Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Book Review:Schuetzen Rifles – History and Loadings

June 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 8

In my ongoing effort to broaden my firearms horizons, I have been reading up on subjects I have little knowledge of. This week, that involved a copy of Gerald Kelver’s Schuetzen Rifles: History and Loadings. […]

Madsen 1888 and 1896 Self-Loading Rifles

June 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 10

It is often said that the 1907 Mondragon was the first self-loading rifle formally adopted by a military, but it turns out this is not quite accurate. In fact, the 1896 Madsen-Rasmussen rifle was produced […]

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 […]

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, […]

Vintage Saturday: Lever Actions in the Trenches

June 22, 2013 Ian McCollum 51

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 […]

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 […]

Myth and Reality of the Ross MkIII

June 17, 2013 Ian McCollum 45

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]