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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 […]

Conversion

Evolving the Cheek Pistol Concept: Calico M950

October 15, 2022 Ian McCollum 35

I have found the “cheek pistol” concept form Rhett Neumayer at Demonstrated Concepts to be pretty interesting. When I was thinking about what pistol designs might be suitable for this sort of use, the Calico […]

Semiauto pistol

My Favorite Chinese Warlord Pistol: the Luger Grip Type

October 14, 2022 Ian McCollum 8

https://youtu.be/ubbJrrWNxJE “Pistols of the Warlords” is available and shopping now from Headstamp Publishing: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/chinese-pistols My favorite pattern of domestic Chinese pistol form he Warlord Era is the one I have termed the “Luger Grip Type”. […]

No Picture
Semiauto pistol

CZ’s Embarrassing Volkspistoles: The CZ100 and CZ101

October 3, 2022 Ian McCollum 13

Developed in the 1990s and entering production in 1996, the CZ100 and CZ101 were CZ’s first polymer-framed pistols. They were offered in both 9mm and .40S&W, with the CZ100 being a double stack design (magazine […]

Semiauto pistol

First Shots: FN’s New High Power

October 1, 2022 Ian McCollum 15

Today I’m taking FN’s new High Power out to the range for some first shots. I’m curious to see if it really is more comfortable to shoot than the original High Power, and if it […]

Semiauto pistol

What Would Browning Do: FN’s New High Power

September 30, 2022 Ian McCollum 39

It seems like everyone is making a copy of the Browning High Power these days, and FN themselves have jumped into the arena as well. What FN is making isn’t just a clone of the […]

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