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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 […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Feeding devices
Unusual Chinese ZB/Bren Magazine
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
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 […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday – C96 Mauser in the field
Also note the extra-tactical single point sling.
Video
Mauser Showdown at the Range – C96, Carbine, and Schnellfeuer
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 […]
Book review
Book Review: Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World
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 […]
Prototype
Prototype Italian MBT 1925 Rifle
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 […]
Modifications
1911 BAR grip frame
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 […]
Heavy MGs
Kynoch Machine Gun
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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