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Biofire: The First Worthwhile “Smart Gun”?

April 13, 2023 Ian McCollum 51

Note: The New Jersey law that would ban sale of regular guns once “smart guns” were deemed commercially viable is no longer on the books. 0:00 – Introduction 4:12 – Electronic elements 6:50 – User […]

Surplus 101st Airborne M17: Differences Between Army and Civilian SIGs

April 12, 2023 Ian McCollum 9

Today we are looking at one of the surplus US Army M17 pistols that SGI put on the commercial market about 3 years ago. These were some of the very first M17s issued to Army […]

Beretta’s New 80X Cheetah at the BUG Match (feat. Symtac)

March 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 9

Back in 1975, Beretta introduced a line of mid-size semiauto pistols. The Model 81 was in .32 ACP (intended for the European market) and the Model 84 was chambered for .380 ACP for Americans. These […]

Ian’s Custom SIG P365 at the BackUp Gun Match

February 25, 2023 Ian McCollum 10

Yesterday we took a look at the design choices I made for my P365, and how I put it together with ModGuns.com . Today, I’ve got it out at the BUG Match for a trial […]

Building a Custom SIG P365 With ModGuns.com

February 24, 2023 Ian McCollum 2

Today’s video is about my project to build a custom SIG P365 at ModGuns. Like the P320, the P365 is built around a steel Fire Control Unit as the legal, serialized firearm. Everything else – […]

Roth Theodorovic Prototypes: From Very Awkward to Mostly Ungainly

February 17, 2023 Ian McCollum 32

Today we are going to take a looks at a series of six prototype Roth Theodorovic pistols. These were a design that competed in Austrian pistol trials around the turn of the century, and eventually […]

Felk TF919: Australia and Spain Team Up to Make a Lousy Pistol

February 10, 2023 Ian McCollum 42

Edward Felk was an Australian who decided to produce semiauto pistols in Australia. In 1994 he patented a couple features of his new design, and set about finding a way to produce it. He ended […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

January 13, 2023 Ian McCollum 8

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 […]