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Minimalist Outdoorsman’s Combination Gun: The Marbles Game Getter (1st Model)

May 4, 2026 Ian McCollum 13

Available from Morphys here: https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/_C__MARBLES_1908_GAME_GETTER__22_RF____44_GAME_GET-LOT663251.aspx Webster L. Marbles was a lifelong outdoorsman, who spent 30 years working as a surveyor, trapper, and lumberman among other jobs. He invented an axe with a safety cover to […]

Evaluating the Modern Stocked Pistol: USW-320 at Desert Brutality 2022

December 3, 2022 Ian McCollum 12

This year I was able to shoot Desert Brutality twice – one during the normal match and once the day before as part of “Trooper” division. That’s where you carry all of your gear for […]

Delhaxhe “Apache”: The Other French Knife-Knuckle-Gun

January 17, 2022 Ian McCollum 21

Long associated with Parisian street gangs called “Apaches” (after the American Indian tribe), there were two main patterns of combination knife/knuckle/firearm made in the mid/late 1800s in France. This one was designed by J. Delhaxhe, […]

The Sure Defender: An O.G. Knuckleduster Knife Gun

December 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 12

One of the early combination self-defense guns was the “Sure Defender”, with a combination of brass knuckles, a small and finicky wavy-bladed dagger, and a single shot percussion pistol barrel. The rather complex process for […]

Weirdly Late “Buck-N-Ball” – Standard Arms 50 Caliber “Camp” Gun

October 25, 2021 Ian McCollum 16

Standard Arms was an early (circa 1909) manufacturer of self-loading hunting rifles in the US. The made the Model G, a rifle which could function either as a self-loader or a pump action manual repeater. […]

Milanese 7mm Pinfire Saber-Revolver

September 23, 2021 Ian McCollum 21

Tacticool is not a modern creation – people have been making arms that are impractical but cool looking for centuries. As a case in point, I present this Model 1864 Milanese style saber-revolver. Several different […]

Double Barrel Folding Knife Pistol

August 15, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

Lot 3264 in the September 2020 RIA Premier auction. Historically, there are a variety of combination knife/gun/knuckles combination weapons, typically made in the late 19th century. This one is…rather larger than most of those. This […]

Perdition to Conspirators! Magnificent 14-Barrel Flintlock

May 29, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

Colonel Thomas Thornton was a wealthy and somewhat flamboyant character in England in the late 18th and early 19th century. He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement, and which mutinied against […]

Parisian Needlefire Knife-Pistol Combination

November 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 21

Combination knife/gun weapons have been popular gadgets for literally hundreds of years, and this is one of the nicest examples I have yet seen. This sort of thing is usually very flimsy, and not particularly […]

The Most Ornate Knife-Gun You Will Ever See: CM-1 “Dragon”

November 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 6

Combination knife-gun devices have been popular for hundreds of years, spurred initially by the single-shot nature of early firearms. The designs evolved to incorporate revolver cylinders when the revolver was invented, and remain interesting to […]