Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

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 […]

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 […]

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”, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]