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Every Gun in “Dr. No” is Wrong

September 17, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

Licensed Troubleshooter: The Guns of James Bond is live on Kickstarter now – check it out for lots of super cool exclusive options! Today Caleb Daniels, author of “Licensed Troubleshooter”, joins me to talk […]

BUG Match: Guns of James Bond

September 14, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

“Licensed Troubleshooter: The Guns of James Bond” is live on Kickstarter now – check it out for lots of super cool exclusive options! Today my friend Tom joins me at the BackUp Gun (BUG) Match […]

Sig P230JP: A Special Pistol for the Japanese Police

September 13, 2024 Ian McCollum 24

The Japanese national police decided to replace their old Model 60 S&W revolvers in 1995. While traditionalist elements liked the use of a non-threatening compact revolver, others advocated for a modern sidearm – essentially a […]

Balloons, Bombs, and Sandbags: Finnish Brutality 2024 Day 2

September 7, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Finnish Brutality 2024 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka, a Finnish military […]

Spanish JoLoAr One-Handed Pistol at the BUG Match

August 31, 2024 Ian McCollum 9

Today for the monthly BackUp Gun Match I am using a Spanish JoLoAr pistol in .380 ACP. It’s an interesting piece designed with a lever on the side that allows it to be cocked one-handed. […]

CZ’s New P09 Nocturne: DA/SA Polymer Frame Now With Optics

August 16, 2024 Ian McCollum 32

CZ has just released their new P09 Nocturne pistols, an update to the previous P07/P09 pairing. These guns fundamentally go back to the classic CZ-75. While that was (and still is) a very popular design, […]

Colt Service Model Ace: Carbine Williams Makes a .22 1911

July 17, 2024 Ian McCollum 20

“Carbine Williams”, aka David Marshall Williams, has a reputation as the designer of the M1 Carbine, and a very colorful history. He was a moonshiner who pled guilty to second degree murder of a sheriff’s […]

Landstad 1900: A True Semiautomatic Revolver

July 3, 2024 Ian McCollum 16

The Landstad Model 1900 is a magazine-fed, semiautomatic revolver designed by Norwegian Halvard Folkestad Landstad, who lived in Kristiana (now called Oslo). He designed the gun on his own dime, and presented it to military […]

Handguns in the US Army in World War Two

June 28, 2024 Ian McCollum 45

Was the 1911 an emotional support totem or a viable combat weapon? Or both? American soldiers had a bit different take on handguns than soldiers of many other armies, and I think it stems from […]

The GI’s Darling: M1911A1 at the BUG Match

June 22, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

What more classic backup gun is there than the M1911A1, beloved by GIs as a backup to their M1 Carbines, M1 Garands, BARs, and tanks? Today I’m running an April 1945 production original military M1911A1 […]