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Shooting a Bren 100-Round Drum

December 27, 2013 Ian McCollum 13
A friend of mine went to a local machine gun shoot recently, and came back with some footage of a pair of Bren guns being fired with a 100-round drum magazine. These drums were designed […]
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Submachine Guns

Vintage Saturday: Checkpoint Tommy

November 2, 2013 Ian McCollum 33
British soldier with a fancy new (unloaded) Sterling submachine gun manning a checkpoint in post-war occupied Germany.
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Light MGs

Vintage Saturday: Desert Watch

August 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 52
British soldiers manning a post  somewhere in Palestine. The Lewis gunner is adjusting his sights, while his A-gunner is ready with a new magazine. Three men in the background looking at something else, and using […]
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Single Shot Rifles

Fosbery’s Breechloading Rifle

June 21, 2013 Ian McCollum 16
Col George Vincent Fosbery, V.C., was a definite devotee of small arms design as well as being a bona fide war hero – a combination that isn’t as common as one might expect. He is […]
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Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver

June 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 28
Patented in 1896 and going into production in 1901, the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver was the brainchild of British Col. George Vincent Fosbery, VC. Fosbery was a career military officer who had served in India for […]
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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: Indirect Fire

May 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 32
British troops in the Netherlands (Overloon, specifically) using a Vickers for indirect fire. In addition to the copious empty brass, belts, ammo boxes, and spare condensing can, note the angle of the dial sight relative […]
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Aircraft MGs

Richard Wray Machine Gun Auction Followup

April 30, 2013 Ian McCollum 23
So, the auction of the late Richard Wray’s machine gun collection (see previous post) was yesterday, with the non-NFA guns being auctioned today. The final prices are interesting to look at, with some wallet-wrenchingly high […]

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