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Canada’s WWII Self-Loading Rifle Experiments

July 3, 2015 Ian McCollum 20
(The material for this post came primarily from a post made by Roger V. Lucy at the MilArt blog, which also has information on a couple other WWII Canadian experimental projects) When we see rifles, […]
Bolt Action Rifles

The Lee Enfield Finally Leaves Canadian Ranger Service

July 1, 2015 Ian McCollum 52
As far as I have been able to tell, the Canadian Rangers are the last formal, first-world military organization still using a WWII-era bolt action rifle as a standard-issue weapon (correction – the Danish Slædepatruljen […]
garand development

Shooting a .276 Pedersen

June 30, 2015 Ian McCollum 58
Thanks to Alex C. at TheFirearmBlog, I recently had an opportunity to do some shooting with a .276 caliber Vickers-Pedersen model PB rifle. This was one of the very first rifles Vickers built when they […]
Select-fire Rifles

Shooting and Disassembling A.I. AR-10 rifles (Video)

June 29, 2015 Ian McCollum 26
I had a gun-shop-owning friend offer me a chance to do a video on a Portuguese contract AR-10 made by Artillerie Inrichtingen in the Netherlands a little while back. Unfortunately, it had just sold, and […]
Very pleased with his captured rifle!
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Fusil d’Assaut

June 27, 2015 Ian McCollum 72
A Chasseur à pied of the 19e Battalion on the road between Breteuil and Flers, Somme. 10th of April 1918. This Battalion had been on foot after heavy fighting in order to occupy the village […]
Single Shot Rifles

Ethan Allen Brass Falling Block Rifle at RIA

June 24, 2015 Ian McCollum 30
Ethan Allen was a very prolific gun manufacturer in the US, being involved with a series of different companies. This particular rifle of his appealed to me because it is an excellent example of how […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Japanese Type 30 “Hook Safety” Arisaka at RIA

June 23, 2015 Ian McCollum 21
Most people are familiar with the Type 38 Arisaka, which was one of the two very distinctive Japanese rifles of World War II (along with the Type 99). The Type 38 was an outstanding rifle […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Palmer Carbine at RIA

June 21, 2015 Ian McCollum 11
The Palmer carbine was the first bolt action firearm adopted by the US military – it was a single shot rimfire carbine patented in 1863 and sold to the US cavalry in 1865. The guns […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Nazi-Occupation “Stomperud” Krag Rifle at RIA

June 20, 2015 Ian McCollum 33
When the Germans occupied Norway, they took advantage of the arms production facilities at the Kongsberg Arsenal to make a number of Krag rifles to their own specifications. They were made with a mixture of […]
Bolt Action Rifles

(A Few of) The Many Faces of the Dutch M95 Carbine

June 17, 2015 Ian McCollum 23
When the Dutch military adopted the M95 Mannlicher rifle, they made a rifle for standard infantry, and a variety of carbines for specialist troops. these included artillery, cavalry, bicycle, engineers, and colonial service carbines. During […]

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