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Baghdad Carbine: Iraq’s Super-Rare Copy of the Rasheed

October 4, 2023 Ian McCollum 3

In 1974, Iraq and Egypt were still on good relations, and Egypt sold Iraq a batch of 300 Rasheed carbines and the production tooling to manufacture them. Iraq quickly set up production and began making […]

A Mystery MP-5 in .45ACP…Will it Run?

September 30, 2023 Ian McCollum 22

https://weaponsandwar.tv Join me at History of Weapons and War along with seven other of the best channels for historical and educational firearms content! We are available for desktop viewing as well as on all the […]

The Rasheed: Egypt’s Semiauto Battle Carbine From Sweden

September 27, 2023 Ian McCollum 29

Egypt purchased tooling for the Swedish AG-42 Ljungman in 1952, and adapted it to their 8mm Mauser caliber as the Hakim rifle. Later, they scaled the rifle down to 7.62x39mm as the Rasheed, and manufactured […]

Finnish Brutality 2023: A True Bucket-List Experience for Derek the SF Medic

September 26, 2023 Ian McCollum 0

I took a few minutes at Finnish Brutality 2023 to chat with Derek, a former Range and SF medic who overcame some quite daunting personal challenges to come shoot the match despite stage 4 cancer. […]

“Hill’s Patent” Stanley Bull-Dog Revolver: Blatant Patent Theft in 1878

September 25, 2023 Ian McCollum 9

The Stanley Bull-Dog revolver is an English-production revolver which is marked as being “Hill’s Patent”. The gun uses an interesting simultaneous ejection system similar to the Fagnus – which one assume was the subject of […]

Lever-Delayed Prototype SMG: The MAS Mle 1948 Series

September 20, 2023 Ian McCollum 17

When France decided to adopt a new 9x19mm submachine gun after World War Two, all three of the main French arsenals (St Etienne/MAS, Chatellerault/MAC, and Tulle/MAT) developed designs to compete for adoption. Tulle would eventually […]

Colt 607: The First AR Carbine

September 18, 2023 Ian McCollum 56

The Model 607 was Colt’s first attempt at a carbine version of the AR-15 rifle, shortening both the barrel and stock. The action is identical to a standard AR, but the barrel is only 10 […]

South Africa’s Sci-Fi Bullpup: Vektor CR-21 at the Range

September 16, 2023 Ian McCollum 22

Courtesy of DSA, I’m out at the range today with a Vektor CR-21 to see just how it handles compared to a regular Galil…

That One Terrible Gun Myth in Siege of Jadotville…

September 15, 2023 Ian McCollum 31

The Netflix film “The Siege of Jadotville” recounts the fighting between Katanga soldiers and mercenaries and Company A of the 35th Irish Infantry Battalion, who were deployed to the Katanga province of Congo in 1961 […]

Peak American: the Winchester 1897 Trench Gun in WW1

September 13, 2023 Ian McCollum 8

The United States was the only country to use shotguns in World War One in a substantial way. It was not the first time the US had used such guns either; shotguns were used in […]