Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Vintage Saturday: What Would Roosevelt Shoot?

February 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 90

Not the cool Roosevelt – we know he liked his .405-caliber Big Medicine. I’m talking about the other one: Leszek found this on eBay (you can buy it if you want; I have no connection […]

Bolt Action Systems

February 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

Thanks to Robert, we have a series of high-resolution scans showing cutaway diagrams of a bunch of the major bolt-action systems. Very cool to look at – thanks Robert!

Swiss Straight-Pull First Impressions

February 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 58

I recently picked up several Swiss rifles from Simpson Ltd (who has a who bunch of them, and all listed individually so you can choose the exact rifle you want). The Swiss used an evolving […]

Presentation Walther VG-1 (Video)

February 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 35

We took a look at this rifle with a few photos a while back, but I do now have some video of it as well – a VG-1 last ditch rifle with an inlaid plaque […]

Vintage Saturday: Militiawoman

February 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

Spanish militiawoman during the Civil War, with a Mauser rifle and what appears to be an early Star pistol (model 1919 possibly?)

Winchester-Hotchkiss Rifles (Video)

February 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 34

The US military experimented almost continuously with new repeating rifles between the end of the US Civil War and the beginning of the 20th century, and the rifles submitted for testing are a fascinating spectrum […]

Book Review: Mauser Bolt Rifles by Olsen

January 30, 2014 Ian McCollum 8

Ludwig Olsen’s Mauser Bolt Rifles is one of the foundational reference books on the Mauser rifle, and deserves a place in the library of any bolt action rifle enthusiast. Olsen studies the rifle from its […]

Book Review: The Siamese Mauser (Banzai Special Project #1)

January 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 16

The Banzai group of Japanese weapon collectors has been around for a long time – they began publishing their newsletter in 1982 (actually, that makes the newsletter older than I am, to some peoples’ chagrin). […]

Vintage Saturday: Spare a Rifle?

January 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

Lots of Mosin-Nagant rifles, and we’re guessing also Swedish Mausers. Plus, of course, the two Chauchats and a Maxim 1910. Thanks to Dave for the photo!

Miscellanea

January 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 15

A few things… First, I received the first 100 rounds of 7.65mm Mannlicher ammo yesterday – Argentine surplus. It looks really good, and I’m really looking forward to trying it out at the range in […]