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German

G41(M) manual

The G41 was the first semiauto rifle adopted by the German military, and it was not particularly successful. The Mauser version in particular was really a failure – only a few thousand were produced before […]

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Manuals

Madsen M50 manual

The Danish Madsen firm (Dansk Industri Syndikat) just never quite hit the big-time. They built lots of interesting, good firearms, but never quite came up with something that became really iconic.  The M/50 is a […]

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garand development

Czech ZH29

The Czech ZH29 is a meticulously made example of early semiautomatic rifle design. Made in the era before WWII when great care was taken in making arms, the only stamped parts on it are the […]

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bullpup

EM-1 Manual

After World War II, the British began serious development of a replacement for the Sten and Enfield. A selfloading rifle was an obvious necessity, and they British took a lesson from German arms development and […]

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Manuals

M1895 Lee handbook

It was only fairly recently that all the branches of the US armed forces began standardizing their weapons and equipment. It used to be that each branch would adopt whatever firearms it found most useful […]