Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Infiltrating America: The Type 93 Chinese Assault Rifle

April 1, 2022 Ian McCollum 33

The Type 93 Chinese assault rifle is a development of the Type 56 Kalashnikov, produced by the People’s Liberation Army of the PRC. While the Type 93 designation suggests that the design originated in 1993, […]

MDRX Micron: A Truly Tiny SBR Bullpup

March 19, 2022 Ian McCollum 4

The MDR has been out in the market for six years now, and DesertTech has been making some improvements. The current production model I called the MDRX, to denote several incremental improvements that have been […]

Bushmaster Assault Rifle: A Stoner-Inspired 70s Carbine

March 14, 2022 Ian McCollum 13

Mack Gwinn was a US Army Special Forces officer in Vietnam (he retired from the service as a Captain) who had extensive experience carrying and using a Stoner 63A. When he returned home, he decided […]

Announcing the WWSD2020 Available in Europe!

March 10, 2022 Ian McCollum 8

Want to know more about the rifle itself? Check out the whole playlist of WWSD material on InRangeTV: I’m very excited that the WWSD2020 rifles are now available in Europe through Brownells’ EU partners! We […]

2-Gun: An Old-School “Ring Sight” Optic

January 29, 2022 Ian McCollum 8

This month at the 2G-ACM match, I thought it would be interesting to try out a “Ring Sight”. This is the same style of optics used on the FN P90 – the manufacturer marketed it […]

LPC16: An AR With a Huge Helium-Neon Laser Built In

January 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 16

Laser Products Corporation got its start in 1979, with a laser sight mounted atop a Colt Trooper .357 Magnum revolver. Shortly thereafter they introduced a range of other small arms with lasers fitted, including the […]

L119A2: The New British SOF Rifle

January 24, 2022 Ian McCollum 51

Around 2013, the UK MoD began looking for a new rifle to replace the Special Forces’ L119A1. Those A1 rifles were getting old, and something new was needed – and there was some thought that […]

UK Special Forces’ M16 Variant: the L119A1

January 21, 2022 Ian McCollum 32

In 1999, the UK Ministry of Defense put out a tender for a new rifle for UK Special Forces (UKSOF). The elite units of the British military were definitely not going to be using the […]

Springfield Hellion at the Range: The Most Modern Bullpup

January 15, 2022 Ian McCollum 17

My previous experience shooting a VHS-2 was limited to a small indoor range, so I’ve been really looking forward to getting this Springfield Hellion out to a proper range. First up, we have a 2-Gun […]

Springfield Hellion: The VHS-2 Bullpup Comes to the US

January 14, 2022 Ian McCollum 47

Today we are taking a look at the Springfield Hellion, the semiautomatic US version of HS Produkt’s VHS-2 bullpup rifle. The VHS-2 development goes back almost 20 years, with a first VHS rifle and then […]