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Book Review: The K98k Rifle (Propaganda Photo Series Vol. I)

January 13, 2015 Ian McCollum 9
There is an excellent series of books on German WWII small arms being written and published out of the Netherlands – the Propaganda Photo Series. Today I am specifically looking at Volume I, which covers […]
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A Book For Aspiring Firearms Designers

December 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 24
Regular readers may recall that about a year ago I wrote a review of Firearms Anatomy I: The Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun by David Findlay. It was a very neat book covering the Thompson from […]
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Repro German K98k Sniper for Sale/Trade

December 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 1
A friend of mine – Karl, in fact, who you’ve probably seen on InRange or 2-gun videos – is looking to sell or trade a reproduction German K98k sniper. It’s a gorgeous example of a […]
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(e)Book Review: Handfuls of History

September 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 11
A dilemma that has always existed for book authors and publishers is that adding information makes a book physically larger, and more expensive to produce. Editors have always had to make decisions balancing the added […]
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Book Review: United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers

July 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 20
Pre-WWI American handguns are an area that I am pretty weak in, and I’m working to remedy that. One of the initial resources I picked up was Arcadi Gluckman’s United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers. […]
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Book Review: China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War

July 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 6
I picked up a copy of this book a couple years ago when Bin Shih first published it, but by the time I got around to doing a review it had sold out – so […]
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Book Review: The Yanks Are Coming!

June 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 15
Most of the books I look at are primarily text-based, and today I figured we should do something a little bit different. Armor Plate Press, run by Tom Laemlein, specializes in photographic studies of various […]
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Small Arms of China – Update

June 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 7
Several years ago I had the opportunity to interview Bin Shih, who had just published a book in both English and Chinese on Chinese small arms – China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War […]
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Book Review: Italian Small Arms of the First and Second World Wars

June 19, 2014 Ian McCollum 12
Good news for everyone interested in collecting Italian military firearms (yes, both of you)! Ralph Riccio has just recently published a new book on Italian Small Arms of the First and Second World Wars. Until […]
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Book Review: H&R Arms Co 1871-1986

May 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 41
Harrington and Richardson is not a particularly exciting gun company, and never has been. They didn’t make flashy and dramatic guns, or distinctive guns that because associated with military forces or battles (although they did […]

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