Semiauto Rifles
Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS
This rifle will be sold at Rock Island in their Spring 2019 Premiere auction – it was moved after this video was filmed. Sorry! One of the rarest patterns of the SKS is the East […]
Video
Bolt Action Rifles
Evolution of the Karabiner 98k, From Prewar to Kriegsmodell
These rifles sold at Rock Island on December 1 and 2, 2018: prewar S/42G ($3,450), 1944 bcd ($1,955), and 1945 byf (sold with a G43 for $4,025). The Mauser Karabiner 98k began production as an […]
Prototype
Vickers-Berthier 1919 US Trials Rifle (Second Type)
This rifle sold for $31,625 at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. After designing the bolt action rifle that bears his name, Andre Berthier went on to experiment with self-loading designs. He developed a light […]
Semiauto Rifles
Sport Systeme Dittrich Semiauto BD-38 (MP-38)
Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany is a manufacturer of a remarkably wide range of reproduction German World War Two small arms (including the FG42, StG-44, G43, MP-3008, MP-35, and VG1-5 as well as the MP-38). […]
Prototype
Tommy Steele’s TS V: Integrally Suppressed 9mm Carbine
Thanks to a friend in South Africa, we have a chance today to take a look at one of the five prototypes of Tommy Steele’s TS V semiauto carbine. This thing is completely ambidextrous (including […]
Light MGs
August Coenders’ 9x19mm Belt-Fed MG
August Coenders was an independent arms designer in Germany. During the 1930s he spent several years working in England and at the French Puteaux Arsenal, which contributed to a general lack of trust and interest […]
Museum Review
Romagne 14-18 Museum Tour
Jean-Paul de Vries runs a very interesting private World War One museum in the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in the Meuse region of northeastern France – the Romagne ’14-’18 Museum (in France, World War One is […]
Book review
Book Review: Desert Sniper, by Ed Nash
“Desert Sniper” is an autobiographical account of Ed Nash’s time fighting as a volunteer with Kurdish forces against ISIS in Syria in 2015 and 2016. Nash had been working as a volunteer with the Free […]
Artillery
Swiss Tankbuchse 41 Semiauto Antitank Rifle
This TB-41 antitank gun is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. Originally developed for use in light tanks purchased from Czechoslovakia, the Tankbuchse 41 was a 24x139mm semiautomatic rifle designed by Adolph Furrer […]
Conversion
Schwarzlose HMG Converted to 8x57mm by Romania
This transferrable Schwarzlose HMG is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. The Schwarzlose 07/12 was made through the wolf of World War One as the standard heavy machine gun of the Austro-Hungarian armed […]