Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Enfield No5 “Jungle Carbine” Video

January 19, 2015 Ian McCollum 40

The No.5 MkI Enfield, commonly called the “jungle carbine” is nearly the shortest-lived rifle in British military service (second to the Rifle No.9, aka EM-2). Introduced in 1944, they were declared obsolete in 1947 as […]

Book Review: The K98k Rifle (Propaganda Photo Series Vol. I)

January 13, 2015 Ian McCollum 9

There is an excellent series of books on German WWII small arms being written and published out of the Netherlands – the Propaganda Photo Series. Today I am specifically looking at Volume I, which covers […]

Assessment of a ZF-41 Optic

December 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

The ZF-41 was a tiny 1.5x optic made in large numbers by Germany during WWII. It is a long eye relief design, mounting over the rear sight of a K98k, and allowing unimpeded up for […]

Vintage Saturday: Second-Rate Spoils

December 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 60

German troops with captured Mosin Nagant rifles (and one SVT-40).

Repro German K98k Sniper for Sale/Trade

December 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 1

A friend of mine – Karl, in fact, who you’ve probably seen on InRange or 2-gun videos – is looking to sell or trade a reproduction German K98k sniper. It’s a gorgeous example of a […]

Clever Double Barrel Sporting Rifle at RIA

December 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 17

This double-barreled sporting rifle made by Christoph Funk in Germany is not much like the typical over-under double-barreled rifle. It began as a fairly standard Mauser bolt action, chambered in 7×57 Mauser with a 5-round […]

Sedgley Model 45 .22 Rifle at RIA

November 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

The firm of Sedgley Inc of Philadelphia was a gun company involved in many aspects of the industry. They made rifle barrels for the US military, they made the rather goofy “Glove Guns” for the […]

2-Gun Action Match: Mosin & Nagant vs Trapdoor & SAA

November 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 38

No vintage photo today – instead I have a vintage rifle match! I’ve had had a bunch of people asking to see a Mosin-Nagant in one of these matches, and decided to oblige – but […]

Winchester Lee Navy Safety?

November 4, 2014 Ian McCollum 69

It appears that a fellow in Pennsylvania had an 1895 Lee Navy rifle explode in his hands this past Sunday while out shooting. This sort of thing happens from time to time with all sorts […]

Interview with Nicole Wiley: German .22 Training Rifles

November 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 23

While I was visiting the Simpson Ltd shop in Galesburg, I had the pleasure of meeting Nicole Wiley. She is working on organizing a massive reference book on German .22 training rifles (like the Sportmodell […]