Select-fire Rifles
The New CZ Bren 3: What Did They Change?
From the Mauser bolt action to the AK and AR, all new military rifles take time to perfect. With the Bren 3, CZ is now on the third iteration of the Bren platform, having gone […]
Semiauto Rifles
The RK 62 M3 Clone I Used for Finnish Brutality 2024
This year at Finnish Brutality 2024, I was able to use a semiauto clone of a Finnish military RK 62 M3 rifle. This is the latest upgrade to the Finnish issued RK 62 rifle. Starting […]
Competition
Balloons, Bombs, and Sandbags: Finnish Brutality 2024 Day 2
Finnish Brutality 2024 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka, a Finnish military […]
Competition
The Best Match Ever: Finnish Brutality 2024 (Day 1)
Finnish Brutality 2024 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka, a Finnish military […]
Light MGs
HK21 or Portuguese m/968: The H&K G3 Grows into a Light Machine Gun
When Heckler & Koch produced the iconic G3 rifle, it was intended to be a parts of a complete small arms package. The G3 was the infantry rifle, and it was paired with the MP% […]
Select-fire Rifles
SR3 Vikhr: Russian 9x39mm PDW
The SR-3 Vikhr is mechanically based on the AS-VAL and VSS Vintorez rifles, but built to be a very compact personal defensive weapon instead of a silenced rifle. Still chambered for 9×39, the Vikhr is […]
Competition
Spanish JoLoAr One-Handed Pistol at the BUG Match
Today for the monthly BackUp Gun Match I am using a Spanish JoLoAr pistol in .380 ACP. It’s an interesting piece designed with a lever on the side that allows it to be cocked one-handed. […]
Semiauto Rifles
Estonian R20L DMR Clone at the Range
Today we are out at the range with a semiauto clone of the Estonian R20L “Rahe” designated marksman’s rifle. These rifles are based on the LMT MARS-H platform, with a few tweaks requested by the […]
Select-fire Rifles
Type 63: China Makes an AK/SKS Hybrid
Starting in 1960, China ran a program to develop an infantry rifle that would combine the accuracy of the SKS with the firepower of the AK. The result was the Type 63, which used the […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
wz.35: Poland’s Remarkably Misunderstood Antitank Rifle
Polish wz. 35 ATR by Leszek Erenfeicht In 1929 Maj. Tadeusz Felsztyn [TADEUSH FELSHTEEN], Scientific Director of the Central Shooting School in Torun (a chief firearms research and instruction institution in Poland between 1919 and […]