Revolver
Starr DA & SA Revolvers at RIA (Video)
Starr revolvers are one of the less recognized designs used in the US Civil War, although tens of thousands of them were made and issued. Indeed, in many ways they were superior to the much […]
Video
Shotgun
Cobray Terminator Shotgun at RIA (Video)
The Cobray Terminator is an unusual – and unusually impractical – single-shot 12 gauge shotgun. It uses a sort of open bolt system in which the barrel is under spring pressure, and slams backwards into […]
Revolver
Apache Knuckleduster Revolver at RIA (Video)
The “Apache” was a combination knife, brass knuckles, and revolver made by several companies in Belgium and France, which became associated with a group of street thugs in Paris around the turn of the century. […]
Video
Lots of New Things!
I have a number of things from the last week or so to share with folks who are interested… First up, while I was at SHOT in Vegas, Karl and I had the chance to […]
Semiauto pistol
Slow Motion: Steyr-Mannlicher M1905
The 1905 Steyr-Mannlicher was developed by Ferdinand Mannlicher, one of Europe’s most prolific gun designers. It uses the 7.65mm Mannlicher cartridge, which is roughly equivalent to .32 ACP, with a 10-round fixed internal magazine. The […]
Medium MGs
Japanese Type 97 Tank Machine Gun
While in Las Vegas last week, I stopped into Battlefield Vegas to check out some interesting machine guns (and join Tim from Military Arms Channel for a video). While there, the owner took the time […]
Semiauto pistol
Slow Motion: M1912 Steyr Hahn
The Steyr M1912, or Steyr Hahn (meaning “hammer”, to distinguish it from the striker-fired Steyr 1907) has a number of features that make it unusual among pistols today. It uses a fixed internal magazine fed […]
Semiauto Rifles
Mud testing: M1A, MAS 49/56, AR
I’m at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas today (and the rest of the week), and when you read this I will probably be desperately trying to wade through the sea of AR15s in search […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Enfield No5 “Jungle Carbine” Video
The No.5 MkI Enfield, commonly called the “jungle carbine” is nearly the shortest-lived rifle in British military service (second to the Rifle No.9, aka EM-2). Introduced in 1944, they were declared obsolete in 1947 as […]
Reproduction
Slow Motion: StG-45(M)
The StG-45(M) was developed by engineers at Mauser right at the end of WWII, and its designers went on to form Heckler & Koch and this rifle was their basis for the H&K roller-delayed blowback […]