Conversion
P320 Flux Legion Raider at the Range
Today I am taking the SIG P320 Flux Legion (aka the SIG Legion edition of the Flux Raider) out to the range. I’m a big fan of PDW systems, and the Raider is one of […]
Video
Conversion
SIG P320 Flux Legion / Flux Raider: The Best Pistol-PDW System Yet
The Flux Raider is a chassis system designed to turn the SIG P320 into a very compact PDW. The design concept began as a desire to improve the practical accuracy of a handgun by adding […]
Semiauto pistol
Daniel Defense H9: The Hudson Reborn and Completely Reengineered
In 2017, Hudson released a new pistol that was the darling of the firearms industry. It purported to offer a radically low bore axis and 1911-style trigger in a striker-fired system that would be fast […]
Machine pistol
Beretta 93R: The Best Machine Pistol?
The Beretta 93R (“Raffica”) was developed in the 1970s by Beretta engineer Paolo Parola at the request of Italian military special forces. It took the basic Beretta 92 pistol design and added a well-thought-out burst […]
Commentary
Sten MkII vs Ingram M10/9 (w/ John Keene)
If you had to pick one, would you take a Sten MkII or an Ingram M10/9? This applies specifically to the guns in their original factory configurations; no Lage products allowed! It’s hard to come […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Steyrs for the Luftwaffe: The G29(ö) aka Gewehr 12/34
When the German government bought up the controlling interest in Steyr in 1938, they made use of its production facilities to start making rifles for the Luftwaffe. Steyr had tooling for the Mauser 98, but […]
Book review
Book Review: The U.S. Model 1917 Rifle – “America’s Enfield”
Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Model-Rifle-Americas-Enfield/dp/1931464928 Available from the publisher, Mowbray: https://gunandswordcollector.com/product/us-model-1917-rifle-canfield/ Bruce Canfield is one of the most prolific and prominent authors on American military small arms today, with a bunch of excellent works in print. […]
Flintlock
French 1717 Rampart Musket from the American Revolution
American forces in the Revolutionary War took in a bunch of different types of surplus small arms, and one of the interesting ones was the French Model 1717 Rampart gun. When the French created the […]
Revolver
Best of American and Europe: the Webley No5 Express New Army
Webley introduced their No5 Express New Army model revolver in 1878. This was essentially a ruggedized and scaled up variation on the No5 RIC revolvers that was very popular with police forces. The RIC was […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The Hungarian Alternative: G98/40 Rifles in German Service
The German Wehrmacht was always hungry for more rifles during World War Two, and adopted substitute designs made in friendly (or subservient) countries when possible. Almost all of these were minor variations on the Mauser […]