Mondragon | Forgotten Weapons

Video Book Review: Mexican Military Arms, by James Hughes

January 5, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

James Hughes’ Mexican Military Arms is a pretty good book on a subject not often written about. It covers all the rifles used by the Mexican Army (both locally designed and purchased elsewhere) from the […]

More Mexican Mondragon rifle photos

December 16, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

This may come as a surprise to some folks, but the first semiautomatic rifle adopted for military use was the M1908 Mondragon rifle designed in Mexico by Manuel Mondragon. He was granted a US patent […]