Select-fire Rifles
Rifles
Patent drawings
Armenian Vahan Rifle
The Vahan is a rifle designed by Armenian inventor Vahan Minasyan. It uses a lever-delayed blowback mechanism similar to the San Cristobal or FAMAS, and is designed for the 5.45x39mm cartridge using standard AK74 magazines […]
Semiauto Rifles
Remington Model 8 (Video)
The Remington Model 8 (and the 81, which is mechanically identical) was an early self-loading rifle design by John Browning, and was produced from 1906 into the 1950s. It was available in 4 calibers initially, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: What Would Roosevelt Shoot?
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 Rifles
Bolt Action Systems
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!
Conversion
On the Way to Being Forgotten: AKU-94 Bullpup AK Conversion
The AKU-94 was a bullpup conversion kit made for standard AK rifles by K-Var a while back. They were never particularly popular, probably because in stock form they weren’t particularly good. The sights are wobbly […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Swiss Straight-Pull First Impressions
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 […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Presentation Walther VG-1 (Video)
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 […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Militiawoman
Spanish militiawoman during the Civil War, with a Mauser rifle and what appears to be an early Star pistol (model 1919 possibly?)
Book review
Book Review: Winchester Model 07 Self-Loading .351 Caliber
The full title of this recently-published monograph by Leonard Speckin is actually Winchester Model 07 Self-Loading .351 Caliber: Its Past and Its Future with Modern Brass, Bullets and Powders. There is very little modern published […]