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Can you identify this part?
We have a mystery part here today – does anyone know what it is? We’re thinking some type of bolt carrier, but don’t know what it’s from… [nggallery id=124]
Articles by Ian McCollum
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You will be missed, Uncle Bob
We are deeply saddened today to discover that Robert “Uncle Bob” Faris passed away last Monday, February 13th. He fell ill and was hospitalized on the 3rd and underwent surgery which left him very weak, […]
Light MGs
Tonight on Top Shot: the BAR
I really enjoy watching Top Shot, and the BAR will be great fun to see tonight on the show. Yes, it’s a reality TV show, and yes, I would fast forward through the drama given […]
Review
Timney Trigger Review and Giveaway
We spoke to Timney Triggers at the SHOT Show last month, and they offered us one of their Mosin-Nagant triggers to try out, and a second one to give away. As you can see in […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: Armed to the Teeth with a Hall Breechloader
This man clearly has a high standards in personal armament. A Hall breechloading rifle for fast reloading (and interchangeable parts for easy maintenance and repair) and a Colt Walker revolver that will blow your head […]
Semiauto pistol
Charola-Anitua semiauto pistol
The Charola-Anitua is an early Spanish semiauto pistol dating from 1898. The mechanism of the Charola is similar in principle to the Mauser C96, with a moving wedge being used to lock the bolt to […]
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 […]
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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 […]