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Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1873

June 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

https://utreon.com/v/JPr8haSNAi4 Musket Rifle Trapper Carbine With the Model of 1873, Winchester was able to address the major remaining weakness of the Henry and 1866 rifles – the cartridge. The 1873 was introduced in tandem with […]

Bushmaster M17S – An American Commercial Bullpup

June 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 21

https://utreon.com/v/5Yvf20XPxnk The M17S began as an Australian design by a man named Alex Hand, apparently intended for Australian military trials. It did not succeed in that effort, although the Australian military did adopt a bullpup […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1866

June 7, 2017 Ian McCollum 11

https://utreon.com/v/kmXr88-EzxM While the Henry Repeating Rifle had been an serious leap forward in firearms capability, it was not without problems. The biggest single weakness of the Henry was its magazine. The tube magazine was open […]

Winchester Lever Action Development: 1860 Henry

June 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 36

https://utreon.com/v/CQKVDb4yLHM The Henry Repeating Rifle was a truly revolutionary development in firearms technology. It was not the first repeating rifle, but it was the best of a emerging class of new arms, reliable in function […]

Norwegian K98kF1 Repurposed Mauser

June 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 28

https://utreon.com/v/YIIvfCRlpmc At the end of When Germany capitulated in 1945, there were nearly 400,000 German soldiers in Norway (largely thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance to prevent them from being transferred south). This […]

What is the German 1920 Double Date Stamp?

June 3, 2017 Ian McCollum 18

https://utreon.com/v/wgf2NjBz3Xc One will sometimes encounter German WW1 arms – mostly Lugers and Kar98 carbines – that have two date stamps, one of them being 1920. What is the significance of this? The crux of the […]

Unintended Consequences of the AWB: The Olympic Arms OA-98

June 1, 2017 Ian McCollum 56

https://utreon.com/v/q7-9wTvmqyY The AR-15 does not lend itself to stock-less use, because its basic design places the recoil spring in the length of the stock, and requires that space for the bolt carrier to travel in. […]

SA80 History: Underbarrel Grenade Launchers

May 31, 2017 Ian McCollum 5

https://utreon.com/v/1u1CXEBT6xw 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 […]

Modello 1928 Tromboncino Grenade Launcher

May 29, 2017 Ian McCollum 54

https://utreon.com/v/uRRvkIMOuyk In 1928, the Italian army adopted a rifle-mounted grenade launcher. It was a potentially interesting weapon which wound up being fatally handicapped by the use of ineffective grenades. The basic idea was to mount […]

SA80 History: L98A1 Cadet Manually-Operated Rifle

May 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 26

https://utreon.com/v/8KiU7EPWoUM 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 […]