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Rock Island’s Upcoming Auction

June 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 20
The auctions that Rock Island is really known for are its Premier Auctions, which happen a few times per year and have really phenomenal goodies. But in between those are smaller regional auctions, which are […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Landstad Patent and Another Mystery Gun

June 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 14
A couple pieces of Sunday miscellanea… First, thanks to Keith we have a copy of the Norwegian patent for the Landstad automatic revolver. He was able to coax it out of the Norwegian patent office, […]
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Lever Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Lever Actions in the Trenches

June 22, 2013 Ian McCollum 50
Russian soldiers in World War One armed with Winchester 1895 lever action rifles chambered for 7.62x54R. In addition to the gas masks and long bayonets, note the fellow at the back left reloading with a […]
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Single Shot Rifles

Fosbery’s Breechloading Rifle

June 21, 2013 Ian McCollum 16
Col George Vincent Fosbery, V.C., was a definite devotee of small arms design as well as being a bona fide war hero – a combination that isn’t as common as one might expect. He is […]
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Bolt Action Rifles

Myth and Reality of the Ross MkIII

June 17, 2013 Ian McCollum 44
This video took a bit longer than planned to put together, but it’s here at last… There is a long-standing urban legend about the Canadian Ross rifle, a straight-pull bolt action that was used in […]
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Book review

Book Review: German Pistols and Holsters

June 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 10
I’d heard some negative things about today’s book before I picked up a copy, and I was happily surprised by its usefulness. The book is German Pistols and Holsters 1934/1945, by Major Robert D. Whittington […]
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Select-fire Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Nazi Zorro

June 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 41
German Skijäger troops with Sturmgewehr rifles in the Ukraine, February 1944. Note how two of the guys in the background are using ski poles as shooting sticks. If there had been more of these guys […]
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Brazilian LAPA FA Modelo 03

June 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 32
Today we have another article by Ronaldo Olive, reprinted with his permission. This was originally published in Jane’s Defense Weekly in 1984, when the LAPA FA-03 was still more or less in prototype phase – […]
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Book review

Book Review: The Military Remington Rolling Block Rifle

June 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 7
During the latter half of the 1800s, a significant fraction of the world’s military forces were being armed by the Remington brothers, and their factory in Ilion, New York. The Remington Rolling Block was one […]
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Anti-Tank Rifles

Disney Goes to War or, Stop That Tank!

May 31, 2013 Ian McCollum 13
During World War II, the Disney company joined in the Allied war effort by producing animated movie material at cost for the US government (they also created insignia mascots for hundreds of aircraft and warships […]

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