Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Near-Complete Failure: Delta CAR-15 at Midnight Brutality 2023

April 22, 2023 Ian McCollum 12

Thanks to the 1 Shepherd cadre for making Midnight Brutality possible! And thanks to our excellent match sponsors: Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) B.E. Meyers Advanced Photonics Live Q or Die Varusteleka Midnight Brutality was […]

Hi-Point Leading the People: The New 3095 Carbine

April 16, 2023 Ian McCollum 46

Hi-Point has chosen to release a new carbine, the Model 3095 – in 7.65mm French Long! Well, not quite…it’s actually in .30 Super Carry. But it will run 7.65mm French Long, so I clearly need […]

AR57: Fun Times with a Tiny Carbine (aka FSS Hurricane)

February 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 5

Thanks to MagPul for sponsoring this video! I was happy to use one of their new Daka Grid rifle cases today – it’s a very cool system that will be of great use for me […]

Tsingtao Ironworks C96 Carbine – A Fancy Carbine for a Wealthy Client

December 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 12

Today we are looking at a high-end C96 Mauser pattern sporting carbine made by the Tsingtao Ironworks. Only a few dozen of these were made, and this one survives in excellent condition. It is a […]

German Troop Trials “Push-Button” Gewehr 41(W)

November 8, 2022 Ian McCollum 25

When the German Army wanted a new semiauto service rifle in 1941, it received submissions from two companies; Walther and Mauser. Walther’s design didn’t strictly meet the criteria set forth, but it was clearly the […]

Mauser WW1 Flyer’s Rifle: the Flieger Selbstlader Karabiner 1916

November 1, 2022 Ian McCollum 26

Paul Mauser dedicated much of his life to the development of a practical semiauto military rifle, and did manage to have a design that was used in combat by Germany in World War One. It […]

Futurama’s Lee Lemon Runs the MDP-9 (feat. John McClane)

October 31, 2022 Ian McCollum 5

It’s time for the annual Halloween PCC/shotgun match! By popular demand, I went as Futurama’s Lee Lemon this year, with the Angstadt Arms MDP-9 PCC. Since the last time I was shooting it, I’ve gotten […]

Valmet M76: Finland’s Stamped Receiver AK

October 18, 2022 Ian McCollum 14

Finland adopted the AK in 1962, as the m/62 – a milled receiver pattern. By the late 1960s the Valmet factory was experimenting with stamped receiver design to reduce costs. The first stamped Valmet rifle […]

CETME-L Handguards: The Poor Early Model and the Later Better One

September 13, 2022 Ian McCollum 1

The early production CETME-L (and CETME-LC) rifles used a thin, fragile, full-length handguard. It was redesigned fairly early in production with a much more durable version that provided better hand insulation. The Spanish Army updated […]

Arex AKB-15: A Lost AK Modernization Project

August 31, 2022 Ian McCollum 27

The AKB-15 was a project developed by Arex Defense in Slovenia in 2015. The company received a request from a small country (they decline to reveal exactly who) to modernize a stock of AKM rifles […]