Commentary

Cheek Pistol Concept: Unorthodox But Effective

September 7, 2021 Ian McCollum 49

My friend Rhett Neumayer has been experimenting with an unorthodox but very interesting way to use handguns that don’t have reciprocating slides. He fits a red dot optic on a relatively tall mount, then presses […]

Throwback Thursday: 70 Years’ Perspective on Gun Collecting (Dolf Goldsmith)

September 2, 2021 Ian McCollum 2

Today I am reposting an interview I filmed with Dolf Goldsmith back in December 2011. We talk about the state of gun collecting at that time, and how things have changed since Dolf first took […]

Great Celebrity Breakups: Winchester and John Browning

August 26, 2021 Ian McCollum 21

In August 1903, Thomas Bennett (head of the Winchester company) wrote a letter to his many distributors and agents explaining how Winchester had decided to part ways with the Browning Brothers, and how the company […]

Why The Most Expensive US Martial Pistol Exploded A Lot

August 12, 2021 Ian McCollum 35

The Colt Model 1847 Walker is one of the most valuable of all US military handguns in the collecting community, with examples sometimes breaking seven figures. However, the Walker was in many ways a remarkable […]

The Great Sportsman’s Guide AK Magazine Lottery of 2006

August 10, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

Someone left a comment about my casual use of a stamped Chinese AK magazine in my little Krink build, and it prompted me to consider where that magazine came from. I got that magazine as […]

CatalogIt Firearms Inventory Software for Museums and Collectors

July 13, 2021 Ian McCollum 14

Check out CatalogIt for firearms here: https://www.catalogit.app/classifications/firearms When I went looking for a piece of good modern software to use for maintaining a collection inventory, I came up almost completely empty. Talking to Ashley Hlebinsky, […]

Cheek Pistol Concept: Unorthodox But Effective

Throwback Thursday: 70 Years’ Perspective on Gun Collecting (Dolf Goldsmith)

Great Celebrity Breakups: Winchester and John Browning

Why The Most Expensive US Martial Pistol Exploded A Lot

The Great Sportsman’s Guide AK Magazine Lottery of 2006

CatalogIt Firearms Inventory Software for Museums and Collectors

L96A1 Behind the Scenes: Manufacturing Catastrophes and Exploding Rifles

The M1 Garand’s Mysterious 7th Round Stoppage

Thunder-Studded Battle Pits: Nuances of Chinese Translation w/ Henry Chan

How William Fairbairn Created the Modern SWAT Team in Warlord Era Shanghai