Q&A
Q&A #11: Rockin’ Like It’s 1950!
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 […]
Video
Light MGs
The Korsac EM1 – a British/Polish Bullpup FG-42
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
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 […]
Video
Special Presentation: What is Gold Damascene?
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
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
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
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 […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The Steyr Scout: Jeff Cooper’s Modern Day Frontier Rifle
Jeff Cooper was an icon of the American firearms community, best known for his work with the Southwest Pistol League and father of modern practical handgun competition. Cooper was a Marine Corps veteran and avid […]
Lever Action Rifles
Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1894
Carbine Rifle The Winchester 1894 has become one of the most manufactured and most popular sporting rifles in American history, and it owes this success to a combination of factors. Mechanically, the 1894 was a […]
Single Shot Rifles
Greener Harpoon Gun – Yes, the One From Jaws
Imported into the US through the appropriately-named Navy Arms company, this is a Greener Martini action built into a “Light Harpoon Gun” by Webley & Scott in the UK. These were built as legitimate hunting […]