Sniper Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Repro German K98k Sniper for Sale/Trade

December 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 1

A friend of mine – Karl, in fact, who you’ve probably seen on InRange or 2-gun videos – is looking to sell or trade a reproduction German K98k sniper. It’s a gorgeous example of a […]

M3 Infrared Sniper Carbine at RIA

November 19, 2014 Ian McCollum 32

The first US military night vision system used in active combat was the T3 Carbine system – an infrared light-amplifying scope and IR floodlight mounted on an M1 Carbine. About 150 of these were used […]

7.62 mm PSG LANO Sniper Rifle

October 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

Today’s post is more modern than most of what we usually cover, but it is about a rifle for which very little information is available. It is a Swedish report translated by Arne Bergkvist – […]

Swiss K31 Snipers (Video)

October 13, 2014 Ian McCollum 8

The Swiss experimented with scoped sniper rifles during World War II, and the results were the K31/42 and the K31/43. Only a couple thousand were made between the two models, and they were not considered […]

Vintage Saturday: Finn Capture

September 6, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

Note the Mosin Nagant PE sniper on the wall, and the AVS-36 machine rifle peeking out from behind the man on the right in addition to the DP-28 LMG on the table.

2-Gun Match: WWII Snipers (Video)

August 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

This month for the 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, Karl and I square off with WWII snipers’ rifles. I have a No4 MkI (T) Enfield sniper with a 3.5x No.32 scope, and Karl has a Mauser […]

Mosin-Nagant 91/30 PU Sniper (Video)

June 30, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

The Soviet Union produced more sniper rifles during WWII than any other country, and was one of very few to have a well-developed sniper program in place before the war began. Starting in the early […]

Yugo M76 Sniper’s Rifle in a 2-Gun Match (Video)

June 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, I decided to try using my Yugoslav M76, in 8x57mm. The M76 is one of the triad of eastern marksmen’s rifles – the PSL, the SVD, and the […]

Book Review: Out of Nowhere

March 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 6

I have been slowly trying to improve my education on sniper rifles, with the goal of putting together a series of videos on some of the interesting historical ones I have access to. On the […]

Swiss ZfK-55: Manuals and More

October 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 15

Thanks to several readers, I have some more material on the Swiss ZfK-55 sniper rifle today. To start off, Beryl sent this vintage photo of a group of Swiss troops with a ZfK-55 (and a […]