Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Mujahideen

October 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 47

Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Mostly armed with SMLEs, but I see at least one No4 Enfield in there as well (and the AKM, of course – which appears to have a 40-round […]

7.62 mm PSG LANO Sniper Rifle

October 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

Today’s post is more modern than most of what we usually cover, but it is about a rifle for which very little information is available. It is a Swedish report translated by Arne Bergkvist – […]

Swiss K31 Snipers (Video)

October 13, 2014 Ian McCollum 8

The Swiss experimented with scoped sniper rifles during World War II, and the results were the K31/42 and the K31/43. Only a couple thousand were made between the two models, and they were not considered […]

Vintage Saturday: Captured Carbine

October 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

German soldier with R35 Lebel Mle 1892 Berthier carbine – these were still being issued to support-type troops when WWII broke out. As you see here, some of them found their way into German service […]