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RIA: 15mm Belgian Pinfire Revolving Rifle

April 16, 2016 Ian McCollum 31

The pinfire system was a popular type of early self-contained metallic cartridge in Europe, but didn’t find much use in the United States. Pinfire revolvers were made in a variety of calibers from 5mm up […]

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Semiauto pistol

Slow Motion: Steyr-Mannlicher M1905

January 29, 2015 Ian McCollum 32

The 1905 Steyr-Mannlicher was developed by Ferdinand Mannlicher, one of Europe’s most prolific gun designers. It uses the 7.65mm Mannlicher cartridge, which is roughly equivalent to .32 ACP, with a 10-round fixed internal magazine. The […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

Rock Island Regional Auction – July 2014

July 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Yep, it’s time for another Rock Island Regional Auction this coming weekend! These are typically less valuable guns than the Premier auctions, and most of the lots include multiple guns instead of just one. Sometimes […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

2-Gun Match: Swiss K31 (Video)

March 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

I’ve been looking forward to shooting one of the local 2-Gun Action Challenge Matches with a Swiss straight-pull rifle for a while now, and had the chance this past weekend. I was debating between using […]

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Competition

Monthly 2-Gun Action Challenge Match

June 18, 2013 Ian McCollum 27

In addition to studying and researching unusual firearms, I enjoy shooting, and like to take any opportunity I can get to get trigger time with the more obscure designs out there. The local 2-Gun Action […]

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Submachine Guns

Argentine Halcon SMG Family

May 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 6

We have a reprint of an article on the Argentine Halcon SMG written by Ronaldo Olive today, originally published in Gun Tests in the early 90s. These are pretty tough guns to find information on […]

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Manuals

Argentine Halcon SMG

April 17, 2013 Ian McCollum 8

We don’t have very much information on the Halcon SMG from Argentina, but we do have a training manual for the gun to make available. As best I can tell there were at least 5 […]

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Commentary

My New (Old) Carry Pistol

December 11, 2012 Ian McCollum 39

I recently picked up a new carry pistol…it’s about 65 years old, rattles a bit when you shake it, has a bit of pitting on the slide, and the finish is worn off all the […]

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