Machine Guns - Forgotten Weapons

Czech vz.61 Photos and Catalog

October 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 25

Thanks to reader Denny, we have some more information on the Czech vz.61 “Skorpion” PDW, including pages from a CZ catalog advertising three different versions of the gun for sale. These three variants are: vz.61 […]

Book Review: Testing the War Weapons

October 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 11

I was pretty excited to dig into Tim Mullin’s Testing The War Weapons when I first got a copy of it, having already read his book on SMGs, shotguns, and machine pistols cover to cover. I […]

Finnish M1932 Maxim Manual

September 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

Allow me to put on my Tikkakoski Company Sales Rep hat for a moment, and explain to you why as a modern military force (in 1933) the obvious choice in support machine guns is the […]

2-Gun Match: Chinese 7.62x39mm Bren

September 24, 2013 Ian McCollum 32

Thanks to the folks at SMG Guns in Texas, I just got my completed semiauto Bren gun in 7.62x39mm. What the best way to break it in? Take it to a run-n-gun match, of course! […]

FIAT Model 1924 Manual

September 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

My knowledge of Italian machine guns is rather lacking, so I was pretty excited when I received a copy of a FIAt Model 1924 manual from our friend Hrachya. However, it has really created more […]

Vintage Saturday: Join the Army, See the World

September 14, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

German soldier carrying a captured DS-39 machine gun and tripod over a pretty bleak steppe.

Vintage Saturday: Heavy Firepower

September 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

Book Review: The Fighting Submachine Gun, Machine Pistol, and Shotgun

September 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 11

I’ve really enjoyed spending this summer shooting some unusual old guns in “practical” type matches, both because it’s simply a lot of fun to do, and because I think it can really help give some […]

TRW’s Proposed Caseless Machine Gun

August 28, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

TRW was a large engineering corporation which had decided to diversify into the arms business in the 1950s. Its first major contract was production of the M14, and its success in that endeavor led the […]

Union Repeating Gun

August 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 20

The Gatling is commonly seen as the first manual machine gun used by the US military, but it was preceded by several other designs, including the Union Repeating Gun. Also known as the Ager Gun […]