Belt-fed
Shooting the Stoner: Mk23, Bren, and 63A Carbine
Is the Stoner 63 really as good of a gun as everyone says? Today is my first opportunity to try one out on the range, and I’m going to look at it in three different […]
Machine Guns
Light MGs
Pre-Production FG-42 (Type C)
Thanks to the generosity of a collector in the Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters, we have a chance today to take a look at a pre-production FG-42, serial number 015. This is one […]
Semiauto Rifles
Sport Systeme Dittrich Semiauto BD-38 (MP-38)
Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany is a manufacturer of a remarkably wide range of reproduction German World War Two small arms (including the FG42, StG-44, G43, MP-3008, MP-35, and VG1-5 as well as the MP-38). […]
Light MGs
August Coenders’ 9x19mm Belt-Fed MG
August Coenders was an independent arms designer in Germany. During the 1930s he spent several years working in England and at the French Puteaux Arsenal, which contributed to a general lack of trust and interest […]
Conversion
Schwarzlose HMG Converted to 8x57mm by Romania
This transferrable Schwarzlose HMG is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. The Schwarzlose 07/12 was made through the wolf of World War One as the standard heavy machine gun of the Austro-Hungarian armed […]
Submachine Guns
Ingram Model 6: Like A Thompson Without the Price Tag (Sort Of)
This transferrable Model 6 SMG is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. Before he made a big success with the M10 (MAC-10) submachine gun, Gordon Ingram designed a couple other guns. His initial […]
Conversion
The MG 08/15 Updated Between the Wars
This MG08/15 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. In the aftermath of World War One, the Treaty of Versailles strictly limited the number of machine guns that the German military could keep […]
Light MGs
M1909 Benet Mercie – American’s First LMG
This Benet-Mercie is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. The first light machine gun adopted by the United States was the M1909 Benet-Mercie, made by the Hotchkiss company in France. The gun was […]
Slow motion
Shooting the S&W Model 76 – the Original!
This S&W 76 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. I have long been told that the Smith & Wesson Model 76 is a very nice submachine gun to shoot, despite its rather […]
Submachine Guns
Smith & Wesson 76: American’s Vietnam 9mm SMG
This S&W 76 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Early in the Vietnam War, the US Navy acquired a quantity of Swedish M/45B submachine guns (“Swedish K”) for special forces use. By […]