-Headed Eagle (The Otto Prohaska Novels): The 8mm Schwarzlose had been the Austro-Hungarian […]
Submachine Guns
SIG MP46/MP48/MP310
Starting in the 1920s, SIG Neuhausen tried to develop a popular submachine gun, with little success. To a significant extent, I think the Swiss manufacturing philosophy was just not well adapted to the world standard […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: AA Gunnery in Gas Masks
Either shooting down aircraft or auditioning for a SyFy original…who can say? I think the gun is an early Oerlikon, but I can’t say for sure…
Review
Holster Review & Contest: Louisville Leather
Ryan Kuhl at Louisville Leather is a customer holster maker putting out a very nice product. We got one of his holsters for review, and I’m very impressed with it. He makes a wide variety […]
Book review
Book Review: Guns of the Ghurkas / Treasure is Where You Find it
Today we’re looking at two books on the subject of Nepalese firearms. The video goes a bit longer than usual, but the story behind these books is a really cool one – a lost time […]
Handgun
Mauser HSc
The HSc was Mauser’s attempt to compete with the highly successful Walther PP design. Development began in 1934, and was ready for mass production in 1938. The German Arms Bureau did not allow production to […]
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Steyr Semiauto and Holster Giveaway
Unfortunately, we are having a few technical difficulties at the moment, so the blog isn’t running at full speed. With some limited access, I figure this is as good a time as any for a […]