Light MGs
Slow Motion: .303 Lewis Gun
A Lewis Gun, in .303 British, at 2000 frames per second: The Lewis Gun was developed by American Isaac Newton Lewis shortly before WWI, but the US military was not interested in it (in part […]
Light MGs
Light MGs
Vintage Saturday: Yer Doin’ It Rong
Waffen SS soldiers investigating a captured (and disassembled) DP-28 LMG pan magazine.
Light MGs
Online-Only Auction at RIA
It is worth pointing out the RIA has added a third type of auction in the last year or so; online-only. The idea is to have a lower-overhead way to sell some of the things […]
General Purpose MGs
Reptilicus: Danish MGs in Action
Want to see more Danish machine guns (mostly Madsen LMGs, but also a couple Madsen-Saetters) in one place than you’ve ever seen before? Well, try the 1961 Danish monster flick “Reptilicus”. It’ a pretty terrible […]
Heavy MGs
Vintage Saturday: Assorted Machine Guns
An assortment of machine guns from the Russian civil war. Pretty much one of everything in there – a Russian 1905 Maxim, German MG08, Austrian Schwarzlose 07/12, Colt 1895 “Potato Digger”, M1915 Chauchat, Madsen LMG, […]
Light MGs
SIG KE-7 Photos
The KE-7 was a short-recoil, open-bolt light machine gun developed by SIG Neuhausen between the World Wars. It was offered for sale in basically any cartridge a nation might request, and were sold primarily to […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Pipe-Smoking Snakes
Troops from the BEF (Força Expedicionária Brasileira) posing for the camera, with 1908 Mauser rifles and a Hotchkiss 1922 LMG both in 7mm Mauser.
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Finn Capture
Note the Mosin Nagant PE sniper on the wall, and the AVS-36 machine rifle peeking out from behind the man on the right in addition to the DP-28 LMG on the table.
Accessories
Light MGs