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Terry’s Breechloading Carbine: Used by Hussars and Confederates

December 5, 2019 Ian McCollum 11
This capping breechloader was patented in the UK by William Terry in 1856, and adopted (in limited numbers) by the British military in 1860. Approved for cavalry use, it was issued to the 18th Hussars, […]
Single Shot Rifles

Pieper’s 7-Barrel Mitrailleuse: Like a Shotgun But Accurate

November 23, 2019 Ian McCollum 26
Manufactured in the 1880s and 1890s to serve the professional hunter market, Pieper’s 7-barrel Mitrailleuse was essentially a rimfire volley gun. It was offer in both .22 rimfire and .32 rimfire calibers, both models having […]
Percussion

Civil War Smith Carbine and its Rubber Cartridges

November 22, 2019 Ian McCollum 13
The US military experimented with a wide variety of breechloading carbines during the Civil War. One of these that got a bit of a head start on the others was the Smith carbine, patented in […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Cooey: The Unassuming Canadian Workhorse

November 6, 2019 Ian McCollum 24
Cooey is a brand name that will be immediately recognized by Canadians, but pretty much unknown everywhere else. Founded in 1903 by Herbert Cooey, the company would produce a series of simple and practical firearms […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Shooting the Mle 1866 Chassepot

September 14, 2019 Ian McCollum 26
A while back, I visited @CanadianGunLover, and we did a bit of shooting with an 1866 Chassepot. I lost track of the footage and only just now found where I had put it – so […]
Percussion

Lindsay’s Two-Shot US Army Musket

August 26, 2019 Ian McCollum 12
Lot 1197 in the September 2019 RIA auction. John Parker Lindsay patented a superposed, 2-shot muzzleloading rifle action in 1860, and remarkably, was able to get a contract to sell them to the US Federal […]
Conversion

Platypus or Prototype? Authenticating a Hybrid Entini

August 24, 2019 Ian McCollum 30
Lot 1688 in the September 2019 RIA auction. I debated whether or not to film this rifle, because I can’t say with 100% confidence that it is genuine. It really seems genuine to me though, […]
Prototype

Barnekov Greene Prototype 1870 Open-Bolt Army Rifle

August 21, 2019 Ian McCollum 16
Lot 3293 in the September RIA auction. Patented by Kiel V. Barnekov of New York in 1870, this is a toggle-locked, single shot, open bolt rifle. It was entered into the US 1872 rifle trials […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Walther KKW: Competition Shooting in Nazi Germany

August 14, 2019 Ian McCollum 19
Lot 3620 in the September 2019 RIA auction.  The KKW (“Klein Kaliber Wehrsportgewehr”, or small caliber military sporting rifle) was developed by BDW in 1937 as an amalgamation of various .22 rifle elements form other […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Book Review: The Dreyse Military Needle-Ignition System

May 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 7
Leonard and Guy A-R-West have released the second book in their series on antique military rifles, this time on the Dreyse system. As anyone interested in the Dreyse has probably already learned, there is very […]

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