Shotgun
Skeet with the M90 Shotgun From Halo (What Could Go Wrong?)
Today is my last chance to take the Halo M90 out for a fun day at the range…so why not make it the worst possible application for this sort of shotgun?
Articles by Ian McCollum
Semiauto pistol
Two World Wars: Finnish C96 “Ukko-Mauser”
A decent number of C96 Mauser pistols were present in Finland’s civil war, many of them coming into the country with the Finnish Jaegers, and others from a variety of sources, commercial and Russian. They […]
Conversion
Electrolux Charlton: Washing Machine Company Converts Bolt Action to Semiauto
The Charlton was a conversion of a bolt action Lee rifle into a light machine gun, designed by New Zealander Phillip Charlton. Some 1500 were made in New Zealand, but a bit later it appears […]
Commentary
Intro to Prism Scopes: What are they Anyway?
At SHOT Show this year I took some time to speak with Mike Branson of Gideon Optics (formerly of Primary ands and Swampfox). Mike’s a friend and a true optics nerd, and I figured he […]
Interview
Presenting Guns in Video Games w/ Jonathan Ferguson
Today I am joined by Johnathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armories in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. We’re talking about the […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Romanian Berthier Carbine Conversions
Romanian had more than a million rifles in its inventory after World War One, but they were mused between Mannlicher 88/90, Mannlicher 95, Mosin Nagant, and Berthier patterns – and they were almost all rifles […]
Submachine Guns
Zagi: Croatia HK’s a Sten Gun
The Zagi is one of the more prolific of the Croatian homeland War submachine guns. It was developed with the intention of making substantial numbers, and a lot of capital was put into the PHTO […]
Semiauto Rifles
Denmark’s m/75: A Lease-to-Own Rifle
Denmark’s adoption of the H&K G3 is a rather odd story. First off, the Danes adopted the m/66 H&K as its sniper/DMR rifle in 1966, while retaining the M1 Garand as its standard service rifle. […]
Uncategorized
Inside the Trigger Mechanism of the Real-Life Halo M90 Shotgun
The real-life Halo M90 shotgun I featured previously was actually built on a left-handed 870 Wingmaster. When I did the Christmas “historical” video about it, I didn’t show the actual internal mechanics, and I figured […]
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Last-Minute Registration for Moons Out Goons Out
If you wanted to join us for Moons Out Goons Out (our no-white-light night match next weekend in West Virginia), we have just opened up a few remaining slots. We had a couple competitors who […]