Prototype
Kraut Space Magic: the H&K G11
I have been waiting for a long time to have a chance to make this video – the Heckler & Koch G11! Specifically, a G11K2, the final version approved for use by the West German […]
Rifles
Select-fire Rifles
WF Bern C42 & E22: Swiss Stgw90 Trials Rifles
Today at the Kessler auction house in Kreuzlingen Switzerland we are taking a look at the W+F Bern C42 and E22 rifles. These are the guns supplied by Bern to compete for the Swiss military […]
Select-fire Rifles
M1916 Fedorov: Russia’s First Assault Rifle?
I have been trying to get my hands on Fedorov M1916 rifle for a while, and I finally had the opportunity at the NFC, part of the British Royal Armouries. The Fedorov was designed in […]
Select-fire Rifles
Winchester 1964 SPIW: Flechettes and a Blow-Forward Grenade Launcher
Today we are looking at the Winchester company’s entry into the 1964 SPIW (Special Purpose Infantry Weapon) trials. The SPIW program was an attempt to increase small arms lethality by increasing hit probability with ideas […]
Crude Copies
Confiscated Homemade Poachers’ Guns from Zimbabwe
I had a chance to visit Hire Arms in Johannesburg – a movie arms supply company. Among many other things in their collection, they had an assortment of extremely crude handmade firearms confiscated from poachers […]
Select-fire Rifles
Shooting the Full Auto XM-8 Carbine
Thanks to H&K and to Trijicon for range access, we are out today shooting an original and authentic XM-8 carbine! The XM-8 family are relatively bulky guns; moreso than one would expect from seeing photos […]
Select-fire Rifles
Almost Adopted: The H&K XM8 Family
Today we are in H&K’s Grey Room in Virginia, taking a look at the XM-8 program. The rifle evolved form the kinetic energy carbine portion of the doomed XM29/OICW program, and eventually became the G36 […]
bullpup
DeserTech 7.62mm MDR Teardown
The DeserTech MDR (“Micro Dynamic Rifle”) has been in the works for several years now, after being initially announced at SHOT Show in 2014, if I recall correctly. While it was probably prematurely unveiled, the […]
Select-fire Rifles
XM29 OICW Mockup
The OICW – Objective Individual Combat Weapon – was part of a program in the 1980s and 1990s to replace the whole lineup of uS small arms with a consolidated group of new high-tech ones. […]
Belt-fed
Shooting the Stoner: Mk23, Bren, and 63A Carbine
Is the Stoner 63 really as good of a gun as everyone says? Today is my first opportunity to try one out on the range, and I’m going to look at it in three different […]