Submachine Guns
MAS-38 Shooting Fail
I have been getting a lot of comments asking when there will be a shooting video with my MAS-38 submachine gun. If has cleared the NFA transfer process, so it’s not actually in my possession. […]
Video
Book review
Book Review: Col Chinn’s 5-Volume Opus on Machine Guns
George Chinn’s 5-volume opus machine gun-icus is a massive and extremely valuable reference work on the development of machine guns, as well as aircraft machine guns and aircraft cannon. It also includes and entire volume […]
Accessories
Dead Air PBS-1 Wolverine AK Suppressor
The Soviet Union produced and issued (on a quite limited basis) a suppressor for the AK platform, designated the PBS-1. It had a rather distinctive shape, and used a combination of baffles and wipes. Unfortunately, […]
Commentary
Machine Gun Terminology Part 2: SMG, PDW, & Machine Pistol
Today we have Part 2 of machine gun terminology – the small caliber guns. Specifically, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, and machine pistols. Submachine Gun: Pistol caliber, fully automatic, and fitted with a shoulder stock. […]
Submachine Guns
Marlin UD-42 from the Dutch Resistance
The UD-42 was originally the design of Carl “Gus” Swebilius, who was at the time (1940) working for the High Standard company. It failed to attract interest form the US military, but was appealing to […]
Ammunition
Full Auto at 1000m: The 7.92x41mm CETME Cartridge
The US insistence on a full-power rifle cartridge for the NATO standard in the 1950s derailed a couple potentially very interesting concepts – including the 7.92x41mm CETME cartridge. This round was developed by Dr. […]
Crude Copies
Croatian Šokac SMG – A PPSh-41 Copy from the 1990s
The Šokac is just one of more than a dozen different submachine guns developed and produced domestically in Croatia during the Yugoslavian civil war of the early 1990s. It is a mechanical copy of the […]
carbine williams
“Carbine” Williams’ Battle Rifle: The Winchester G30R
The Winchester G30R is the final iteration of David Marshall Williams’ work on a full power .30 caliber military rifle. The project began with a design by Ed Browning (John Browning’s half brother) using […]
Book review
Book Review: The Modele 1866 Chassepot
Until now, there has really been nothing substantial and scholarly printed on the Chassepot needle-fire rifle in English – but now that has changed, thanks to Guy & Leonard A-R-West. Their just-released book on […]
Semiauto Rifles
Meunier A6: France’s First Semiauto Battle Rifle
France began experimenting with self-loading rifle designs in the late 1890s, although most of this work is mostly unknown today. The work was done by the State arsenals, and kept as military secrets, without […]