Book review - Forgotten Weapons

Book Review: German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols 1871-1945

June 16, 2019 Ian McCollum 10

I have had several people ask if I might write a book on the development of German military rifles in the same format as my book on French rifles. I do not plan to, in […]

Book Review: P38 Pistol – Spreewerk Production

June 9, 2019 Ian McCollum 8

I initially put off getting a copy of Jan Balcar and Ron Clarin’s book on the Spreewerk P38 because, well, I assumed it was just about Spreewerk. Upon finally reading it, I discovered that it […]

Book Review: Machine Gun Accessories & Support Equipment

June 2, 2019 Ian McCollum 2

Robert G. Segel, long-time editor of Small Arms Review magazine, has just published a book on machine gun accessories and equipment, and it’s a very valuable new piece of reference material for the community. Mr. […]

Book Review: The US Rifle M14 – The Last Steel Warrior

May 26, 2019 Ian McCollum 2

The M14 rifle is a rather controversial arm in American military service. As Frank Iannamico’s title says, it was the last steel-and-wood infantry rifle to be adopted by the US military, and it has a […]

Book Review: The Dreyse Military Needle-Ignition System

May 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 7

Leonard and Guy A-R-West have released the second book in their series on antique military rifles, this time on the Dreyse system. As anyone interested in the Dreyse has probably already learned, there is very […]

Book Review: Basque-Made Rolling Blocks of the 3rd Carlist War

May 12, 2019 Ian McCollum 6

This new book from Mowbray is an English translation of a work originally written in Spanish by Fernando de Aguinaga and Jose Luis de Aguinaga, which clearly involved a tremendous amount of original research. The […]

Book Review: Foundations of Sniper Marksmanship

May 5, 2019 Ian McCollum 4

John C. Simpson has been teaching military and police sniper training since 1985 – nearly as long as I have been alive. I encountered him back when I filmed a video on a Confederate Whitworth […]

Book Review: La Régia Fabbrica d’Armi di Terni

March 24, 2019 Ian McCollum 21

This is no ordinary firearms reference book. This is a 900-page, nearly 12 pound tome in Italian. And not justify Italian; hand-written cursive Italian. With a substantial number of hand-painted illustrations. It is about the […]

Book Review: Système Lefaucheux

February 24, 2019 Ian McCollum 10

The pinfire system, as invented by Casimir Lefaucheux and expanded by his son Eugene, is one of the most significant corners of cartridge firearms development that has been thoroughly overlooked by collectors and firearms enthusiasts. […]

Book Review: FN Browning Pistols by Anthony Vanderlinden

February 17, 2019 Ian McCollum 10

Anthony Vanderlinden is a noted FN collector and author of a book on FN Mauser rifle as well as this volume on FN’s Browning pistols. Both are excellent reference works, with a remarkable amount of […]