Conversion
Navy 7.62mm NATO Conversion M1 Garand – Mk2 Mod1
When the M14 rifle was developed to replace the M1 Garand, is was met with some uncertainty by the US Navy. The Navy had a lot of things to spend money on, and not a […]
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John Martz Custom P38s: Babies, .45s, and .38 Supers
Guns in this video: Baby P38 .38 Super P38 .45ACP P38 John Martz was a WWII US Navy veteran who spent a career in metalworking before turning his gunsmithing hobby into a full time occupation […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Shooting the Cameron Yaggi 1903 Trench Rifle Conversion
The Cameron-Yaggi conversion was an experimental American trench rifle that was never put into service. However, this one example has survived, and today we are going to put a few rounds through it. The literature […]
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John Martz Custom Luger Pistols – Babies, Carbines, and .45 ACP Conversions
Guns in this video: DWM 1917 Baby Luger American Eagle Baby Luger P08 .45ACP Luger Navy .45ACP Luger Luger Carbine John Martz was a WWII US Navy veteran who spent a career in metalworking before […]
Conversion
MP-40/I: The Dual-Magazine Experimental MP-40
The MP40/I was an experimental modification of the MP-40 submachine gun developed by the Erma company (we think) in late 1942. It was presumably developed in response to complaints of Soviet fire superiority with […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The DeLisle: Britain’s Silenced .45 ACP Commando Carbine
Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]
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Jennings Muzzleloader Conversion: The Perils of Early Adoption
Early adoption of new technology is a sword which cuts both ways – you might be getting the first of a fantastic new system, or you might be paying for a flop – and in […]
Bolt Action Rifles
M34: The Berthier Converted to the 7.5mm Rimless Cartridge
With the end of World War One, it was finally possible for the French military to replace the 8mm Lebel cartridge with a modern rimless cartridge, and they wasted no time in doing so. By […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Swedish Mauser Carbines, m/94 and m/94-14
When Sweden decided to replace its Remington Rolling Block rifles with a more modern repeating rifle design, they tested models from Mauser, Mannlicher, Lee, and Krag. The Mauser 1893 was chosen as the winner of […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Norwegian K98kF1 Repurposed Mauser
At the end of When Germany capitulated in 1945, there were nearly 400,000 German soldiers in Norway (largely thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance to prevent them from being transferred south). This provided […]