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Iceland’s Domestic Guns: The Drífa and Others

December 2, 2022 Ian McCollum 5

Today I have the very cool opportunity to bring you a history of Icelandic domestic firearms manufacturing, courtesy of the Veiðisafnið – the Hunting Museum of Iceland: https://www.hunting.is/english/ The first documented record of a firearm […]

Shotgun

Ye Olde Tactical: A Vintage Riot Shotgun w/ Nydar 47 Optic

July 27, 2022 Ian McCollum 10

All that is tactical is not necessarily new…and this shotgun is a perfect example. It was put together by a Tucson police officer in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and has all the elements […]

Shotgun

How to Shoot the Shockwave w/ Demonstrated Concepts

May 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 19

Rhett Neumayer is a guy with some really interesting and innovative thoughts on small arms training and handling. He runs Demonstrated Concepts, offering training classes on a variety of different firearms. You can check out […]

Shotgun

Cosmi: A Boutique 8-Round Selfloader Hiding in a Single-Shot Body

December 30, 2021 Ian McCollum 22

The Cosmi is a very high-end boutique Italian sporting shotgun. It has all the looks and lines of a single shot break-action gun, but hiding inside is a long recoil self-loading action and 8-round magazine […]

Conversion

Alofs: A Steampunk Mousetrap for a Shotgun

December 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 31

https://youtu.be/0kd_hwY0w90 The Alofs conversion is a contraption that can be bolted onto the side of a single shot break action shotgun to convert it into a 4+1 capacity repeating action. Patented by Herman Alofs in […]

Shotgun

Mystery Shotgun With a Very Unusual Action

December 20, 2021 Ian McCollum 19

This is a commercial pump-action shotgun manufactured in France and proofed at the St Etienne proof house. I know basically nothing else of its provenance, including who designed it, who sold it (although I would […]

Combination gun

Weirdly Late “Buck-N-Ball” – Standard Arms 50 Caliber “Camp” Gun

October 25, 2021 Ian McCollum 16

Standard Arms was an early (circa 1909) manufacturer of self-loading hunting rifles in the US. The made the Model G, a rifle which could function either as a self-loader or a pump action manual repeater. […]

Ian's Customs

Ian’s Customs: Remington Auto-8

July 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 25

I have a number of interesting custom guns, and I figured it would be fun to do videos on a couple of them…let me know if you enjoys this and would like to see more […]

Prototype

Winchester’s Prototype Model 1911 Was Actually a Browning Auto-5

June 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 14

When John Browning developed the self-loading shotgun that would become the Auto-5, he decided to depart from his existing standard business relationship with the Winchester company. Browning had historically sold his patents to Winchester for […]

Antiques

The Crazy Guns of the Winchester-Bannerman Pump Action Lawsuit

June 9, 2021 Ian McCollum 16

Today I’m at the Cody Firearms Museum, taking a look at two of the guns that were used in the court case between Francis Bannerman and the Winchester company – a prototype Magot pump-action rifle […]

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