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Semiauto Rifles

Semiauto Rifles

Lakeside Vindicator BF1: A Belt-Fed .22 Plinker

September 4, 2019 Ian McCollum 6
Lot 3837 in the September 2019 RIA auction. In 1983, Dennis Tippmann started a company making beautiful half-scale Browning machine guns, fully functional and chambered for the .22LR cartridge. This was a pretty cool idea, […]
Semiauto Rifles

HK 41: “Paramilitary Rifle” for the Bundeswehr

August 31, 2019 Ian McCollum 30
Lot 440 in the September 2019 RIA auction. The HK41 (designation: “paramilitary rifle”, caliber 7.62x51mm) was the first semiautomatic version of the G3 military rifle. It was made for the Bundeswehr reservist market; a rifle […]
Semiauto Rifles

The Type 81 LMG in Civilian Form: Norinco Model 313

August 16, 2019 Ian McCollum 25
Lot 1817 in the September 2019 RIA auction. The Norinco 313 is the semiauto commercial variation of the Type 81 LMG. The Type 81 was a small arms family of rifle and LMG developed to […]
Semiauto Rifles

FAL in the North: The Canadian C1A1

July 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 53
Canada was the first country to adopt the FAL rifle, purchasing trials rifles from FN within weeks of the formal standardization of the 7.62mm NATO cartridge. Canada acquired production rights to the rifle along with […]
Prototype

H&K Prototype Sniper: the SL7 Match

July 3, 2019 Ian McCollum 15
Built in the 1990s, this rifle is part of an experimental series of precision rifles made by H&K. It is marked “SL7 Match”, and uses the same action as the standard SL7 sporting rifle (the […]
Semiauto Rifles

Sanna 77: A Czech SMG Turned South African Carbine

June 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 8
The Sanna 77 was a semiauto copy of the Czech Sa 25 submachine gun. It was first produced in Rhodesia by the GM Steel company for the Rhodesian military. In this form, it was the […]
Semiauto Rifles

Egyptian FN49 Sniper (Late Pattern)

June 10, 2019 Ian McCollum 11
Egypt was the first country to adopt the FN-49 rifle, and its purchases actually predated FN’s development of a method for mounting a telescopic sight to the rifles. So Egypt came up with its own […]
Semiauto Rifles

A Rifle for International Competition: the MAS 49-56 MSE

May 29, 2019 Ian McCollum 43
Preorders now open for my book, Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016! Get your copy here! The MSE (Modified St Etienne) version of the MAS 49-56 was developed specifically for international competition shooting by […]
Conversion

French NATO Standardization: the MAS 49-56 in 7.62mm

May 27, 2019 Ian McCollum 24
Preorders now open for my book, Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016! Get your copy here! In the late 1950s, France was still part of the NATO integrated military structure. When the 7.62x51mm cartridge […]
Semiauto Rifles

France’s Final Battle Rifle Iteration: The MAS 49-56

May 24, 2019 Ian McCollum 26
Preorders now open for my book, Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016! Get your copy here! While the development of the MAS 49 had given France a very utilitarian rifle that could serve as […]

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