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A Well-Travelled Luger
This Luger has seen basically all of 20th century German history. It began as a 1917 production DWM pistol, used in World War One. After the war, it was one of the guns remarks for […]
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Rhodesia’s First Production: Northwood Developments R76 & M77
In the mid to late 1970s, several different Rhodesian arms designers were basically racing to be the first to come to market with a domestically produced civilian carbine type weapon. Northwood Developments would be the […]
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Book Review: Communist Bloc Handguns by George Layman
There is not really a good reference book available on Communist Bloc pistols – or at least there wasn’t until now. George Layman has just released this overview of Cold War handguns from the USSR, […]
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CZ Makes a 45 for the Americans: the CZ-97B
This pistol is up for auction at RIA on June 23. Introduced in 1997, the CZ-97B is a .45ACP caliber addition to CZ’s line of globally popular handguns. However, the 97 has some substantial mechanical […]
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Olympic OA96 Pistol: A Loophole in the Assault Weapons Ban
The pistol in this video is up for auction here. In 1993, Olympic Arms introduced an AR-15 with a side folding stock, as well as a stockless – and buffer-tube-less – pistol version. They did […]
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Astra 600/43: A Straight Blowback 9mm for the Wehrmacht
The Astra in this video is coming up for auction here… When Germany acquired a land border with Spain after the French capitulation in 1940, they took advantage of the opportunity to purchase Spanish firearms, […]
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Republic Arms RAP-401: Compact South African Steel
This pistol is coming up for auction at Rock Island here. The Republic Arms 401 was originally designed as a compact pistol for the South African Police. The country was under international arms embargo, and […]
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10mm is the Best Millimeter: the Colt Delta Elite
This pistol is coming up for auction at RIA on June 23. Colt introduced the Delta Elite in 1987 to take advantage of the hype and publicity surrounding the 10mm Auto cartridge in the Bren […]
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AMT Automag IV – A Browning in .45 Winchester Magnum
The pistol in this video is coming up for auction here. The Automag series of pistol introduced by Arcadia Machine & Tool in the late 1980s and early 1990s were produced by the same man […]
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Astra 300 – A Pocket Pistol Bought Mostly By Germany
The pistol in this video is coming up for auction here. The Astra 300 was introduced in 1923, copying the layout, mechanics, and handling of the Astra 400 military pistol in a much more convenient […]