Bolt Action Rifles
North China Type 19
Many years prior to the attack on the US Navy that marks the beginning of World War II for the United States, the Empire of Japan had invaded China. This war of occupation was a […]
Rifles
Bolt Action Rifles
Rock Island Regional Auction – July 2014
Yep, it’s time for another Rock Island Regional Auction this coming weekend! These are typically less valuable guns than the Premier auctions, and most of the lots include multiple guns instead of just one. Sometimes […]
Accessories
Vietnam’s Overburdened M16
by Tom Laemlein I’ve been working with Dale Dye of Warriors Inc. to put together a photo study on the infantry weapons of the Vietnam War. The conflict in Vietnam is particularly interesting for students […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Mosin-Nagant 91/30 PU Sniper (Video)
The Soviet Union produced more sniper rifles during WWII than any other country, and was one of very few to have a well-developed sniper program in place before the war began. Starting in the early […]
Competition
Battle of the Greasy Grass
On this day 138 years ago, the combined forces of the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Arapaho tribes delivered a staggering defeat to the US Army’s 7th Cavalry under the command of General George Armstrong Custer. The […]
Competition
Yugo M76 Sniper’s Rifle in a 2-Gun Match (Video)
For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, I decided to try using my Yugoslav M76, in 8x57mm. The M76 is one of the triad of eastern marksmen’s rifles – the PSL, the SVD, and the […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Winter Watch
Bulgarian troops in the First World War, with fixed bayonets on a Steyr M95 rifle and carbine.
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Trench Mag
German sentry in the trenches during September 1916 with a periscope and a Gewehr 98 equipped with an extended 20-round trench magazine.
Select-fire Rifles
AVT-40 Testing Report
While poking around at Soviet Gun Archives (a very cool site which I wish was updated more often), I noticed this two-page memo reporting the results of an experiment modifying SVT-40 rifles to full-auto capability. […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Gun Deductions III
One of our European correspondents, Bart, sent over a couple photos of a rifle excavated recently at the Ypres battlefield, looking to confirm an identification. Since we know some of the history behind it by […]