Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Book Review: The Early Arisakas

September 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 10

Are you interested in Japanese weapons and militaria? There is a group you should be aware of – Banzai. Formed in 1982, Banzai has been publishing a newsletter full of Japanese-weaponry-related articles for more than […]

M1 Garand Clip Development

September 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

The design for the M1 Garand underwent a whole slew of changes large and small before finally reaching the form ultimately adopted by the US military. Well, the clips that it fed from were no […]

T25 Rifle Report

September 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 20

I recently got my grubby hands on a big pile of gun-related documentation (thanks, Mike!), and one of the items that jumped out at me while looking through it was a 1949 report on the […]

Siamese Mauser Followup – the Type 66 Rifle

September 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

When I put together the video and post a couple weeks ago on the Siamese/Thai Mauser, I figured I’d be clever and call it a Type 45/66, since it had been rechambered for the Type […]

Ishapore .410 SMLE Conversion (Video)

September 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 37

Quick, think of the first thing that comes to mind when I say “riot shotgun”! Does it have a brass buttplate? A tangent rear sight? Is it a single-shot weapon? Does it use a shotshell […]

RIA Premier Auction (Part II)

September 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

Continuing yesterday’s post, today I want to take a look at some of the long guns that jumped out at me while I was perusing the catalog for the RIA Premier Auction coming up in […]

Vintage Saturday: Marine Snipers

August 31, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

Soviet marines from the Baltic Fleet ashore at Leningrad, armed with PEM 91/30 sniper rifles.

Type I Carcano (Video)

August 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

One of the less common Japanese rifles of the WWII era is the Type I (pronounced “Type Eye”). The Japanese Imperial Army and Navy procured small arms independently of each other, and the Army received […]

Vintage Saturday: Inventor Afield

August 24, 2013 Ian McCollum 4

John Moses Browning (center) elk hunting near Jackson Hole, Wyoming around 1910. His rifle is a Remington Model 8 in .35 Remington, and he is flanked by his brother Matthew on the right. His skinning […]

US Army Tokarev Rifle Manual

August 21, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

One problem I have consistently found with Russian weapons manuals is that they are all written in Russian, which I can’t read. The illustrations are still interesting and useful, but it does make some of […]