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2-Gun: An Old-School “Ring Sight” Optic

January 29, 2022 Ian McCollum 8
This month at the 2G-ACM match, I thought it would be interesting to try out a “Ring Sight”. This is the same style of optics used on the FN P90 – the manufacturer marketed it […]
Semiauto Rifles

L119A2: The New British SOF Rifle

January 24, 2022 Ian McCollum 51
Around 2013, the UK MoD began looking for a new rifle to replace the Special Forces’ L119A1. Those A1 rifles were getting old, and something new was needed – and there was some thought that […]
Semiauto Rifles

UK Special Forces’ M16 Variant: the L119A1

January 21, 2022 Ian McCollum 32
In 1999, the UK Ministry of Defense put out a tender for a new rifle for UK Special Forces (UKSOF). The elite units of the British military were definitely not going to be using the […]
Bolt Action Rifles

L8(T) Enfield: The British Army Fails to Make a Sniper

December 14, 2021 Ian McCollum 9
We looked at the 7.62mm conversion of the No4 Enfield into Rifle L8 yesterday. Part of that program was an attempt to develop a new sniper rifle on the L8 platform. To this end, six […]
Bolt Action Rifles

7.62mm Rifle L8: The Last Gasp of the Service Lee Enfield

December 13, 2021 Ian McCollum 23
After the British adopted the FAL as the L1A1 rifle, there was still an interest in converting stocks of existing No4 Enfield rifles to the new 7.62x51mm cartridge for reserve and training use. A conversion […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Ethiopian Oddities: A Long Lee / SMLE Hybrid

November 23, 2021 Ian McCollum 3
Today’s Ethiopian Oddity is a rifle that began its like as an early Lee Enfield MkI made by London Small Arms. It has the original buttstock, early style safety, volley sights, and magazine cutoff from […]
Submachine Guns

The Sneaky Silent Sten MkII(S) at the Range

November 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 23
Today we are taking an original Sten MkII(S) out to the range – something I am excited to be able to do! The suppressor on this Sten is all original, and about 80 years old…and […]
Submachine Guns

A Covert Weapons for Special Operations: the Sten MkII(S)

November 5, 2021 Ian McCollum 18
https://youtu.be/hcmVCb_ZgZA There are a fairly wide variety of silenced Sten guns that were made during World War Two, because many were needed for small Special Operations Executive missions. However, the British Army did also formally […]
Slow motion

ZX-7 American Sterling at the Range

October 30, 2021 Ian McCollum 27
Today we are taking the ZX-7 (essentially a Sterling SMG in .45 ACP) out to the range. It runs rather faster than I initially expected, but isn’t too hard to handle…
Submachine Guns

PAWS ZX-7: An American Sterling in .45 ACP

October 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 30
An American entrepreneur named Bob Imel found the Sterling SMG particularly interesting, and wanted to import them into the United States. He reached out to Sterling in 1967, but was unable to work out a […]

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