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Rearming West Germany: The G1 FAL

June 19, 2023 Ian McCollum 33
Today we are taking a look at a German G1 pattern FAL. The initial purchased of the G1 were actual made by the German Border Guard (the Bundesgrenschutz). In the aftermath of World War Two, […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Ultima Ratio: RAID and the Founding of PGM Precision

June 17, 2023 Ian McCollum 6
Thanks to Creedmoor Sports for sponsoring this video, and providing a couple of fine shooting mats to experiment with. Check them out for all your long range competition needs! The Ultima Ratio was the rifle […]
Commentary

Fascinating Finds in a Guadalcanal Relic Museum

June 16, 2023 Ian McCollum 8
Today I’m visiting the Solomon Islands War Memorial Museum in Honiara (the capital city on Guadalcanal). This is a private museum run by two brothers on the island, and it is filled to the brim […]
Bolt Action Rifles

M1903A4: America’s WW2 Sniper Rifle

June 14, 2023 Ian McCollum 27
The United States Army entered World War Two with neither sniper rifles nor a sniper training program. As troops began to see combat, requests began to come back to the War Department that both were […]
Prototype

Chatellerault Experimental SMGs: MAC48 & 48LS

June 12, 2023 Ian McCollum 10
Continuing our look at the French submachine gun designs from the Chatellerault Arsenal, today we have the MAC48 and MAC48LS (lightened and simplified). In the development program that would eventually lead to adoption of the […]
No Picture
Competition

Lynx Brutality 2023 Day 2 – Missiles and Grenade Launchers

June 10, 2023 Ian McCollum 0
Day Two at Polenar Tactical’s 2023 Lynx Brutality! My Arex Delta L and Perun X16 continue to run flawlessly in today’s final five stages. Despite making plenty of mistakes today, I ended up placing 27th […]
Light MGs

Last Gasp of the German Maxim: the Air-Cooled MG 08/18

June 7, 2023 Ian McCollum 21
The MG 08/18 was developed at the very end of World War One as a lighter alternative to the MG 08/15. It used an air-cooled barrel, and between not needing water and having lighter parts […]
Submachine Guns

Chang Feng CS/LS 06 – China’s Take on the Helical-Mag SMG

June 5, 2023 Ian McCollum 15
The Chang Feng is named for the company that developed it, the Chongqing Chang Feng Company Ltd in (you guessed it) Chongqing. It was designed by one Qing Shangsheng, who had ample prior firearms design […]
Bolt Action Rifles

M28/76: A Finnish Competition & Sniper Mosin

June 3, 2023 Ian McCollum 5
The Finns developed several difference scopes rifles in the 1930s, but none were made in large quantities, and they were not really much used during the Winter War or Continuation War. The first post-war consideration […]
Semiauto pistol

Star Model S: A Compact .380 for the Spanish Air Force

June 2, 2023 Ian McCollum 6
Star introduced their first compact tilting-barrel pistol (the Model D) in 1922. The Spanish military was interested in something along these lines, but the Model D was intended to be a civilian pocket-carry gun, and […]

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