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Light MGs

Shooting the Inglis 8mm Bren Gun

April 13, 2019 Ian McCollum 27
This Bren is lot #1013 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. The Bren gun is widely regarded as one of the best light machine guns ever built, but that reputation is based on the British .303 […]
Light MGs

Canadian 8mm “Sterile” Bren Gun

April 12, 2019 Ian McCollum 30
This Bren is lot #1013 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. The John Inglis company in Toronto first opened in 1859 as a metalworking shop, and grew steadily over the decades under first John Inglis, and […]
Anti-Tank Rifles

Boys Anti-Tank Rifle: Mk I and Mk I* Improvements

April 11, 2019 Ian McCollum 19
These rifles are lots #1087 and #1088 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction: The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was adopted by the British military in 1937, and remained in production until 1943 when it was replaced by […]
Revolver

Enfield MkI Revolver: Merwin Meets Webley (Sort Of)

August 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 12
RIA’s catalog page for this revolver Adopted in 1880 to replace the Adams revolver, the Enfield MkI was based on an extraction system patented in the 1870s by Owen Jones of Philadelphia. This was similar […]
Semiauto pistol

Inglis High Power: How a Chinese Whim Became A British Service Pistol

January 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 46
During World War Two, the Canadian government set up a loan program to help Chinese companies provide all manner of material aid to Canada’s allies. Among many others, one recipient of this aid was the […]
Commentary

Overview of Canadian Gun Laws

January 2, 2018 Ian McCollum 83
Today, a general overview of Canadian gun laws, so we Americans (and you folks across the ocean) can have a better idea of what the legal situation is in the Great White North. Please recognize […]
Q&A

Q&A with Larry Vickers: German WW2 Gun and Modern Small Arms

December 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 15
Larry Vickers has published the newest book in the Vickers Guide series, and it looks at German small arms of World War II – the first of two volumes to do so. I had a hand […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Prarie Gun Works Timberwolf: British Trials Sniper Rifle

September 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 17
Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]
Semiauto Rifles

Communist Heresy: Norinco’s M305A M14 in 7.62x39mm

September 22, 2017 Ian McCollum 43
Norinco is a huge consortium of manufacturing plants in China that make all manner of goods for export, including military hardware. One of Norinco’s factories has been making copies of the American M14 rifle for […]
Semiauto Rifles

Shooting the Norinco QBZ/Type 97 NSR

September 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 27
Today it’s time to take the Norinco QBZ-97 – aka Type 97 NSR – out to the range for some shooting! This is the Canadian semiautomatic-only legal version of China’s new military rifle, and it […]

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