Semiauto Rifles
FAL Paratrooper 50.63
This rifle sold for $7,475 at Rock Island on November 30, 2018. FN introduced the paratrooper folding-stock version of the FAL rifle in the early 1960s, and it became a very popular addition to their […]
Belgium
Prototype
Prototype Clement 9x20mm Military Pistol
Charles Clement is best known for a series of civilian pocket pistol made in the years before World War One, but today we are looking at a prototype Clement military pistol from 1914. This gun […]
Revolver
Short: Revolvers with Manual Safeties
One of the classic mistakes make by authors who are not “gunnies” is to have a character threateningly click off the safety catch…on a revolver (sound effects editors do it in movies and TV, too). […]
Semiauto Rifles
The Diamond of Collector FALs: The G-Series
When the Browning Arms Company first began importing semiautomatic FAL rifles from FN in 1959, the submitted an example for evaluation, and ATF determined that it was not a machine gun. The rifle was made […]
Revolver
Failed Gun Yoga: The Fagnus Revolver
Produced by Alexandre Fagnus of Liege, this is a military style, six-shot, .450 caliber revolver with a particularly interesting and unusual unloading mechanism. The rear half of the trigger guard is a lever which can […]
Bergmann
Bergman 1920s Trials Prototype Pistol
This was, as far as I can tell, the final iteration of the Bergmann pistols, developed by AEP in Liege for potential military contracts. It retains the locking system of the 1910 pattern pistol, but […]
Bergmann
Bergmann 1908, 1910, and 1910/21 Pistols
By the time Bergmann found a production subcontractor in AEP for the Spanish order of 1903 Bergmann pistol, the Spanish had added a few new changes to their order, which became known as the Model […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Book Review: FN Mauser Rifles by Anthony Vanderlinden
When I was waiting for my copy of Anthony Vanderlinden’s new book “FN Mauser Rifles” to arrive, I was expecting a typical sort of dry reference work. You know, the sort of thing that is […]
Crude Copies
Colt “Brevete” Copy Overview: Legal, Illegal, and Post-Legal (Video)
When you think about early revolver patent infringement, the name that probably comes to mind is Rollin White. But Sam Colt had more than his share of infringement to deal with as well! Colt’s most […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Belgian 1862 Wall Gun (Video)
Wall guns are the philosophical predecessor to today’s anti-material rifles – large-caliber, high power rifles heavy enough that they cannot be fired from the shoulder realistically. Traditionally, they were used for defending walls or ramparts, […]