Semiauto Rifles
Beretta AR-70
After failing to acquire a license to produce the M16 rifle, Beretta worked with SIG from 1963 through 1968 to develop 5.56mm infantry rifles. When the companies parted ways, SIG went on to produce the […]
Rifles
Bolt Action Rifles
A Unique Pre-WWI Custom Combination Gun
This unique custom sporting rifle (and shotgun) is a very cool example of the true gunsmith’s art. This firearm began as a Mauser model 98 action, which was embellished and fitted with a fancy barrel […]
Antiques
Miller Pill-Lock Revolving Rifle
John and James Miller of Rochester New York designed and built this rifle, which is an example of an intermediate revolving firearm. It comes after the flintlock Collier guns, but before Sam Colt’s Paterson demonstrated […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Carl Gustav m/42: A 20mm Recoilless Antitank Rifle
The Swedish Pansarvärnsgevär fm/42 made by the Carl Gustav company was an interesting early hybrid antitank weapon – a recoilless rifle firing solid armor-piercing projectiles. It used a 20x180mm case, propelling the 108g (1650gr) bullet […]
Semiauto Rifles
Dragunov Variations: Military SVD, Izhmash Tiger, Chinese NDM-86
The SVD Dragunov was the Soviet marksman’s rifle that finally replaced the failed attempt to issue the SVT-40 as a precision rifle. It was introduced in 1963, after about 5 years of development, and its […]
Prototype
Bern Prototype Carbine: Intermediate Cartridges in the 1920s
Designed by Adolf Furrer, this carbine represents a very early experiment with intermediate power ammunition. It is a long recoil semiautomatic carbine with an under barrel tube magazine – quite the interesting combination of 19th […]
Gunsmithing
Lamson & Ball Carbine: Henry Meets Spencer (Sort of)
The Lamson & Ball repeating carbine was one of the last Civil War arms manufactured, as an initial order of 1,000 units was placed in June of 1864 but not actually delivered until April and […]
Select-fire Rifles
Rocket Surgery: Inside the Russian Nikonov AN94 (Video)
https://youtu.be/gtMssTSnRHU Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns […]
Semiauto Rifles
Czech M14: The ZK-420S Battle Rifle at James D Julia
The ZK-420S is an experimental Czech rifle that is virtually unknown today, but which was remarkably influential, bearing significant elements of the Garand and several other Czech designs, and influencing the M14 and Kalashnikov rifles. […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The Very First Troop Trials SMLE Rifles at James D Julia
One of the British lessons form the Boer War was that the distinction between infantry rifles and cavalry carbines was becoming obsolete. In 1902, they would initiate troop trials on a new short rifle pattern, […]