Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Siamese Mauser Followup – the Type 66 Rifle

September 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

When I put together the video and post a couple weeks ago on the Siamese/Thai Mauser, I figured I’d be clever and call it a Type 45/66, since it had been rechambered for the Type […]

Ishapore .410 SMLE Conversion (Video)

September 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 37

Quick, think of the first thing that comes to mind when I say “riot shotgun”! Does it have a brass buttplate? A tangent rear sight? Is it a single-shot weapon? Does it use a shotshell […]

RIA Premier Auction (Part II)

September 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

Continuing yesterday’s post, today I want to take a look at some of the long guns that jumped out at me while I was perusing the catalog for the RIA Premier Auction coming up in […]

One of the less common Japanese rifles of the WWII era is the Type I (pronounced “Type Eye”). The Japanese Imperial Army and Navy procured small arms independently of each other, and the Army received […]

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

August 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

So, I was browsing through the catalog for Rock Island Auction’s upcoming Premier Auction (I’ll have more next week on the various neat things available), and found one item in particular that jumped out at […]

2-Gun Action Match: England Versus Germany

August 19, 2013 Ian McCollum 50

Once again, we have video today from the monthly 2-gun Action Challenge Match. This time, I thought it would be interesting to do a bit of a historical matchup, and look at the oft-discussed question […]

Type 46 Siamese Mauser

August 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 28

Siam, now known as Thailand, was one of the few independent south Asian nations around the turn of the 20th century. Looking to modernize its military to protect against colonial imposition, is decided in 1903 […]

Book Review: Rifles of the Snow

August 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 5

Today’s book is really more of a pamphlet than a proper book, but it still serves well given its purpose. It is Rifles of the Snow by Doug Bowser and Powers Dunaway, and it is […]

Rifle Collecting on a Budget: Think Turkey

July 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 33

We all love seeing (and pawing through, when given the opportunity!) the fantastic collections built up by gun collectors who have had the twin resources of time and money on their side, but few of […]

Vintage Saturday: The Not-French Resistance

July 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

Soviet guerrillas in the Crimea, with a few different types of rifles. Just women in the main shot, but there are men in the background as well.