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Semiauto pistol

PSM Shooting: 5.45x18mm vs 7.62x25mm on Soft Armor

July 1, 2017 Ian McCollum 32
Following up on yesterday’s history and disassembly of the PSM, today we are taking it out to the range for some shooting. In addition, wehave some generic Level IIIA soft body armor to test. We […]
Semiauto pistol

Soviet PSM Pistol History: Really a KGB Assassination Gun?

June 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 37
The PSM is a Soviet pistol from the late 1970s which has gotten itself quite the fanciful reputation here in the US, thanks to extreme rarity and some imaginative magazine articles. Common lore would have […]
Prototype

Lewis Short Recoil .45ACP Prototype Pistol

June 28, 2017 Ian McCollum 15
Isaac Newton Lewis is best known for the Lewis light machine gun, but that was not his only foray into firearms design. He also patented two different types of handguns – one gas operated and […]
Shorty EM2 with regular EM2 and early FAL
Q&A

Q&A #11: Rockin’ Like It’s 1950!

June 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 54
Today’s questions: 0:00:35 – Least pleasant gun I have ever shot 0:02:51 – Favorite gun to have showcased on the channel 0:03:46 – Why did large militaries have .30 cal at the turn of the […]
Light MGs

The Korsac EM1 – a British/Polish Bullpup FG-42

June 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 22
Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]
Book review

Book Review: Deadly Beauties – Rare German Handguns

June 25, 2017 Ian McCollum 5
  Deadly Beauties is a photographic collection of rare and collectible German pistols from 1871 through 1945, split into two volumes. The written sections are quite brief, and the photography is beautiful. More importantly, the […]
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Special Presentation: What is Gold Damascene?

June 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 12
Today were are going to do something a bit different than normal, and take a detailed look at an intersection of arms and art: gold damascene. This is a type of art used to embellish […]
Accessories

The Ching Sling – A Simpler Shooting Sling Compromise

June 22, 2017 Ian McCollum 7
The Ching Sling is an answer to the question, “how can one have a sling that is both a useful shooting aid and also quick to get in and out of?” The formal shooting sling […]
Bolt Action Rifles

InterArms G33/50: Not a Real Carbine

June 21, 2017 Ian McCollum 15
Among the many Swedish Mauser carbines imported into the United States is an interesting batch of guns marked “InterArms G33/50“. What are these actually? They are rifles imported by InterArms, of course, and they began […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Swedish Mauser Carbines, m/94 and m/94-14

June 20, 2017 Ian McCollum 20
When Sweden decided to replace its Remington Rolling Block rifles with a more modern repeating rifle design, they tested models from Mauser, Mannlicher, Lee, and Krag. The Mauser 1893 was chosen as the winner of […]

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