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Project Lightening Episode 01: Introduction

February 15, 2019 Ian McCollum 13
I am excited to introduce Project Lightening! This is a collaborative 8-part series with Othais and Mae of C&Rsenal in which we test all seven light machine guns and automatic rifles of World War One […]
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Project Lightening: The World’s Best Collaboration

January 13, 2019 Ian McCollum 24
You have asked for it for years, so we made it happen. The two hardest-working gun channels on the ‘net have joined forces in the best collaboration in all history. Coming February 14th (because we […]
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State of the Channel 2019

January 1, 2019 Ian McCollum 19
We’ve got a pretty cool year planned for 2019…
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CZ-2000 “Lada” – AK Czechnology in 5.56mm

December 31, 2018 Ian McCollum 28
Development of the CZ-2000 began in the 1970s as a replacement for the vz.58 rifle. The project was named “Lada”, and was essentially an improved AK-74 rifle chambered for the 5.45x39mm cartridge. The new rifle […]
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Join me for a WW1 battlefield tour in September 2019!

December 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 8
I am excited to announce that I will be leading a WW1 battlefield tour in Belgium and France (mostly France) September 7-15 of 2019. It is being run by Military History Tours, who have more […]
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Shooting the MAS-38 Submachine Gun: Second Try

September 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 17
Take 2! I have some ammunition loaded up for me by awesome viewer Cameron, and we’re going to try it out in the MAS-38 submachine gun. This is loaded hot enough to properly cycle Mle […]
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Q&A 21: French Edition

September 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 14
Today’s Q&A is all about French guns, because I am getting close to being finished writing a book on French military rifles – the first book to cover this subject in English from the Chassepot […]
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Announcing my Upcoming Book – and Art Contest!

September 8, 2018 Ian McCollum 13
http://www.FrenchRifleBook.com I have mentioned this before, but this is the first time I have formally announced it – I am writing a reference book on French military rifles, to be titled “Chassepot to FAMAS: French […]
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Overview of French Gun Laws

August 2, 2018 Ian McCollum 32
Today I am joined by my friend Edouard for a discussion of French gun laws, as part of our continuing series on how firearms laws vary across the world. The French system is, shall we […]
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Forgotten History: Vercors – the Climactic Battle of the French Resistance

July 31, 2018 Ian McCollum 11
The imposing heights of the Vercors Massif form a very impressive natural defensive position in the southeastern corner of France. It was here that the French Resistance had its largest set piece battle against German […]

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