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Thunder-Studded Battle Pits: Nuances of Chinese Translation w/ Henry Chan

June 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 17

Interested in Chinese Warlord Era pistols? Check out my new book, Pistols of the Warlords! Henry Chan of 9 Hole Reviews was a big help to me throughout the writing of Pistols of the Warlords, […]

Competition

Shanghai 1900 Pistol-Carbine at the Backup Gun Match

June 5, 2021 Ian McCollum 11

Don’t miss the Kickstarter-exclusive version of “Pistols of the Warlords”! Today I am going to actually do some shooting with a Chinese Warlord Era pistol – a Shanghai Model 1900 Pistol-Carbine. As I described in […]

Semiauto pistol

Chinese Warlord Pistols: Shanghai Model 1900 Pistol-Carbine

June 4, 2021 Ian McCollum 17

Get in on the “Pistols of the Warlords” Kickstarter today! Not all of the handguns made in China during the Warlord Era were made one at a time by individual artisan gunsmiths. A few models […]

Commentary

How William Fairbairn Created the Modern SWAT Team in Warlord Era Shanghai

June 1, 2021 Ian McCollum 11

The Kickstarter for my new book, “Pistols of the Warlords” is live here! William E. Fairbairn is best know for his work with Eric Sykes and their “”Commando” knife design during World War Two. However, […]

Crude Copies

Chinese Warlord Pistols: the “Horn Grip Type”

May 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 8

Interested in these guns? Check out the Kickstarter for my new book on the subject, “Pistols of the Warlords”! In the course of researching Chinese domestic pistols of the Warlord Era, I sorted through several […]

Crude Copies

Chinese FN 1900s: From Wauser to Browningsbrowningsbrownings

May 21, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

Check out the Kickstarter-exclusive options for my new book, “Pistols of the Warlords”! One of the most popular pistols in Warlord Era China was the FN 1900, a compact and reliable officer’s pistol in .32 […]

Semiauto Rifles

Polytech AKS – The First Wave of Semiauto Chinese AK Rifles

October 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 14

The first semiauto commercial AK rifles to enter the US were Finnish Valmets. These established a US collector interested but while excellent in quality, they did not quite fit the visual pattern of the classic […]

Semiauto Rifles

Norinco 84S: China Makes a 5.56mm AK Specifically for the US

September 4, 2020 Ian McCollum 16

Lot 1685 in the RIA September 2020 Premier auction. With the commercial success of the semiauto Type 56S AK rifles in the US, Norinco looked for other options for export rifles to sell. Given the […]

Semiauto pistol

The Coolest Gun You Will See All Day: China’s Type 64 Silenced Pistol

August 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 19

Lot 1487 in the September 2020 RIA Premier auction. The Type 64 is a dedicated suppressed pistol first introduced in 1965 and used in the Vietnam War. It uses a rimless version of the .32 […]

Conversion

Chinese 7.62mm Sten Gun

May 13, 2020 Ian McCollum 17

During World War Two, Canada supplied some 73,000 Sten guns (made by the Long Branch arsenal) to Chinese Nationalist forces in an effort to help them fight the Japanese. These Stens were standard MkII pattern […]

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