Competition
Roth-Steyr 1907 at the Backup Gun Match
Posting a couple videos on interesting versions of the Roth-Steyr pistols recently made me think about just how nice of a pistol the 1907 is to shoot, So, I figured I’d bring it out to […]
Video
Book review
Headstamp’s Second Book! Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms
I am very excited to be able to announce that Headstamp Publishing’s second book, “Thorneycroft to SA80” is now in stock and shipping! As the name suggests, this is a study of British bullpup firearms, […]
Antiques
Savage & North “Figure 8” Revolver
Designed and patented in 1856 by Henry North (the grandson of company founder Simeon North), approximately 450 of these revolvers were made between 1856 and 1859. A first prototype was sent to the Washington Arsenal […]
Antiques
Salvatore Mazza Gold-Inlaid Percussion Collier Revolver
Before Samuel Colt popularized the mechanical connection between the revolver hammer and cylinder, the revolvers being made were manually operated. This example is a copy of a third type Collier (that is to say, a […]
Revolver
The Very Rare Union Semiauto Revolver from Ohio
The most well-known historic automatic revolver is the British Webley-Fosbery, but there were other handguns of the type that were put into production. One example is the Union auto-revolver, made in Toledo, Ohio shortly before […]
Shotgun
H&K 512 Old-School Tactical Shotgun
In the late 1970s, H&K decided that it wanted to offer a tactical shotgun for the police and security market. Having no experience with shotgun manufacture, they turned to Franchi in Italy – for whom […]
Bolt Action Rifles
German World War One Gewehr 98 Sniper
Germany was the earliest adopter of scoped rifles in World War One, and produced more of them over the course of the war than any other power. After an initial stop-gap effort to scrounge up […]
Single Shot Rifles
Remington’s Last Rolling Block: the No.7 Target Rifle
Remington introduced the No.7 Rolling Block in 1903, and it was the last pattern of the action to be introduced. They were expensive, hand fitted guns, costing $24 in 1903 (compared to $12 for a […]
Single-shot Pistol
Failed Good Intentions: S&W’s Straight Line Target
Introduced in 1925 as a major change to the target pistol market, the Straight Line Target used an automatic-style straight grip instead of the traditional revolver frame. S&W had been a market leader in this […]
Antiques
Colt-Berdan I: Russia’s First Military Cartridge Rifle
In 1867, a Russian delegation came to the United States to source new small arms for the Czar. In addition to purchasing Gatling guns, they met with Hiram Berdan and agreed to purchase a trapdoor […]