Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

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). […]

Gun Deductions

May 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 23

One thing I particularly enjoy doing is taking a firearm and trying to figure out as much about it as I can, based on the appearance, markings, modifications, etc. It’s the details and the stories […]

Galil SAR

May 6, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Today we have the third and final part of Seth Cane’s guest post series on Galil rifles. You can find the first two parts here: Galil AR and Galil ARM. by Seth Cane Tanks and […]

Calzada Bayo CB-51

May 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

Thanks to reader Barton and some connections in Spain, we have some outstanding photos of a couple experimental rifles from the post-WWII era before Spain adopted the CETME rifle. After the war, virtually every major […]

Vintage Saturday: Ancient Superpower

April 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 39

Greek soldiers in the winter of 1940/41, fighting Italy. Note the 1903 Mannlicher-Schönauer rifle, one of very few military rifles to use a rotary magazine.

Dyer Multi-Caliber Rifle

April 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 75

I received a request from a collector trying to find information on the Dyer International Caliber Rifle. I have been unable to find anything myself, but the fellow did have a pair of technical drawings […]

Johnson Semiauto Rifle Senate Hearing

April 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

On May 29th, 1940 the US Senate held a hearing about Senate bill 3983, a measure to adopt the Johnson semiauto rifle as a standard US military arm. Opening the testimony was Melvin Johnson himself, […]

Experimental .30-40 Trapdoor Springfield Repro (Video)

April 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

We have often touched on the series of US magazine rifle trials that took place through the late 1800s – those trials brought out a slew of interesting new ideas and clever (or not so […]