Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

RIA: CheyTec M200 Intervention

August 18, 2016 Ian McCollum 39

The CheyTac M200 Intervention is a massive precision rifle chambered for the .408 CheyTac cartridge (although it can also be had in .375 CheyTac). It uses an action made by EDM Arms, and is capable […]

North China Type 30

July 26, 2016 Ian McCollum 22

When the Japanese invasion of China intensified in 1937, Imperial reliance on Chinese puppet troops for duties like garrisoning cities. Before long an estimated 500,000-900,000 such men were under the command of the Japanese, in […]

Vintage Saturday: Life and Death in the Mud

July 16, 2016 Ian McCollum 54

A 75mm Maxim-Nordenfelt Cannon and the Type 30 Arisaka

July 7, 2016 Ian McCollum 18

First up, a 75mm Maxim-Nordenfelt cannon that was on display at the Carabinieri Museum in Rome. Guns like this one were pretty widely used by countries all over the world, with a wide variety of details […]

Vintage Saturday: Folding Transport

July 2, 2016 Ian McCollum 35

Not just any bicycle, but a folding Gladiator bicycle! You can see the entire 13-photo set here. Thanks to Denny for pointing these pictures out!

Transitional Swiss Sniper K31 Rifles (Video)

June 27, 2016 Ian McCollum 12

During World War II, the Swiss military experimented with two models of K31 carbine with integral optics (the K31/42 and K31/43). These were found to be not sufficient for military service, and after more experimentation […]

French soldiers attacking in the Argonne in 1915

Vintage Saturday: Fixed Bayonets

June 25, 2016 Ian McCollum 61

RIA – Swiss Model 1893: A Mannlicher Cavalry Carbine

June 21, 2016 Ian McCollum 23

The Swiss were the first country to adopt a bolt action repeating rifle with their Vetterli, and followed this by changing to a straight-pull design in the 1880s. The straight-pull Schmidt-Rubin system was quite good, […]

RIA: Winchester Thumb Trigger Rifle

June 19, 2016 Ian McCollum 30

The Winchester Thumb Trigger rifle was a very inexpensive boy’s rifle developed from the Model 1902. It is a single-shot .22 rimfire bolt action system, on which the trigger was replaced by a thumb-activated sear […]

RIA – Spanish FR-8: the “Cetmeton”

June 14, 2016 Ian McCollum 21

The FR-8 is a Spanish rifle manufactured in the 1950s as part of Spain’s adoption of the CETME semiautomatic rifles. Spain was not only moving to their first semiauto rifle, but also changing from 8mm […]