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Vickers “K” – For Aircraft and the SAS/Long Range Desert Group

October 15, 2021 Ian McCollum 32
The Vickers “K” Class gun – also known as the Vickers Gas Operated – was the gun the Vickers company thought would replace the heavy water-cooled Vickers and allow them to remain primary machine gun […]
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A Rare Navy Stopgap: the CLLE MkI Naval Enfield

September 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 5
The British Royal Navy tended to accumulate some of the obsolescent patterns of Enfield rifles around the turn of the 19th century, as the Army had higher priority for the new types of rifle. This […]
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Odd BSA Prototype Charger Bridge Long Lee

September 1, 2021 Ian McCollum 5
Today we have a very odd BSA prototype Long Lee rifle. The details of its production are unknown, but it has good provenance; the Charnwood Ordnance collection. What makes the rifle unusual is a unique […]
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Field to Table: Shooting (Delicious) Lionfish to Protect our Reefs

August 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 28
Want to do this yourself? Talk to Brady Hale at Ocean Strike Team, and tell him Ian sent you: Also, a huge thanks to Niuhi Dive Charters and Sake Cafe. Lionfish are a scourge on reef […]
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Vickers Gun Meticulously Repaired as a Pilot Training Aid

July 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 17
This is a really interesting artifact of the First World War that I found in a collection and wanted to share (since the owner, understandably, wouldn’t part with it!). All the major powers in the […]
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Features: Full Auto FAMAS F1 vs Semiauto MAS 223

July 19, 2021 Ian McCollum 17
Since I happen to have simultaneous access to both a military-pattern F1 FAMAS and also a civilian semiautomatic MAS-223, I figured it would be nice to compare them side by side and see how they […]
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Livestream with Ian and his Dad Tonight!

June 18, 2021 Ian McCollum 13
Last chance today to get the purple cover edition! To celebrate the last two hours of the Pistols of the Warlords launch, I have Shanghai’d my father into coming down to join me in a […]
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Ian on the China History Podcast

June 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 3
Laszlo Montgomery runs the China History Podcast, and today he posted a show we recorded talking about Warlord Era pistols – but he also has a whole slew of material on pretty much every aspect […]
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An Economy Model WWSD: The Civil Defense Rifle

May 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 47
The initial rollout of the WWSD2020 rifles has been slow, as a shortage in a couple key components (primarily carbon fiber hand guards) has been a bottleneck in completing rifles. However KE Arms and Brownells, […]
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Adventures in Surplus: Early Battle-Worn Berthier 1907-15

April 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 12
Today we are taking a look at a really interesting Mle 1907-15 Berthier rifle. This was the substitute pattern adopted by France as an infantry rifle to supplement the Lebel in 1915, and this particular […]

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