Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Battle of the Greasy Grass

June 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 49

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 […]

Yugo M76 Sniper’s Rifle in a 2-Gun Match (Video)

June 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Winter Watch

June 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 19

Bulgarian troops in the First World War, with fixed bayonets on a Steyr M95 rifle and carbine.

Vintage Saturday: Trench Mag

June 14, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

German sentry in the trenches during September 1916 with a periscope and a Gewehr 98 equipped with an extended 20-round trench magazine.

AVT-40 Testing Report

June 12, 2014 Ian McCollum 23

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. […]

Gun Deductions III

June 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Far From Home II

May 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

Senegalese Free French soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, armed with a British Bren and an American 1903 Springfield. The helmets are American ones, emblazoned with the anchor emblem of the French […]

Mayn Experimental Carbine

May 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 28

To the left there is a Soviet memo on the subject of the experimental carbine designed by a Colonel P.I. Mayn. The memo reads: To the chief of the Red Army GAU, General-Lieutenant-Colonel comrade Yakovlev […]

LeMat Revolving Carbine

May 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 23

Today’s post is a guest article by Kymm Wilson, on the subject of the very rare LeMat carbine, which he was put quite a bit of work into recreating. by Kymm Wilson Just prior to […]

2 Gun: FG42 vs BAR (Video)

May 19, 2014 Ian McCollum 96

By popular request, this month we are doing a head-to-head match of the awesome FG-42 (second model, in 8mm, made by SMG Guns) and the much-revered Browning BAR (M1918A3, in .30-06, made by Ohio Ordnance). […]