Kubynov hopper-fed DP28

Kubynov hopper-fed DP28

March 16, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

During the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in the late 30s, there were numerous border skirmishes with Russian troops, and one result was the Russian capture of a number of Japanese Type 11 machine guns. Those […]

Chinese Type 64 suppressed SMG

March 14, 2011 Ian McCollum 1

Ever since 7.62×25 Tokarev ammo showed up dirt cheap on the market here in the US, people have been hankering for a light, handy carbine to shoot it. We’ve seen a few such guns show […]

Czech ZH29

March 11, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

The Czech ZH29 is a meticulously made example of early semiautomatic rifle design. Made in the era before WWII when great care was taken in making arms, the only stamped parts on it are the […]

EM-1 Manual

March 9, 2011 Ian McCollum 5

After World War II, the British began serious development of a replacement for the Sten and Enfield. A selfloading rifle was an obvious necessity, and they British took a lesson from German arms development and […]

Welrod pistol

March 7, 2011 Ian McCollum 7

The Welrod pistol was a creation of the British special operations community during the middle of WWII. A suppressed pistol was needed to shoot sentries on covert missions, and the Welrod was the answer. It […]

M1895 Lee handbook

March 4, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

It was only fairly recently that all the branches of the US armed forces began standardizing their weapons and equipment. It used to be that each branch would adopt whatever firearms it found most useful […]

Vickers LMG

March 2, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

I almost feel bad posting these photos without a bit more information to go along with them, but they’re just too cool not to. So before I say more, take a look at this: Do […]

Madsen-Saetter manual

February 28, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

Unfortunately, the Danish firm Madsen had a hard time getting many of its firearms to be widely accepted. The most successful was the early LMG, and also the M50 submachine gun. But many Madsen designs […]

Borchardt automatic pistol

February 25, 2011 Ian McCollum 0

There is not much controversy over the identity of the first commercially successful – or at least the first serially produced – automatic pistol. Hugo Borchardt takes the prize with his 1893 design. Shown here […]

Gas Piston Lineup

February 23, 2011 Ian McCollum 0

Now here’s a wall decoration for your gun room – cartridge boards are just so passe nowadays. Bonus points is you can identify them all without resorting to Google (click the image for a larger […]