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Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover

January 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 30
You may have seen this video on YouTube – it got a bit of buzz when it came out a few months ago: Well, Arsenal (no relation to Arsenal Bulgaria/Arsenal USA of AK fame) has […]
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Obregon Automatic Pistol (Video)

December 31, 2012 Ian McCollum 24
One of the more interesting (and rare!) variations on John Browning’s iconic 1911 automatic pistol is the Obregon. Developed in Mexico in the mid 1930s, this pistol uses a frame nearly identical to the stock […]
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Clair Automatic Pistol

December 21, 2012 Ian McCollum 9
The French Clair pistol of 1893 is one of the lesser known and least documented early automatic pistols, and unusual in its method of operation as well. The majority of the successful early automatics (the […]
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Book Review: The Whitney Wolverine

December 20, 2012 Ian McCollum 20
The Whitney Wolverine (aka Whitney, Lightning, or Hillson Imperial) was a very space-age looking .22 automatic pistol designed by Robert Hillberg in the 1950s. It made novel use of materials (aluminum castings) and many clever […]
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My New (Old) Carry Pistol

December 11, 2012 Ian McCollum 39
I recently picked up a new carry pistol…it’s about 65 years old, rattles a bit when you shake it, has a bit of pitting on the slide, and the finish is worn off all the […]
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Book Review: The Parabellum is Back!

November 29, 2012 Ian McCollum 0
The final chapter in our continuing Luger series is today’s book, The Parabellum is Back! While Sturgess’ three-volume encyclopedia covers the pistol through 1918 and Simson Lugers takes us through Weimar, that leaves a lot […]
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Book Review: Simson Lugers

November 22, 2012 Ian McCollum 0
We’ve been on a bit of a Luger kick recently, and it continues today. A few weeks ago we looked at Geoffrey Sturgess’ three-volume tome on Luger and Borchardt development, which takes the story of […]
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Gabbet-Fairfax Mars Automatic Pistol

November 14, 2012 Ian McCollum 26
The Mars pistol was a development of the turn of the century that would really be more at home in a Jules Verne novel (I would suggest the title “One Thousand Footpounds in a Handgun”) […]
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Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver

November 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 9
The Webley-Fosbery was an early automatic handgun based on a revolver design. The top half of the frame was able to slide back under recoil, recocking the hammer and indexing the next round in the […]
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Lercker machine pistol

November 9, 2012 Ian McCollum 30
We don’t have very much information on today’s forgotten weapon, which is an Italian machine pistol designed by a gunsmith named Lercker. He worked for Beretta, but also had his own shop, where he designed […]

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