Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Direct Gas Impingement Video

March 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 14

Many people already know everything I’m going to say in today’s video, but I think it’s important to get it out there for the folks who don’t have as much mechanical experience with their rifles. […]

Book Review: The Great Remington 8

March 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

I bought a Remington Model 8 a couple months back, and I’ve been remiss in not putting together a video on it – it’s a very neat rifle. Instead (for the time being), I figured […]

How Governments Choose Weapons: Israel

March 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 35

I recently got an email from Clément, asking about the choices Israel has made in small arms for the IDF. Why did they switch from the FAL to the Galil? And then why take M16s […]

Ljungman AG42B Video

February 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

Being right in the depths of winter, it seemed like a good time to take a Scandinavian rifle out to the range. Specifically, a Swedish Ljungman AG-42B. This is one of the few semiauto military […]

Action Match Video: Leader T2 and Ballester Molina

February 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 11

I’m always up for the chance to put unusual guns through practical trials, so I jumped at the chance to try out the 2-Gun Action Challenge Match north of Tucson AZ this past weekend. For […]

Vintage Saturday: Garand’s Garand

February 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

With all the discussion this week of replacements for the M1, I feel obligated to post this very cool photo of John Cantius Garand and the business end of his rifle.

Photo from the May 1940 weapons testing at Fort Belvoir. From left to right, Senator Lundeen (MN, Farmer-Labor) with a Johnson rifle, Rep. Snyder (PA, Democrat) with an M1928A1 Thompson, and Senator Thomas (OK, Democrat) […]

Arms of the Venezuelan Coup

January 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 28

Fifty five years ago this week Marcos Pérez Jiménez, dictator of Venezuela, fled from power in the face of a popular uprising and botched military coup. Among other things, Jiménez had used Venzuela’s oil to […]

The New Retro-Tactical?

January 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 45

Found this at SHOT, courtesy of Ohio Ordnance: Under all the rails and black, it’s a semiauto BAR. Not really sure what to say…

FG42 Reproduction (Video)

January 14, 2013 Ian McCollum 41

There has been talk for a while of people making functional reproductions of the German FG-42 paratroop rifle for a long time…and it wasn’t just idle talk. We have gotten our hands on a sample […]