Commentary
The FG-42 as a Sniper Rifle?
The FG-42 was specifically made with a scope attachment on every rifle, and intended to serve as a marksman’s or sniper’s rifle. But how much of that actually happened during World War Two? And was […]
Video
Bolt Action Rifles
Prototype Ross “H5” from 1909
The Ross MkII (aka Ross 1905) was a reasonably successful rifle design, but it lacked a few elements that the Canadian military would have preferred. Most significantly, it was not compatible with the charger clip […]
Shotgun
Duckbill Done Right? Testing the A&W Diverter Shotgun Barrel (w/ Matt Haught)
The A&W Diverter was designed by Clifford Ashbrook and Wilson Wing to change a shotgun’s circular pattern into a horizontal linear one. They applied for a patent in 1967, and it was granted in 1970 […]
Mystery
Winchester Mystery Prototype: Melvin Johnson does Project SALVO?
This rifle is a Winchester semiauto prototype that has no documentation I could find in any source. So, today we will take a look at what we can possibly extrapolate from its various features. It […]
Q&A
Q&A 48: Magnetic Guns, Electronic Guns, and Fake Guns
00:35 – Automatic rifles in .250 Savage in WW1? 04:21 – Why did stripper clips stay around so long? 07:24 – Modern military responses to body armor 09:17 – M1 Carbine in 5.7×28? 11:08 – […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Prototype Jungle Carbine: A No1 MkV Becomes a No5 MkI
When the British began developing a shortened version of the No4 Lee Enfield in 1943 (which would become the No5 MkI “Jungle Carbine”), the development process included work with some rather older rifles. What we […]
Prototype
Britain’s Experimental Viper No.3 SMG/PDW
A series of very compact submachine guns – possibly better described as personal defense weapons – was made in Britain at the end of World War Two under the name Viper (as an interesting aside, […]
Reproduction
2-Gun with SMG’s 1st Pattern Semiauto FG-42
Today I am taking the SMG first pattern semiauto FG-42 out to a 2-gun match to give it a try on the clock. This particular match has two rifle-only stage and one pistol-only stage, so […]
Commentary
Interested in Gun Law Issues? Check out FuddBusters
I don’t cover politics here, but I know many of you folks are interested or invested in gun law current events. I recently found the FuddBusters channel, and it was a real breath of fresh […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Wait, Go Back! The SMLE MkIII* Wartime Simplification
The British entered World War One with a technically excellent rifle, with lots of bells and whistles. By 1916, the war was taking a previously unimaginable toll on the industrial capacity of the Empire and […]