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Semiauto Rifles

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One-Gun Action Match: Stuff & Things “Stizon” Kit

June 20, 2025 Ian McCollum 15

The PP-19 Bizon is a Russian 9mm AK model using helical drum magazines, made in several calibers. It was taken into service in 1996, and has been making Western AKphiles drool ever since, because who […]

Semiauto Rifles

GHM-9: B&T’s 9mm Budget Carbine (Well, Swiss Budget)

June 4, 2025 Ian McCollum 11

The GHM-9 is a 9mm PCC from B&T that was developed as an economized alternative to the APC-9. It uses the same grip assembly as the APC-9, but a smaller and simpler upper receiver and […]

Prototype

DSA’s Unique Titanium FAL Project

May 28, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

DS Arms got some billet titanium and decided to make a batch of titanium receivers and other parts. This turned out to be a nightmarish amount of work, and two of the receivers had to […]

Semiauto Rifles

Voere SAM-180 – Semiautomatic American 180 SMG Made in Austria?

April 16, 2025 Ian McCollum 11

The American 180 is a .22LR machine gun that fires at a high rate (1300 rpm more or less) from a super-high-capacity magazine (177 rounds). Conceptually it was designed by Richard Casull in the 1960s, […]

Semiauto Rifles

Springfield Kuna: Croatia’s New Delayed-Blowback PCC/SMG

April 15, 2025 Ian McCollum 9

The Kuna is a delayed-blowback 9mm pistol/PCC/submachine gun developed by HS Produkt in Croatia and marketed int he US by Springfield Armory. Development on it began in 2020 as a commercial project, but probably also […]

Conversion

Experimental AG-42B Conversion to 7.62mm NATO

April 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

Circa 1954, Sweden was starting to look for a new self-loading rifle to adopt for its infantry. The 6.5x55mm cartridge was a good round, but the idea of having ammunition compatibility with its neighbors was […]

Semiauto Rifles

KH-9: B&T Remakes the SITES Spectre Just Because It’s Cool

April 9, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Karl Brügger, CEO of B&T, is a true gun nerd and avid competitive shooter. When he got his hands on the Spectre SMG with its quad-stack magazine and weird DA/decocker fire control system, he thought […]

Conversion

Stamm-Zeller 1902: A Swiss Straight-Pull Converted to Semiauto

March 8, 2025 Ian McCollum 31

Today’s rifle was designed by a Swiss inventor named Hans Stamm while working for the Zeller et Cie company in Appenzell Switzerland. The company originally made embroidering machinery, but turned to military rifle parts subcontracting […]

Semiauto Rifles

A Beautiful Factory Semiauto SIG MKPO

February 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 20

During the 1930s, SIG Neuhausen made a series of really beautiful submachine guns. They were the MK series, offered in either 500mm / 19.7 inch barrels for military use or 300mm / 11.8 inch for […]

Semiauto Rifles

Finland’s Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40

February 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

Finland and Sweden are both in the process of adopting AR-pattern rifles, and for the Finns this will be their first service rifle in 5.56mm NATO. It is a transition that has been anticipated for […]

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