Anti-Tank Rifles
PGM Precision Hecate II at the Range
Today, we are taking the PGM Precision Hecate II out to the range. It is a rifle designed for use out to 1800m, but I have neither the skills myself nor the range facility to […]
Rifles
Anti-Tank Rifles
PGM Hecate II: A Battle-Hardened .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle
Courtesy of PGM Precision USA, we have a chance to take a look at a Hecate II sniper rifle today. This rifle’s story begins with the Ultima Ratio, a classic-based 7.62mm precision rifle designed by […]
bullpup
Exploring the Details of an E.M.2 with Jonathan Ferguson
Join the Kickstarter campaign and preorder your copy of Jonathan’s “Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901 – 2020”! Sorry for the poor audio quality – I am back at the Cody Firearms Museum talking […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The Italian Workhorse: Carcano M91 Rifle
Today we start a series looking at the evolution of the Carcano series of rifles. Starting with the M91 rifle adopted in 1892, the Carcano would be the workhorse of the Italian military through two […]
Bolt Action Rifles
UVF Gewehr 88: Gun Running Into Ireland in 1914
The Ulster Volunteer Force was a Loyalist organization dedicated to keeping Ireland in the United Kingdom, in reaction to the Home Rule bills being considered by the UK parliament. In 1914 they purchased nearly 25,000 […]
Semiauto Rifles
Kalashnikov USA KP-9 (Semiauto Vityaz) at the Range
Today I have Kalashnikov USA’s KP-9 (which is a virtually exact semiauto copy of the Vityaz SMG) out at the range. I chose the most suitable ammo to try it out with; slightly rusty steel-case […]
Semiauto Rifles
Kalashnikov USA KP-9: A Perfect Copy of the Russian Vityaz SMG
The PP-19-01 Vityaz is a development of the PP-19 Bizon, a submachine gun developed by Izhmash at the request of the Russian Interior Ministry in the early 1990s. The Bizon design team included the sons […]
bullpup
The EM2 in NATO Trials, with Jonathan Ferguson
Join the Kickstarter campaign and preorder your copy of Jonathan’s “Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901 – 2020”! Sorry for the poor audio quality – I am back at the Cody Firearms Museum talking […]
Select-fire Rifles
Archival E.M.2 Footage: Slow Motion and Janson Doing Mag Dumps
Thanks to Jonathan Ferguson and Royal Armouries Archivist Philip Abbott, we have a compilation of some archival video of the E.M. 2 testing circa 1951/1952. This is mostly high speed video clips showing reliability testing, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Ward Burton Model 1871: The US Tries a Bolt Action
This is lot #3220 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The Model 1871 […]