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Book Review: Into Helmand with the Walking Dead

December 22, 2020 Ian McCollum 9

“Into Helmand With the Walking Dead” is a newly released memoir of the war in Afghanistan, written by my friend Miles Vining (whom you may recognize from Silah Report, among other places online). It is […]

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Book Review: Vickers Guide SIG SAUER, Volume 1

December 8, 2020 Ian McCollum 4

The most recent addition to the Vickers Guide series of books is SIG Sauer Volume 1. This is 460 pages covering SIG’s handguns and submachine guns from it’s very first contract (the Mannlicher 1894 blow-forward […]

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Book Review: Vickers Guide to the AR-15 Vol 1, SECOND EDITION

October 6, 2020 Ian McCollum 4

When Volume 1 of the Vickers Guide to the AR-15 sold out, Larry Vickers and James Rupley decided not to simply print more copies. Instead, they chose to go back to basics, and massively expand […]

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Book Review: U.S. Small Arms of World War II by Bruce Canfield

September 24, 2020 Ian McCollum 10

Bruce Canfield’s newly released book, “U.S. Small Arms of World War II”, is a book that attempts to cover a huge amount of material from bayonets to mortars and recoilless rifles. Where most books of […]

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Book Review: Textbook of Pistol Technology and Design

August 13, 2020 Ian McCollum 25

Peter Dallhammer is a mechanical engineer who works for the Walther company, and has written an excellent book on firearms manufacture. If you were going to design a university program around the design and production […]

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The Scout Rifle Study: A Book Review and Critique of the Scout Rifle Concept

May 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 46

Let me preface this by saying that I remain a big fan of the Scout Rifle concept and the Steyr Scout in particular. When I ordered a copy of Richard Mann’s “The Scout Rifle Study”, […]

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Announcing: Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901-2020

April 12, 2020 Ian McCollum 42

Sorry for the poor audio quality – today I am back at the Cody Firearms Museum talking to Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries in the UK. Jonathan has written […]

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Book Review: Chassepot to FAMAS – French Military Rifles 1866-2016

March 12, 2020 Ian McCollum 24

I am very excited to finally be able to formally present to you Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016! After about 3 years of work, it’s finally here and shipping. My goal with this […]

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Book Review: Browning Auto-5 Shotguns

January 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 11

I am normally more interested in military small arms than sporting ones, but the Browning Auto-5 is such an important firearm that it deserves the recognition of and proper small arms enthusiast. It was not […]

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Book Review: Weapons Mounts for Secondary Armament

December 29, 2019 Ian McCollum 10

Weapon Mounts for Secondary Armament is a nearly 1200-page reference on all manner of machine gun mounting systems for tanks, aircraft,t light vehicles, and ground mounts. The book was commissioned in 1957 by the Detroit […]

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