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M39 Snow Test in Finland

March 27, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

While in Finland for Finnish Brutality 2021, the question naturally arose of how bolt action rifles would fare in the snow. Bloke and Chap from Bloke on the Range decided to find out, and peer-pressured […]

Announcement: “Chassepot to FAMAS” Being Reprinted

March 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 7

https://www.HeadstampPublishing.com/french-rifle-book Yep, after seeing copies showing up on eBay and Amazon for as much as $500, I realized that if we don’t do a second printing I will become the very thing I hate dealing […]

Fallschirmjäger Style: SMG’s Semiauto 1st Pattern FG-42

February 12, 2021 Ian McCollum 51

The early pattern (Type E, specifically) FG-42 is one of the most eye-catching military rifles ever made. Designed to be a universal paratrooper’s rifle capable of acting as sniper’s rifle, light machine gun, hand-to-hand weapon, […]

Afghan Schlegelmilch Carbine from the Kabul Arsenal

February 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 15

This is a rifle I have not been able to find any specific documentation about or even reference to – but we can tell what it it, and that’s a very interesting story. The rifle […]

A Vet Returns to Civilian Life: Richardson Industries Slamfire Guerrilla Shotguns

January 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 54

Iliff Richardson was a US Navy Lieutenant assigned to PT 34 during the campaign in the Philippines. His boat was sunk in April 1942, and he ended up spending more than two years fighting with […]

Mannlicher 88/95 – A Rare World War One Update

January 7, 2021 Ian McCollum 19

The Austro-Hungarian Empire went into World War One with the Steyr M95 straight-pull rifle as its standard infantry arm. Heavy losses in just the first few months of the war made it clear that the […]

State of the Channel: 2021

January 1, 2021 Ian McCollum 1

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San Cristobal Model 2: A Lever-Delayed .30 Carbine

December 23, 2020 Ian McCollum 39

The San Cristobal armory was a surprisingly large-scale arms manufacturer set up in the Dominican Republic in the late 40s. They produced several different weapons, but the most common was the Model 2 Cristobal carbine. […]

“Rosalie”: Trench Art SMLE with a Most Improbable Story

December 21, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

Henri Lecorre was a French immigrant to Canada who enlisted in the 22nd Regiment of the Canadian Army in April, 1915. He had a knack for carving things in his rifles, which he started right […]

Chassepot to FAMAS: Limited Quantity Back in Stock

December 17, 2020 Ian McCollum 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4hpDTZKbUE Missed out of Chassepot to FAMAS? We have a limited number of blue signature editions form the original print run available now: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/purchase/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-2016-signature-edition-e6m3g They will not last long, and I don’t know when we […]