Semiauto Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Egyptian 2-Gun: Rasheed and Browning High Power

October 7, 2023 Ian McCollum 5

We just looked at the Rasheed (and it’s Iraqi sibling the Baghdad) and today I’m taking it out to the monthly 2-Gun match. I’m pairing it with a United Arab Republic contract Browning High Power, […]

Baghdad Carbine: Iraq’s Super-Rare Copy of the Rasheed

October 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 3

In 1974, Iraq and Egypt were still on good relations, and Egypt sold Iraq a batch of 300 Rasheed carbines and the production tooling to manufacture them. Iraq quickly set up production and began making […]

The Rasheed: Egypt’s Semiauto Battle Carbine From Sweden

September 27, 2023 Ian McCollum 29

Egypt purchased tooling for the Swedish AG-42 Ljungman in 1952, and adapted it to their 8mm Mauser caliber as the Hakim rifle. Later, they scaled the rifle down to 7.62x39mm as the Rasheed, and manufactured […]

Introducing the BD-38: A New Production Copy of the German MP-38

September 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 14

There has never been a proper semiauto version of the MP40 available in the US, until now. SSD (Sport-Systeme Dittrich) is a German company that has been making semiauto copies of German WW2 small arms […]

Semiauto FG-42 at the Range: 1st and 2nd Patterns

August 31, 2023 Ian McCollum 3

Today we have both 1st and 2nd pattern semiauto FG-42s from SMG out at the range for some comparative shooting. Which is the better one to get?

Pacific Theater USMC-Modified Johnson M1941 Rifle

August 25, 2023 Ian McCollum 8

Johnson M1941 rifles were used in limited numbers by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War Two, but they were used – and generally well liked. Interestingly, there was a fairly […]

Taiwan’s Retro Gas Piston AR: the Type 65

August 21, 2023 Ian McCollum 5

When Taiwan decided to move from the M14 platform (the Type 57 in Taiwanese service) to a 5.56mm rifle, they decided to develop a domestic gas-piston version of the AR. Development began in 1973, with […]

Al Kadesih: Iraq’s Exceptionally Rare Dragunov Copy

July 26, 2023 Ian McCollum 11

The Al Kadesih (also sometimes spelled Al Kadesiah or Al Qadisiyah) is an Iraqi copy of the SVD Dragunov DMR/sniper rifle. It is not an exact copy, though, as it uses an AK-style stamped receiver […]

Slovenian Modularity: Perun X16 “PDW” in .300 Blackout

July 15, 2023 Ian McCollum 3

I was first introduced to the Tinck Arms Perun X16 at Lynx Brutality 2022 in Slovenia, and it is an interesting system emphasizing modularity and simple disassembly. I opted to use one (a 5.56mm carbine) […]

Hipster 2-Gun: Beretta AR-70/90 & Bernardelli P018S

July 8, 2023 Ian McCollum 0

We took a look at both of these guns individually this past week, and now it’s time to try them both out on the clock… While I like the Bernardelli quite a lot, it had […]