Antiques
Daly Arms “Tom Thumb” – A Tiny Ring-Trigger Revolver
The “Tom Thumb” is a tiny .22 rimfire revolver made in Belgium by an unknown shop and imported into the US to be sold by the Daly Arms Company of New York. These are antique […]
Handgun
Prototype
The Rarest 1911: North American Arms Co
In the summer of 1918, the US government wanted to increase production of M1911 pistols, but all current manufacturers were working at capacity. So they looked to issue new contracts, and someone realized that the […]
Semiauto pistol
Lugers in Thailand: The Siamese Artillery Luger
In 1936 and 1937, Siam purchased a batch of several hundred new Luger pistols for the Bangkok Police, including 100 long-barreled lP08 Artillery Lugers. These were new production gun, but made with surplus WW1-era barrels, […]
Revolver
Colt Viper: A Rare Snake and a Great Revolver
Colt has released seven different revolvers named after snakes, and they have become a popular niche collection for many people. The Python is by far the best known, but several others are very rare. One […]
Semiauto pistol
Model 74 “Carpati”: Cugir’s Romanian Walther Clone
The Model 74 “Carpați” is a copy of the Walther PP made by the Cugir factory in Romania. The project began at the direction of the Romanian secret police, who delivered a worn out Walther […]
Semiauto pistol
Two World Wars: Finnish C96 “Ukko-Mauser”
A decent number of C96 Mauser pistols were present in Finland’s civil war, many of them coming into the country with the Finnish Jaegers, and others from a variety of sources, commercial and Russian. They […]
Prototype
Early Development of the MAC 1950 Pistol
Today we have a short look at two of the predecessors of the French MAC 1950 service pistol. The first is the Type SE MAS 1948, which retains many of the characteristics of the previous […]
Competition
2-Gun: AKM & Arex Delta (Lynx Brutality 2024 Prep)
I’m using this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match as preparation for Lynx Brutality this spring. Žiga, Bloke, Jari, and I decided to all use AK’s at Lynx, and I’ve got this Romanian kit build that […]
Prototype
Prototype vz.80: Improved Czech vz.50/70
The vz.50 pistol was a compact .32 ACP (7.65mm Browning) double action pocket pistol used by police forces. It was given a face lift and redesigned the vz.70, and there were plans at one point […]
Presentation
Tale of a Heroic Sailor: Ensign Stannus’ M1911A1
Robert “Dickie” Stannus was , in technical terms, a total stud. So much so that he was awarded an inscribed M1911A1 directly by Colt as a prize for being the top sailor in his Naval […]