Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1892

June 15, 2017 Ian McCollum 28

https://utreon.com/v/KcguKHom8l8 Rifle Carbine As the Model 1873 began to show its age, Winchester wanted a new rifle to take its place in the company catalog. Scaling down the Model 1886 to the pistol cartridges of […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1886

June 13, 2017 Ian McCollum 26

https://utreon.com/v/wrIToofZ8VM Saddle Ring Carbine Deluxe Rifle The Model 1886 was the first Winchester repeating rifle to improve on the original toggle locking system of the 1860 Henry, and it is also the first of John […]

Mossberg 44US: A Cheaper Training Rifle for World War Two

June 12, 2017 Ian McCollum 38

https://utreon.com/v/YtIuJqOHshc As World War Two expanded to encompass the whole US economy, it became clear to the Army that some cost cutting measures would be required. One place that was a clear choice was in […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1876

June 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 20

https://utreon.com/v/FrPl2gAUXCw Rifle NWMP Carbine While the Model 1873 was a very popular rifle, its pistol caliber cartridge did leave a segment of the market unaddressed. Winchester wanted a rifle that could chamber the larger and […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1873

June 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

https://utreon.com/v/JPr8haSNAi4 Musket Rifle Trapper Carbine With the Model of 1873, Winchester was able to address the major remaining weakness of the Henry and 1866 rifles – the cartridge. The 1873 was introduced in tandem with […]

Bushmaster M17S – An American Commercial Bullpup

June 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 21

https://utreon.com/v/5Yvf20XPxnk The M17S began as an Australian design by a man named Alex Hand, apparently intended for Australian military trials. It did not succeed in that effort, although the Australian military did adopt a bullpup […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1866

June 7, 2017 Ian McCollum 11

https://utreon.com/v/kmXr88-EzxM While the Henry Repeating Rifle had been an serious leap forward in firearms capability, it was not without problems. The biggest single weakness of the Henry was its magazine. The tube magazine was open […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: 1860 Henry

June 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 36

https://utreon.com/v/CQKVDb4yLHM The Henry Repeating Rifle was a truly revolutionary development in firearms technology. It was not the first repeating rifle, but it was the best of a emerging class of new arms, reliable in function […]

Norwegian K98kF1 Repurposed Mauser

June 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 28

https://utreon.com/v/YIIvfCRlpmc At the end of When Germany capitulated in 1945, there were nearly 400,000 German soldiers in Norway (largely thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance to prevent them from being transferred south). This […]

What is the German 1920 Double Date Stamp?

June 3, 2017 Ian McCollum 18

https://utreon.com/v/wgf2NjBz3Xc One will sometimes encounter German WW1 arms – mostly Lugers and Kar98 carbines – that have two date stamps, one of them being 1920. What is the significance of this? The crux of the […]