Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Springfield Kuna: Croatia’s New Delayed-Blowback PCC/SMG

April 15, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

The Kuna is a delayed-blowback 9mm pistol/PCC/submachine gun developed by HS Produkt in Croatia and marketed int he US by Springfield Armory. Development on it began in 2020 as a commercial project, but probably also […]

Experimental AG-42B Conversion to 7.62mm NATO

April 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

Circa 1954, Sweden was starting to look for a new self-loading rifle to adopt for its infantry. The 6.5x55mm cartridge was a good round, but the idea of having ammunition compatibility with its neighbors was […]

KH-9: B&T Remakes the SITES Spectre Just Because It’s Cool

April 9, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Karl Brügger, CEO of B&T, is a true gun nerd and avid competitive shooter. When he got his hands on the Spectre SMG with its quad-stack magazine and weird DA/decocker fire control system, he thought […]

Stamm-Zeller 1902: A Swiss Straight-Pull Converted to Semiauto

March 8, 2025 Ian McCollum 31

Today’s rifle was designed by a Swiss inventor named Hans Stamm while working for the Zeller et Cie company in Appenzell Switzerland. The company originally made embroidering machinery, but turned to military rifle parts subcontracting […]

A Beautiful Factory Semiauto SIG MKPO

February 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 20

During the 1930s, SIG Neuhausen made a series of really beautiful submachine guns. They were the MK series, offered in either 500mm / 19.7 inch barrels for military use or 300mm / 11.8 inch for […]

Finland’s Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40

February 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

Finland and Sweden are both in the process of adopting AR-pattern rifles, and for the Finns this will be their first service rifle in 5.56mm NATO. It is a transition that has been anticipated for […]

Aimpoint’s Only Gun: The PC-80 Symmetrical Action

February 15, 2025 Ian McCollum 57

Today we are looking at the entire scope of Aimpoint’s firearms development division…which is actually just this one firearm. Aimpoint was founded in 1975 as a partnership between Arne Ekstrand (a Swedish inventor with an […]

Small Arms History of the Falkland Islands Defense Force

February 12, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Various militias existed on the Falkland Islands since its earliest settlement, but the Falkland Islands Defense Force of today traces its roots to the 1892 Falkland Islands Volunteer Corps. This force was equipped with Martini […]

Ljungman Updates: the AG-42 vs AG-42B

January 31, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

In 1953, the Swedish military launched a program to refurbish and refit all of the Ag m/42 rifles in inventory. Aside from replacing broken parts and worn barrels, the program also made a number of […]

AG42 Ljungman: Sweden Adopts a Battle Rifle in WWII

January 29, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

Sweden developed, adopted, and produced a new self-loading rifle during World War Two. The process began in 1938, with an attempt by the state rifle factory to convert Swedish Mauser bolt actions into semiautomatic; that […]