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Swedish m/41B – Best Sniper Rifle of World War Two

June 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 30
The rifle in this video is coming up for auction here. Everything was going great in Sweden until 1940, when they looked up and realized that on one side they were next to a bunch […]
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”, […]
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Britain’s Only Repeating Trainer: the No7 Mk I

June 12, 2018 Ian McCollum 9
This rifle is coming up for sale at Rock Island on June 23. Developed by BSA immediately after World War Two, the No7 MkI training rifle was the only one of the British Enfield trainers […]
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Gewehr 71/84: Germany’s Transitional Repeating Rifle

June 10, 2018 Ian McCollum 16
This rifle is coming up for auction at RIA here. In the ongoing arms race between France and Germany, the Mauser 71/84 was the first German repeating rifle. Paul Mauser began work on it in […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Britains First Standard Trainer: the No 2 Mk IV*

June 6, 2018 Ian McCollum 16
This rifle is coming up for sale at RIA on June 23. The British military started using training rifles in 1883, with the .297/.230 Morris cartridge in adapted Martini rifles. This would give way to […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Serbian 1899 Mauser – Like Boers in Europe

June 4, 2018 Ian McCollum 13
Rifle in this video is selling at auction here. Serbia in the 1890s was not a large or wealthy kingdom, and they had no domestic arms manufacturing capacity – but they did appreciate a good […]
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The Very Neat Peruvian Navy 1891 Mauser Carbine

May 31, 2018 Ian McCollum 14
This carbine is coming up for sale here. Peru acquired a large stock of Model 1891 Mausers from Argentina in 1901, and the carbine we are looking at today is a conversion form one of […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Germany’s First Smokeless Carbines: the Kar 88 and Gewehr 91

May 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 5
The Kar88 in this video is coming up for auction here, and the Gewehr 91 here. With the development of the smokeless Gewehr 88 “Commission Rifle”, the German Army finally made a serious effort to […]
Bolt Action Rifles

A Book and a Rifle: The Vercors Resistance in WWII

May 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 13
One of the single largest actions of the French Resistance during World War Two was Operation Montagnards – the plan to drop about 4,000 Allied paratroops onto the Vercors Massif when the resistance was activated […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Iron Sights at 800 Yards: New Mexico Milsurps Match!

April 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 40
While traveling through Albuquerque, I was invited to join the New Mexico Milsurps club for one of their long range rifle matches. This is no typical shooting challenge – the course of fire is 20 […]

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