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Submachine Guns

Denmark’s Post-WW2 SMG: the Hovea m/49

May 11, 2022 Ian McCollum 21

The Hovea m/49 was adopted by Denmark, but was originally designed by Huqvarna for Swedish military trials. The first 10 prototype were made in 1944 and competed against the Carl Gustav Stads design – which […]

Submachine Guns

Swedish K Comparison: Model m/45 v m/45B

April 25, 2022 Ian McCollum 15

https://youtu.be/gAPqM0M2Vec Since I have the rather unusual opportunity to examine both the early Swedish m/45 and the improved m/45B at the same time, I figured this would be a good opportunity for a video. There […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Nordic Cooperation: The Swedish M96 in Finnish Service

February 16, 2022 Ian McCollum 19

https://youtu.be/mVZ6KpdEML8 One of the significant foreign rifles in Finnish service during the Winter War and Continuation War was the Swedish M96 Mauser. These rifles began arriving in Finland even before Finland’s independence, and in 1919 […]

Light MGs

The Swedish m/21 BAR in 6.5x55mm

April 15, 2021 Ian McCollum 38

Sweden was a remarkably early adopted of the light machine gun, for a nation not involved in World War One. Looking over the designs that existed right after the war, Sweden opted to purchase 700 […]

Semiauto Rifles

Modernizing the G3: The Swedish AK4C, Norwegian AG3F2 and More

February 2, 2021 Ian McCollum 38

Of all the classic 7.62mm battle rifles of the Cold War, only the G3 remains in modern military service updated to serve alongside the more recent 5.56mm rifles (no, the M14 DMR rifles don’t count). […]

Accessories

Optics for Machine Guns: The Spuhr B.A.M.

July 2, 2020 Ian McCollum 12

I have been thinking about machine gun optics for a while, as I am on the waiting list for a Lage Max 11/15A1 5.56mm upper for my M11A1 (registered and legal) machine pistol. I am […]

Submachine Guns

Swedish K: The Carl Gustav m/45B and the Port Said

January 24, 2020 Ian McCollum 42

During the 1930s, Sweden acquired an assortment of different submachine guns, including Bergmanns, Thompsons, and Suomis. As World War Two progressed, they decided that they really needed to standardize on a single caliber and model […]

Semiauto pistol

1938 Swedish Army Trials Luger

August 20, 2019 Ian McCollum 17

Lot 524 in the September 2019 RIA auction. Sweden tested the Luger in 1904, along with all the major semiauto pistols available at the time. The Luger was found to be the most accurate gun […]

Shotgun

Shooting the Sjogren Inertial Shotgun

June 1, 2019 Ian McCollum 29

When I filmed this, I had limited time and figured I would do the shooting first and then film the history and disassembly of the gun afterwards. Alas, I ran out of time and never […]

Book review

Book Review – Smith & Wesson Model 76 SMG by Frank Iannamico

December 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

Available from Amazon or direct from the publisher. Frank Iannamico’s new book on the Smith & Wesson Model 76 submachine gun is in fact a book about much more than just the Model 76. It begins […]

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