Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Vintage Saturday: Below Sea Level

March 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 40

Dutch soldiers with M95 carbines in a canal, 1939 – from WarAlbum.ru.

Galil ARM

February 27, 2014 Ian McCollum 62

Today’s article is a guest post by Seth Cane, on the development of the Galil ARM… The Galil ARM by Seth Cane The Galil rifle began life in the late 1960’s. The Six Day War […]

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 […]

Remington Model 8 (Video)

February 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 70

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, […]

Vintage Saturday: What Would Roosevelt Shoot?

February 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 90

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 Systems

February 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

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!

On the Way to Being Forgotten: AKU-94 Bullpup AK Conversion

February 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 84

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 […]

Swiss Straight-Pull First Impressions

February 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 58

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 […]

Presentation Walther VG-1 (Video)

February 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 35

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Militiawoman

February 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

Spanish militiawoman during the Civil War, with a Mauser rifle and what appears to be an early Star pistol (model 1919 possibly?)