United Kingdom - Forgotten Weapons

A Book For Aspiring Firearms Designers

December 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

Regular readers may recall that about a year ago I wrote a review of Firearms Anatomy I: The Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun by David Findlay. It was a very neat book covering the Thompson from […]

Reproduction Nordenfelt Gun

December 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

A few days ago I was at a small machine gun shoot (which wound up being a bit larger than I’d expected), and was happily surprised to discover that one of the attendees had brought […]

Pedersen Selfloading Rifle at RIA

November 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 56

When the US military decided to seriously look at replacing the 1903 Springfield with a semiautomatic service rifle, two designers showed themselves to have the potential to design an effective and practical rifle. One was […]

Lancaster Howdah Pistols at RIA

November 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 45

Charles Lancaster was a master London gunsmith who made 2-barrel and 4-barrel pistols in a variety of British revolver cartridges (commonly known as Howdah pistols). Many of his pistols was purchased privately by British military […]

Fosbery’s Pump Shotgun

September 19, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

Today’s post and photos were provided by guest author Miles Vining – thanks, Miles! Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC is primarily known for his most famous contribution to military small arms in the Webley-Fosbery […]

2-Gun Match: WWII Snipers (Video)

August 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

This month for the 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, Karl and I square off with WWII snipers’ rifles. I have a No4 MkI (T) Enfield sniper with a 3.5x No.32 scope, and Karl has a Mauser […]

Enfield 1899 Maxim Photos

August 13, 2014 Ian McCollum 4

Here’s another set of Maxim photos, this time of an 1899 pattern gun made at Enfield. Photos courtesy of the UK MoD.

Beardmore-Farquhar Photos

August 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

Courtesy of the UK Ministry of Defense, we have a bunch of photos of a 1920 model Beardmore-Farquhar light machine gun:

Vintage Saturday: Resupply

August 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 42

Mark (a dog ammunition carrier) delivers ammo to a Bren gun team, Eastern Command 20 August 1941.

Book Review: The Yanks Are Coming!

June 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 15

Most of the books I look at are primarily text-based, and today I figured we should do something a little bit different. Armor Plate Press, run by Tom Laemlein, specializes in photographic studies of various […]