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Book review

Book Review: Out of Nowhere

March 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 6
I have been slowly trying to improve my education on sniper rifles, with the goal of putting together a series of videos on some of the interesting historical ones I have access to. On the […]
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Biography

Biography: James Paris Lee

March 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 37
James Paris Lee was a firearms designer whose inventions had a far greater historical significance than even most firearms enthusiasts realize. Where Lee is recognized at all, it is generally for the rifles that bear […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Reader Questions: 6.5×55 Chamber, M47 Clips, Side-Mounted Oprods

March 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 11
Today I’m answering some questions sent in last week – I think this will be a fun and interesting regular feature for the site. If you have a question you’ve been wondering about, please email […]
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Select-fire Rifles

Larry Vickers Shoots an Original FG42

March 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 64
I’ve gotten to take apart an original second model FG-42, and play with an SMG reproduction second model (and shoot against one in a 2-gun match), but I’ve never gotten my hands on an original […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

2-Gun Match: Swiss K31 (Video)

March 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 21
I’ve been looking forward to shooting one of the local 2-Gun Action Challenge Matches with a Swiss straight-pull rifle for a while now, and had the chance this past weekend. I was debating between using […]
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Accessories

Vintage Saturday: Trench Periscope

March 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 31
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Select-fire Rifles

Galil AR, by Seth Cane

March 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 23
Today we have the second of a three-part guest series by Seth Cane on the Galil rifle. Today he looks at the Galil AR… Galil AR by Seth Cane The Galil AR was the standard-infantry […]
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Accessories

Remington Model 8 Extended Magazines

March 4, 2014 Ian McCollum 18
After posting the video on the Remington Model 8 last week, we received an email from reader Rod, whose grandfather was an auxiliary police officer and something of a gun nut. One of his rifles […]
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Semiauto Rifles

Smith & Wesson Light Rifle (Video)

March 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 43
The Smith & Wesson 1940 Light Rifle is one of the spectacular failures of arms design, on several levels. It was too expensive, too heavy, too fragile (ironically, given the weight), too difficult to manipulate, […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Below Sea Level

March 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 40
Dutch soldiers with M95 carbines in a canal, 1939 – from WarAlbum.ru.

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