Handgun

Shooting the Czech vz61 Skorpion: Machine Pistol or PDW?

November 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 31

In the US, the commonly accessible version of the vz.61 Skorpion is the stock-less semiauto pistol – and in that configuration the gun is really nothing like the intentions of its designers. The Skorpion was […]

Czech vz61 Skorpion: History and Mechanics

November 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 53

The Czech vz.61 Skorpion is a rather unusual sort of firearm; a machine pistol designed from scratch instead of being converted from an existing handgun design, and chambered for the seemingly out of place .32ACP […]

The Butterfield Army Revolver and its Automatic Priming

October 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 17

Patented in 1855 by James Butterfield, this revolver is a 5-shot, .41 caliber percussion revolver with a brass frame and 7.5 inch barrel. Aside from its somewhat unorthodox grip configuration, what makes it interesting and […]

Shawk & McLanahan – A Would-Be St Louis Revolver Company

October 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 18

Revolver: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/52428-2-397/ Holster: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/52458-1-397/ The Shawk & McLanahan revolvers are a lesser-known example of a very low production Civil War era revolver not made in the Confederacy. Abel Shawk was manufacturing entrepreneur in St Louis […]

Leaders in Machine Pistols: the Bestigui Hermanos MM31

October 22, 2017 Ian McCollum 14

Beistigui Hermanos is probably the least known of the Spanish machine pistol manufacturers, despite being the first to actually make such pistols. Beistigui was founded in 1910 in Eibar, and was one of the initial […]

Griswold & Gunnison: The Best Confederate Revolver Makers

October 21, 2017 Ian McCollum 14

Standard: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/52430-6-397/ Presentation: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/51957-17-397/ Iron frame: https://jamesdjulia.com/item/51957-13-397/ Griswold and Gunnison were rather unique among Confederate revolver manufacturers for their ability to actually create a reliable and high quality product and produce it on a regular […]

Shooting the Czech vz61 Skorpion: Machine Pistol or PDW?

Czech vz61 Skorpion: History and Mechanics

The Butterfield Army Revolver and its Automatic Priming

Shawk & McLanahan – A Would-Be St Louis Revolver Company

Leaders in Machine Pistols: the Bestigui Hermanos MM31

Griswold & Gunnison: The Best Confederate Revolver Makers

Oversized 8-Barrel British Pepperbox Revolver

Kerr Revolvers: An English Source for Confederate Arms

Astra 902: Because More Rounds Are Better

Phillips & Rodgers M47 Medusa: Multicaliber Revolver for a Nonexistent Apocalypse