Handgun - Forgotten Weapons

Mossberg’s Combat .45

June 13, 2014 Ian McCollum 63

Think about the really stereotypical service pistol for the 21st century (so far) – it would be something with a polymer frame, large magazine capacity, minimum of manual controls, and a striker with a safety […]

Margolin Target Pistols (Video)

May 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 43

Video Manuals

Book Review: H&R Arms Co 1871-1986

May 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 41

Harrington and Richardson is not a particularly exciting gun company, and never has been. They didn’t make flashy and dramatic guns, or distinctive guns that because associated with military forces or battles (although they did […]

Volcanic Repeating Pistol (Video)

May 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 32

The Volcanic was not the first repeating pistol, but it was an early one of the first in a line of firearms that would develop into the iconic lever action rifles of the American West. […]

Accidently Abidextrous or Hands on with the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer

May 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 7

Today’s guest post on the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer was written by reader Kyle Smith, who won a StealthGear 1911 holster in our giveaway a couple months ago. He also took some video of the […]

Savage Prototype .38ACP Autopistol

April 14, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

We have another new unique item from the September 2013 Rock Island Premier auction today – a prototype pistol made by Savage in .38ACP caliber.

Belgian Mini-Revolver (Video)

April 7, 2014 Ian McCollum 27

Since our last video was the biggest gun we’ve ever filmed, I figured we would go the opposite direction this week, and feature the smallest gun we’ve ever filmed. It’s an example of a cheap […]

Sunngård Automatic Pistol

April 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

Harald Sunngård was Norwegian inventor in the early years of the 20th century who noticed a common perceived weakness of automatic pistols: reloads under stress were often bungled by shooters, leaving them vulnerable to return […]

Webley 1913 Naval Model (Video)

March 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

William John Whiting spent about 10 years trying to get the British military to adopt his automatic pistol, and finally achieved his goal in 1913 with a contract for pistols supplied to the British Royal […]

.38 S&W (The Other .38)

March 14, 2014 Ian McCollum 78

Today we have a guest post on the .38 S&W cartridge written by Aaron Brudenell – thanks, Aaron! .38 S&W (The Other .38) Aaron Brudenell If you’ve ever paged through a reloading manual or a […]