Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

The Last Lee Enfield: the L42A1 Sniper

August 31, 2018 Ian McCollum 28

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle When the British military adopted the FAL (L1A1 SLR) in 1960, they adopted the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge along with it. While the Brens guns were converted to the new […]

Heavy But Effective: Britain’s No4 MkI (T) Sniper Rifle

August 29, 2018 Ian McCollum 13

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The main British sniper rifle of World War Two, and arguably one of the best looking military sniper rifles of all time, the No4 MkI (T) was something the […]

WWI Steyr M95 Sniper Carbine

August 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 6

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle During World War One, Austria-Hungary produced about 13,000 sniper rifles and carbines – and while the significant majority of these were full length rifles, the Empire was the only […]

Musgrave Ambidex: Straight Pull Rimfire Rifle for Lefties or Righties

August 6, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

The Ambidex was a rifle developed by the Musgrave company in South Africa in the late 1980s. It was a straight-pull bolt action rifle inspired by the Browning T-Bolt, but with the ability to have […]

SIG’s Pump Action 550 Rifle: the 550 VRB

August 1, 2018 Ian McCollum 10

In many countries, manually operated rifles are substantially easier for civilians to own than semiautomatic ones – and this was not lost on firearms manufacturers. In an effort to potentially open a new market, SIG […]

Kaiserliche Schutztruppen G98 – for the German Camel Corps

July 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 14

Germany established their colony of German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika, now Namibia) in 1884, as part of its late attempt to become a colonial power to rival the United Kingdom. The soldiers deployed to protect […]

Dutch Farmers Against the Empire: ZAR Mausers of the Boer War

July 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

When the intercepted Jameson Raid made it clear to the governments of the ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek; South African Republic) and the Orange Free State that war with Britain was imminent, a hasty armaments program was […]

St Petersburg Cavalry School Mosin Carbine

July 9, 2018 Ian McCollum 15

This is a rather mysterious – or at least poorly documented – Mosin Nagant carbine variation. Made from an assortment of rifles dated from 1896 through 1920, these carbines were designed to fit Gulkevich folding […]

Shooting the Berthier Cuirassier Carbine

June 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 6

The Cuirassier carbine is one of the very scarcest versions of the Berthier in the world, yet Patrick here is going to let me shoot a few rounds through his. My target is a steel […]

The Dominican Republic Gets Mausers, 50 Years Too Late

June 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

This Dominican Mauser is coming up for sale here. The Dominican Republic is one of the few Central and South American nations which did not buy Mauser rifles when they were the top of the […]