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Construction in progress…

December 27, 2011 Ian McCollum Comments Off on Construction in progress…
Please forgive the random changes you may see for the next few hours – we’re making a few changes to the site layout. We should be back running better than ever by the end of […]
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Feeding devices

Unusual Chinese ZB/Bren Magazine

December 27, 2011 Ian McCollum 1
I was visiting Apex Gun Parts just the other day, and while poking through a box of magazines I came across something pretty unusual: The body is clearly that of a Czech ZB26/30 twenty round […]
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Christmas felicitations from Salzburg

December 26, 2011 Ian McCollum 3
I hope you all had a happy Christmas holiday with family and friends, and maybe found something under the tree to add to your collections. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend […]
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Vintage photo

Vintage Saturday – C96 Mauser in the field

December 24, 2011 Ian McCollum 3
Also note the extra-tactical single point sling.
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Mauser Showdown at the Range – C96, Carbine, and Schnellfeuer

December 23, 2011 Ian McCollum 9
I’ve been promising this range video for a while now, and here it is. We took all three configurations of the C96 Broomhandle Mauser – a pistol, a carbine, and a machine pistol – out […]
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Book review

Book Review: Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World

December 22, 2011 Ian McCollum 0
I borrowed this book from a friend to take a look through, and not I really don’t want to give it back. I always buy myself a book or two after Christmas, and this is […]
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Prototype

Prototype Italian MBT 1925 Rifle

December 21, 2011 Ian McCollum 2
We found this very unusual rifle at the SAR West show this year. It’s an Italian prototype selfloading rifle, but we don’t know much more than we can infer from an inspection. Our friend MGMike […]
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Modifications

1911 BAR grip frame

December 20, 2011 Ian McCollum 5
I’ve got a fever…and the only prescription…is more Browning! How do you make your Browning Automatic Rifle even more Browning? By making it part 1911 pistol, that’s how! We noticed this among a pile of […]
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Heavy MGs

Kynoch Machine Gun

December 19, 2011 Ian McCollum 8
The Kynoch company is best known for its ammunition – to this day the brand remains a mainstay of large African hunting rounds like the Nitro Express series of cartridges. George Kynoch started the company […]
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Vintage Saturday – German Maxims on the Line

December 17, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

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