Submachine Guns - Forgotten Weapons

BXP: Blowback eXperimental Parabellum

February 18, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

Andries Piek was a farmer in South Africa in the late 1970s when he mail ordered an LDP 9mm carbine from Rhodesia. The gun was impounded by South African customs, and Piek wound up designing […]

Chinese CS/LS2: A Modern Bullpup SMG with no Redeeming Qualities

February 9, 2019 Ian McCollum 35

This the fairly modern Chinese CS/LS2 – the 9mm Parabellum export model of the 5.8x21mm QCW-05 submachine gun. It takes most of its design cues form the QBZ-95 rifle, as you can see form the […]

Semiauto M2 Hyde Reproduction: The Interim US WW2 Subgun

January 9, 2019 Ian McCollum 37

George Hyde designed the gun that would eventually be adopted as the M2 submachine gun in the late 1930s, and it was first tested at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in October of 1939. At that time, […]

Shooting the H&K MP5K Operational Briefcase

December 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 32

Heckler & Koch’s “Operational Briefcase” is a clever system for covert carry of a submachine gun without the need to conceal such a large type of weapon under bulky clothing. By putting the gun into […]

Sport Systeme Dittrich Semiauto BD-38 (MP-38)

November 3, 2018 Ian McCollum 28

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). […]

Ingram Model 6: Like A Thompson Without the Price Tag (Sort Of)

October 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 22

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 […]

Shooting the S&W Model 76 – the Original!

October 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 3

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 […]

Smith & Wesson 76: American’s Vietnam 9mm SMG

October 19, 2018 Ian McCollum 49

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 […]

Shooting the Thompsons: Comparing the 1921, 21/28, and M1A1

October 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

These Thompsons are all being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018: Model 1921 (transferrable), Model 1921/28 overstamp (transferrable), and M1A1 (pre-86 dealer sample). Having gone through the whole series of Thompson submachine guns, not […]

The Iconic American WW2 Thompson: the M1A1

October 15, 2018 Ian McCollum 34

This Thompson is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Note that I refer to the M1A1 in this video as a transferrable gun; it is actually a pre-May dealer sample. Sorry! While the US […]