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Pavesi Prototype SVT Copy (Video)

July 15, 2016 Ian McCollum 36
This rifle is pretty much a big mystery – I have virtually no good information on it. Through inspection, we know it is a mechanical copy of the Soviet SVT 38 or 40 – it […]
Prototype

Pavesi Model 1942 Prototype Semiauto (Video)

July 8, 2016 Ian McCollum 22
The Pavesi Model 1942 is a prototype Italian semiauto rifle chambered for the 8×59 Breda cartridge. It is a short recoil action with a 4-lug rotating bolt, and appears to use a Mannlicher type en […]
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Artillery

A 75mm Maxim-Nordenfelt Cannon and the Type 30 Arisaka

July 7, 2016 Ian McCollum 18
First up, a 75mm Maxim-Nordenfelt cannon that was on display at the Carabinieri Museum in Rome. Guns like this one  were pretty widely used by countries all over the world, with a wide variety of details […]
Prototype

Beretta Model 1931 & 1937 Prototype Semiauto Rifles

July 1, 2016 Ian McCollum 42
In the 1930s, the Italian military (like all major military forces at the time) was investigating options for a semiautomatic service rifle. Beretta’s Tulio Marengoni developed one such rifle, and submitted it in two forms. […]
Accessories

Italian Scout Bicycle

June 30, 2016 Ian McCollum 48
So, this is a bit off our normal subject matter, but it appealed to the mechanical nerd in me, and I figured at least a few of my readers would have the same reaction. If […]
Italian soldier in Rome with an ARX-160
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GunSpotting in Rome

June 29, 2016 Ian McCollum 71
About a month ago I spent some time in Italy, and noticed a few things that I thought would be interesting. The biggest thing that stood out to me (on the matter of firearms, I […]
Semiauto pistol

RIA: Beretta 1915 – the First of the Beretta Pistols

June 22, 2016 Ian McCollum 32
The Italian military went into WWI having already adopted a semiautomatic sidearm – the Model 1910 Glisenti (and its somewhat simplified Brixia cousin). However, the 1910 Glisenti was a very complex design, and much too […]
Four Italian WWI soldiers of the Regia Guardia di Finanza (Royal Finance Police)
Bolt Action Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Royal Finance Police

May 21, 2016 Ian McCollum 39
  From left to right: The soldier without a hat is a sergeant holding a Beretta Model 1915 pistol chambered in 9mm Glisenti. He is resting his shooting arm on a folded coat with a […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Prototype Italian MBT 1925 Straight-Pull Rifle (Video)

January 28, 2016 Ian McCollum 34
Note: This video was filmed over a year ago, but I have been holding it in anticipation of the rifle going to auction. That doesn’t seem to be happening, so I’m posting the video now. […]
Semiauto Rifles

Scotti Model X – Shooting, History, & Disassembly (Video)

January 11, 2016 Ian McCollum 33
The Scotti Model X (the X standing for the 10th year of the Italian Fascist era, or 1932) was one of several semiauto rifles tested by the Italian military during the late 1920s and early […]

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