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The Real Guns of Star Wars: A New Hope

December 29, 2020 Ian McCollum 20
Ever since The Mandalorian chose a terrific prototype Bergmann pistol as the base for Mando’s blaster pistol, I’ve been asked to cover the real gun origins of the blasters form he original Star Wars film. […]
Prototype

Headspace-Operated Prototype Rifle – Yeah, it’s as Weird as it Sounds

December 28, 2020 Ian McCollum 80
  Today we are taking a look at a very unusual prototype rifle, courtesy of Legacy Collectibles. I suspect – but have no direct evidence – that this was designed by one Francis K. Young, […]
Heavy MGs

Browning M2HB .50 BMG at the Range

December 26, 2020 Ian McCollum 34
The Browning M2 heavy machine gun is one of the longest serving firearms in US military service, and still going strong. Let’s take this one out to the range and find out why!
Heavy MGs

Ma Deuce: The Venerable Browning M2 .50 Caliber HMG

December 25, 2020 Ian McCollum 26
The M2 Browning machine gun was first conceived in 1918, as a request by General John Pershing of the AEF for a large-caliber antiaircraft and antitank machine gun. John Browning scaled his M1917 water-cooled .30 […]
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Q&A 47: Collector Tips, Bond’s Next Pistol, and the Sights I Hate

December 24, 2020 Ian McCollum 35
Awesome whiskey bullets! We also have a bunch of merchandise on sale until December 31st: http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons 01:09 – Will Headstamp publish English translations of foreign-language books? 05:34 – What are some things to look for in […]
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Colt 1855 Revolving Rifle at the Range

December 20, 2020 Ian McCollum 26
I recently had a chance to take a .36 caliber Colt Model 1855 revolving rifle our to the range. It was pretty interesting to shoot, but unfortunately the video ended up rather sub-par and I […]
No Picture
Bolt Action Rifles

Finnish Brutality Practice: 2-Gun with a Finnish M39

December 19, 2020 Ian McCollum 19
As practice for Finnish Brutality, I ran a 2-Gun match with the Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant I am planning to use over in Finland. The M39 is the final iteration of the Mosin in Finnish […]
Grenade Launcher

Airtronic’s Modernized 40mm China Lake Grenade Launcher

December 18, 2020 Ian McCollum 32
In 2004, a trio of small arms enthusiasts began an effort to reproduce the Vietnam-era China Lake 40mm pump action grenade launcher. They displayed their first prototype at SHOT Show, and (not surprisingly) got quite […]
Interview

Brownells Retro AR-15 Family: What Was, Is and Yet to Come

December 17, 2020 Ian McCollum 4
Brownells has produced a substantial line of retro AR-15 pattern rifles, from the “Proto” with the trigger-shaped charging handle to the M16A1 and XM-177 rifles and carbines. Today I am joined by Paul Levy from […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Uniquely Ethiopian Shortened Lebel Rifles

December 16, 2020 Ian McCollum 10
Today we are looking at an interesting sub-type of Ethiopian Lebel short rifle. When InterOrdnance brought in the surviving Lebels from Ethiopian storage, eleven of one hundred were in this configuration, with barrels shortened to […]

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