Sniper Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

Snipers Before Infantry: the Danish m/66 Sniper

March 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 5

The Danes adopted the M1 Garand after World War Two, and continued using it as their standard service rifle all the way until 1975 – and alongside it they used the M1D as a sniper […]

Mosin 91/30 PU: Soviet Standard WW2 Sniper’s Rifle

February 23, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

The Mosin M91/30 PU is the most recognized Soviet sniper rifle of World War Two, but it was not their first. It was preceded by the Model 1931 PE, the Model 1936 PEM, and also […]

M91/30 PU Sniper at the Range

February 17, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Today we are out at the range with a 1943 Izhevsk M91/30 PU sniper rifle to see how it shoots… For more, check out the 9 Hole Reviews video taking a 91/30 PU on their […]

Everything Wrong with the Sniper Rifles in “Enemy at the Gates”

February 7, 2024 Ian McCollum 17

One of the very few blockbuster American movies about the Eastern Front in World War Two is Enemy at the Gates, a film about the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaitsev. The movie is based around a […]

M98kF1 ZF41: Norway Recycles Germany’s Worst Sniper Rifle

January 29, 2024 Ian McCollum 6

When Germany capitulated at the end of World War Two, several hundred thousand German soldiers were stuck in Norway (thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance preventing them from moving south to reinforce against […]

A Sneaky Swiss Sniper for Israel: the ZK-31

September 6, 2023 Ian McCollum 12

In 1949, Israel was still fighting its was of independence, and purchasing arms internationally was difficult to do. The recently-formalized IDF wanted sniper rifles, and looked to Hammerli in Switzerland for a variant of the […]

Argentina’s Slightly French Model 1909 SOM Sniper

August 11, 2023 Ian McCollum 5

Argentina was one of the first countries to adopt Mauser rifles, with the Model 1891. These were replaced by newer Model 1909 rifles a couple decades later, and in 1913 they bought 500 telescopic sights […]

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 […]

What’s Wrong with Private Jackson’s Sniper Rifle? (Saving Private Ryan)

June 30, 2023 Ian McCollum 26

Today we are going to take a look at how Private Jackson’s sniper rifle is portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. It’s a great movie, and I enjoyed it a lot – but this sniper rifle […]

Remington M1903A4 Sniper at the Range

June 24, 2023 Ian McCollum 7

Today we are taking the Remington M1903A4 out to the range for some shooting. This was the standard US sniper rifle during World War Two, and I’m curious to see how one actually handles…