Bolt Action Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Atmed SMG and an Arisaka Addendum

May 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

First up today, we have some additional information on the scaled-down Arisaka trainer from our video on Monday. Teri from Nambu World gave us some more details (thanks, Teri and Chip!) that we would like […]

Scaled-Down Arisaka Trainer (Video)

May 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

In many countries prior to WWII, it was not uncommon to begin preparing children for military service at fairly young ages, and several countries produces small-scale rifles for training boys who could not yet handle […]

Ross Project Promo

April 21, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

The Ross project is coming along nicely, so I filmed a quick teaser for you:

Dangerous Guns

April 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 90

After shooting the Bannerman Mosin-Nagant conversion recently, the subject of dangerous military rifles came up when I was talking with a friend. And y’know, there are more than a few designs and conversions that are […]

Bannerman .30-06 Mosin Nagant (Video)

April 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 25

According to internet wisdom, today’s video should have been cut short by a rifle exploding in my face…but you’ll have to watch it to see if that actually happened. Okay, the fact that I’m still […]

M1886 Lebel Video

March 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 45

The French M1886 Lebel was the first smallbore smokeless powder rifle adopted by a major military, and was a game changer in the European arms race in the 1880s. It wasn’t an outstanding design in […]

Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle

February 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 43

The M47 Madsen “Lightweight Military Rifle” was the last military bolt action rifle designed to be a primary infantry rifle, and it is a bit hard to see just who Madsen thought they could sell […]

Mondragon Model 1894

January 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

The rifle we are looking at is an early Mondragon bolt-action design, model of 1894. Prior to designing his self-loading 1908 rifle (which is notable as the first self-loader adopted by a national military), Manuel […]

Turkish Orman Carbine Video

October 1, 2012 Ian McCollum 8

A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I’d picked up a neat new addition to my collection – a Turkish “Orman” carbine made from a French Berthier rifle. During WWII, the Turkish government wound up […]

Lebel and Berthier Manuals

August 22, 2012 Ian McCollum 19

Since I spent yesterday talking about my new Turkish converted Berthier rifle, I figured it would be a decent idea to upload a couple manuals for the mainstay rifles of the French Army during WWI, […]