Light MGs
M1918 Chauchat: First Shots (Will It Work?)
This M1918 Chauchat is still awaiting NFA transfer, but my dealer was able to bring it out to a public range where I could do some initial testing on it. I was expecting to get […]
Machine Guns
Submachine Guns
Hungarian KGPF-9: Kalashnikov Genetics in a 9mm SMG
This modern Hungarian submachine gun bears a remarkable similarity to the Hungarian AKM rifle in many aspects, from the pistol grip to many of the manufacturing practices. In fact, the more we did into […]
General Purpose MGs
GPMG Firing Comparison: PKM vs UK vz.59
Since I had the opportunity to do some shooting with both a Yugoslav PKM and a Czech vz.59 general-purpose machine gun, I thought it would be interesting to compare them side by side. Which is […]
Prototype
Maschinengewehr des Standshützen Hellriegel: A WW1 Phantom
I have gotten quite a lot of questions about this experimental Austrian machine gun or submachine gun since it was included in the Battlefield One computer game. Unfortunately, the sum total of information we have […]
Conversion
Reproduction RP-46 Belt-Feed Conversion from SMG Guns
InRange TV Operator’s Guide to the RP-46: You can order your own by contacting SMG Guns at smgguns@yahoo.com or placing an order online at SMGGunsStore.com. It’s very exciting to have these available, as they are […]
Slow motion
Shooting the Yugoslav M49/57 Submachine Gun
The Yugoslav M49/57 submachine gun looks very similar to the Soviet PPSh-41, but it constructed quite differently, and has a much larger recoil spring. The question is, how will it shoot? Will it be fast […]
Submachine Guns
Yugoslavia’s PPSh Lookalike: The M49/57
Shortly after the end of World War Two, Yugoslavia adopted a submachine gun that looked very much like the Soviet PPSh-41, and was obviously inspired by it. However, the manufacturing methods were completely different, with […]
Submachine Guns
Feeling the Bern: Shooting the Swiss Furrer MP-41/44 SMG
When I filmed yesterday’s video on the MP-41/44, and did not know I would have a chance to actually do some live fire with it. But we snuck off to a little shooting range to […]
Submachine Guns
Swiss MP-41/44: Adolph Furrer and His Toggle Lock Fascination
The Swiss military discovered an urgent need for submachine guns in the early years of World War II, and sent out a very short-notice request for SMG designs. This seemed like the perfect opportunity […]
Book review
Book Review – The Mac Man: Gordon B Ingram and His Submachine Guns
Gordon Ingram served as an infantryman during World War Two, and decided to get into the gunmaking business after the war. He though there was a market for a submachine gun for police and military […]