Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Roth Haenel Model 1899 – The First Semiauto Sporting Rifle?

November 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 37

This rifle sold for $10,925 at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. While Karel Krnka and Georg Roth were in the process of developing the M1907 pistol, they diverted slightly to apply their patents to […]

MC58: A USMC Semiauto Trainer 22 for the M14

November 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 10

This rifle sold (for some reason) for $10,925 at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. When the USMC adopted the M1 Garand in 1942, they decided they would like to have a new semiautomatic training […]

Colombian 7.62mm NATO M1 Garand Conversion

November 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 22

This rifle sold for $2,070 at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. After World War Two, Colombia adopted the .30-06 cartridge as standard, purchasing a thousand .30-06 FN49 rifles and 19,000 surplus American M1 Garand […]

The Mini-14: A Cost-Effective Scaled-Down M14

November 10, 2018 Ian McCollum 56

Folding Stock rifle sold for $2,300 (the fixed-stock Texas Ranger one is selling in a future auction – sorry for the mistake! There is a folding stocked Ranger’s rifle in this auction, however). The Ruger […]

Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS

November 8, 2018 Ian McCollum 15

This rifle will be sold at Rock Island in their Spring 2019 Premiere auction – it was moved after this video was filmed. Sorry! One of the rarest patterns of the SKS is the East […]

Vickers-Berthier 1919 US Trials Rifle (Second Type)

November 6, 2018 Ian McCollum 14

This rifle sold for $31,625 at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. After designing the bolt action rifle that bears his name, Andre Berthier went on to experiment with self-loading designs. He developed a light […]

Sport Systeme Dittrich Semiauto BD-38 (MP-38)

November 3, 2018 Ian McCollum 28

Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany is a manufacturer of a remarkably wide range of reproduction German World War Two small arms (including the FG42, StG-44, G43, MP-3008, MP-35, and VG1-5 as well as the MP-38). […]

Tommy Steele’s TS V: Integrally Suppressed 9mm Carbine

November 2, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

Thanks to a friend in South Africa, we have a chance today to take a look at one of the five prototypes of Tommy Steele’s TS V semiauto carbine. This thing is completely ambidextrous (including […]

Mauser C98: The System That Cost Paul Mauser an Eye

October 1, 2018 Ian McCollum 17

One of Paul Mauser’s lifelong projects was the design of a semiautomatic rifle for the German military. He would go through a multitude of different designs searching for something that would be sufficiently reliable, durable, […]

Brownells BRN-10A: A Retro Cold War AR-10 Reproduction

September 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 19

Companion shooting video on InRangeTV: https://youtu.be/a91nJOD31Lk We have a new Brownells BRN-10A reproduction AR-10 to take a look at today, hot off the production line! Brownells is making both AR-15 and AR-10 rifles in their […]