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Semiauto pistol

Semiauto pistol

HS95: Croatia Builds a Modern Pistol

January 27, 2023 Ian McCollum 19

The HS-95 was developed by HS Produkt to replace the PHP pistols. With the experience of producing many thousands of PHPs, the company had a much better understanding of how to design a pistol for […]

Semiauto pistol

PHP MV-9: The First Croatian Pistol (Both Models)

January 18, 2023 Ian McCollum 23

Croatian engineer Marko Vukovic first developed his P38-based pistol in the late 1980s for the Yugoslav Peoples’ Army. It was left unadopted at that time, but when Croatia declared independence in 1991 the gun found […]

Fake

Copy of a Knockoff: Chinese Warlord Version of a Bestigui Model H

January 13, 2023 Ian McCollum 7

Interested in Chinese Warlord-Era pistols? My new book on the subject is now available at: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/chinese-pistols It was no secret in the international arms market that Mauser was doing a tremendous business selling C96 pistols […]

Semiauto pistol

Finland’s Browning High Power Rig

January 6, 2023 Ian McCollum 20

Finland used a variety of FN pistols prior to WW2, and had already evaluated the High Power when Russian invaded and the Winter War began. With an urgent need for more arms, Finland ordered a […]

Prototype

Kordun 7.62: A Double-Stack Tokarev Pistol from Yugoslavia

January 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 26

The “Kordun” (named after a region in Croatia) was the first pistol design from Marko Vukovic, lead designer for IM Metal and later HS Produkt. It was made in 1985 for the Yugoslav Peoples’ Army, […]

Competition

Bonus Material: Flux Raider at Desert Brutality 2022

December 4, 2022 Ian McCollum 2

I ran Desert Brutality 2022 this year with a B&T USW-320; a modern stocked pistol chassis for the SIG 320 pistol. One similar product on the market right now is the Flux Defense Raider, and […]

Combination gun

Evaluating the Modern Stocked Pistol: USW-320 at Desert Brutality 2022

December 3, 2022 Ian McCollum 12

This year I was able to shoot Desert Brutality twice – one during the normal match and once the day before as part of “Trooper” division. That’s where you carry all of your gear for […]

Gunsmithing

Modular Guns: Assembling a SIG USW-320

November 29, 2022 Ian McCollum 6

Today I’m at SIG Sauer Parts (soon to be ModGuns) to play around with assembling a SIG 320. I’ve always been interested in stocked pistols, and so I’m going to take this opportunity to put […]

Engraved

FN’s Millionth Pistol: Presented to John Browning; Saved by a Belgian Cop

November 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 25

Fabrique Nationale was formed as a consortium of small gunmakers to produce Mauser rifles for the Belgian Army, and when that work was complete the company basically had nothing else to do…until they met John […]

Competition

TT33 Tokarev at the BackUp Gun Match

November 19, 2022 Ian McCollum 20

My holster and mag carrier in this match are made by BattleGnome Solutions in Slovenia, and available worldwide exclusively from the Polenar Tactical web store: https://polenartactical.com/shop/holsters/1363-tt-holster-bgs.html I was talking to the guys who operate BattleGnome […]

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