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Thoughts and Prayers
We have just heard that Dolf Goldsmith suffered a serious heart attach yesterday, and is now in surgery – we do not know his prognosis. Dolf has been heroically fighting all manner of health issues […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Select-fire Rifles
Low Maintenance Rifle photos
I’ve found the TRW Low Maintenance Rifle to be pretty interesting ever since I found out about it – basically an American take on the Volksturm rifle concept. We’ve talked about the LMR before, and […]
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Checking in with Apex Gun Parts
While we were at SAR West this past weekend, we of course took some time to check in with Jeff from Apex Gun Parts. We’ve been buying goodies from Jeff long before we started up […]
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Commentary
Lugers and Mausers and Suppressors (oh my!)
Back when I reviewed Geoffrey Sturgess’ recently released Luger compendium, I had mentioned that it came with a neat documentary on the development of the Luger. The film is 74 minutes long, and is geared […]
Commentary
SAR Show 2012 Wrapup
It’s a bit of an unfortunate fact that I am a bit spoiled by the really cool guns that I’ve had the opportunity to handle and shoot. I very rarely bother going to gun shops […]
Vintage photo
cannon
Afghan Heavy Weapons
A reader named Robert sent us a few photos of captured weapons in Afghanistan – and we always enjoy seeing this sort of thing. First up, a Chinese Type 77 .50-cal machine gun. This uses […]
Book review
Book Review: The Parabellum is Back!
The final chapter in our continuing Luger series is today’s book, The Parabellum is Back! While Sturgess’ three-volume encyclopedia covers the pistol through 1918 and Simson Lugers takes us through Weimar, that leaves a lot […]
Light MGs
Israeli .303 Dror LMG
The Israeli Dror is most definitely a Forgotten Weapon, and one we are particularly interested in because of its interesting development history. The gun was adapted clandestinely from the US Johnson light machine gun, and […]