Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

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 […]

GM6 Lynx .50 BMG Bullpup at the Range

December 25, 2021 Ian McCollum 34

Today we have the Gepárd M6 Lynx out at the range to try out! My impression is that mechanically, the gun is very well constructed. Everything operated cleanly and smoothly, and there were no malfunctions […]

GM6 Lynx: The Hungarian Long-Recoil .50-Caliber Bullpup

December 24, 2021 Ian McCollum 36

The Gepárd M6 is the result of nearly 3 decades of development. The Hungarian military first requested a .50-caliber anti-material rifle circa 1987, and the M1 design submitted was a single-shot rifle chambered for the […]

Throwback Thursday: A .22 Rifle for John Wayne

November 18, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

Today I’m reposting part of an interview I did with L James “Jim” Sullivan back in 2014. Aside from being one of the two men who did the conversion of the AR-10 into the AR-15, […]

Ians Customs: Left-Handed G3

October 14, 2021 Ian McCollum 30

I used to say that one really common and popular rifle that I really didn’t like was the H&K G3. Well, putting together this rifle for myself really changed my opinion. The roller locking system […]

Algimech AGM-1: A Short-Lived Italian 9mm Bullpup

September 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 44

In the mid 1980s, an Italian designer named Alphonso Giambelli developed a bullpup pistol-caliber carbine with hopes of selling it to Italian law enforcement. That never happened, but the gun was offered on the commercial […]

Throwback Thursday: The Nifty Hybrid-Design HAC-7 Battle Rifle

September 16, 2021 Ian McCollum 15

The Halloway Arms Company HAC-7 was a very interesting hybrid design that incorporated elements of the FAL, AR10, and AK designs. It needed a bit more development to really work out the kinks, though, and […]

Zastava’s M90: The Serbian M70 Updated to 5.56mm

September 3, 2021 Ian McCollum 17

Zastava has been making AK rifles in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) since the 1960s, and today has a number of offerings made for the commercial market. One of the recent ones is the M90 (or more […]