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Competition Skills Class with Russell Phagan

October 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 8
I had the opportunity recently to take a Competition Skills training class with Russell Phagan. Russell is a very accomplished multi-gun competitor and professional firearms trainer. He is a regular attendee at the 2-Gun Action […]
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Behr’s Cartridge for Dogs

September 15, 2013 Ian McCollum 8
While I was tracking down the patents on the Bar pistol for Peter Rasmussen’s article last week, I ran across something interesting (well, I think it’s interesting). On the same day that Behr applied for […]
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The Return of GunLab

August 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 32
Yep, I’m very happy to announce that there is some new content coming to GunLab at last! It won’t be from me, but instead from my friend Chuck. He is an SOT, and has a […]
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Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

August 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 27
So, I was browsing through the catalog for Rock Island Auction’s upcoming Premier Auction (I’ll have more next week on the various neat things available), and found one item in particular that jumped out at […]
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2-Gun Action Match: England Versus Germany

August 19, 2013 Ian McCollum 50
Once again, we have video today from the monthly 2-gun Action Challenge Match. This time, I thought it would be interesting to do a bit of a historical matchup, and look at the oft-discussed question […]
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Recognizable Features

August 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 12
Identifying guns is a bit like learning a language. Once you understand enough different words, you become able to decipher the meanings of brand new ones by breaking down the syllables, figuring out their basic […]
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Recent Developments in Auto-Loaders (1922)

August 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 20
Today’s guest author is none other than Julian Hatcher – although he didn’t give me permission to use his article on account of having passed away 20 years before I was born. I was looking […]
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Digging for WWII Relics

August 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 45
I expect this is a subject more familiar to our European readers than folks here in the US – the idea is tromping out to the sites of WWII skirmishes or battles with a shovel […]
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Rifle Collecting on a Budget: Think Turkey

July 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 33
We all love seeing (and pawing through, when given the opportunity!) the fantastic collections built up by gun collectors who have had the twin resources of time and money on their side, but few of […]
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Gunnie Grafitti, and RIA Loot Has Arrived!

July 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 16
Thanks to Rock Island Auctions, it’s been Christmas in July here. An extended Christmas, because with the amount of care they put into packaging things it took me a while to get all my loot […]

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