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Winchester Mystery Prototype: Melvin Johnson does Project SALVO?

February 19, 2021 Ian McCollum 29

This rifle is a Winchester semiauto prototype that has no documentation I could find in any source. So, today we will take a look at what we can possibly extrapolate from its various features. It […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Mystery Mauser – Haitian? Czechoslovakian? Or Not?

June 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 26

This rifle is selling at the RIA auction on June 21. This Mauser is one that I simply have not been able to definitively identify. It is marked “Haiti 1957” and “CZ 29 – 53”, […]

Gunsmithing

RIA: Strange Unique European Revolver

August 21, 2016 Ian McCollum 37

With no markings or provenance at all, the origins of this revolver are a mystery. Its features all point to the 1880s or 1890s, and someone clearly spent a lot of time working on it […]

Chinese pistol
Mystery

Bernardon-Martin 1909 Pistol in a Chinese Museum

July 12, 2016 Ian McCollum 37

Note: I’m slipping! I initially identified this as one of the mystery Chinese pistols, having not recognized it as a Bernardon-Martin. A bunch of folks in the comments did, though, and I have corrected the […]

No Picture
Machine pistol

The “R9 Arms” Machine Pistol

August 17, 2015 Ian McCollum 83

By request of more than a few readers, I am doing a post on this – although there really isn’t much information I can contribute on the subject. These things got a lot of attention […]

Mystery

Mystery “Rocking Block” Pistol at RIA

April 23, 2015 Ian McCollum 20

There isn’t much I can say about this very unusual pistol, as I have no idea who made it or when. What I can tell is that it is a blowback action with a rather […]

No Picture
Mystery

Followup w/ Pictures – Smoothbore Trapdoor

February 12, 2014 Ian McCollum 37

The owner of this interesting firearm (who is a regular reader of the site) sent me this information about it: Here are the things I do know about this weapon, which is one if six […]

No Picture
Bolt Action Rifles

Landstad Patent and Another Mystery Gun

June 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 14

A couple pieces of Sunday miscellanea… First, thanks to Keith we have a copy of the Norwegian patent for the Landstad automatic revolver. He was able to coax it out of the Norwegian patent office, […]

No Picture
Mystery

San Diego Destinations and a Mystery SMG

June 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 25

First up, it looks like I’m going to be traveling to San Diego for the week of July 21st – does anyone know of a museum in the area with a good small arms collection […]

No Picture
Mystery

Mystery Chinese Pistol

June 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 33

I’m sure everyone has heard a second or third hand story about someone finding a total steal on a gun at an estate sale or auction. Heck, I’ve had a few great moments that start […]

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