Submachine Guns
Stemple STG-34k at the Range
Today’s video is the Stemple STG-34k at the range…but if I’m going to be honest, it was mostly just an excuse for me to try it out for fun. 🙂 It’s definitely the least practical […]
Machine Guns
Submachine Guns
Stemple Makes a Star Wars Blaster: the STG-34k
One of the best-looking versions of the Stemple is, I believe, the STG-34k. This was the result of BRP obtaining a whole bunch of MG-34 parts kits as part of a separate project to make […]
Submachine Guns
Suomi Korsu: A Special Mannerheim Line Bunker SMG
The “Korsu” is a special version of the Suomi made for use in the bunkers of the Mannerheim Line. When construction on the Line really kicked into high gear in the summer of 1939, is […]
Heavy MGs
Soviet DS-39 Heavy Machine Gun at the Range
The DS-39 is an air-cooled heavy machine gun designed by Degtyarev, which was intended to replace the 1910 Maxim as the standard Soviet HMG. It was lighter and more mobile than the Maxim, and also […]
Light MGs
Lahti-Saloranta LS-26 LMG at the Range
I had a chance to shoot an LS26 once before, but without the benefit of a magazine loading tool – and so I could only get 4 or 5 rounds into the mag. This time, […]
Light MGs
Lahti-Saloranta LS-26: Finland’s Domestic LMG
Finland’s first domestic light machine gun was the LS-26. The prime designer was Aimo Lahti, but because of his relative inexperience and lack of formal credentials, Lieutenant A.E. Saloranta was assigned to assist him. The […]
Submachine Guns
M44 Submachine Gun: Finland Copies the Soviet PPS-43
The kp/31 Suomi submachine gun in Finnish service was an outstanding weapon, but it was slow and expensive to manufacture. When Finnish forces began capturing Soviet PPS-42 and PPS-43 submachine guns form the Soviets in […]
Submachine Guns
Best SMG of World War Two: The Beretta M38A
The Beretta Model 38A was one of the very best submachine guns of World War Two. Designed by veteran Beretta engineer Tullio Marengoni (who designed most of Beretta’s pistols as well as the Beretta M1918 […]
Conversion
Spitfire: The Semiauto That Became a Machine Gun
The Spitfire is a firearm with an interesting importance in legal history. Originally designed and marketed as an open-bolt semiautomatic-only carbine, it was determined to be a machine gun under the law in 1968, and […]
Submachine Guns
The Sneaky Silent Sten MkII(S) at the Range
Today we are taking an original Sten MkII(S) out to the range – something I am excited to be able to do! The suppressor on this Sten is all original, and about 80 years old…and […]