United States - Forgotten Weapons

Chain Mail for Machine Gunners

June 4, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Chain mail appeared in a couple different forms during World War I – the most well-known is probably the mail facemasks developed for tank crews. These were intended to protect crew members from steel shards […]

BAR Comparison: M1918 vs M1918A2

June 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 87

I was doing some reading up on the BAR, and some shooting with a semiauto Ohio Ordnance Works A3 model BAR recently, in addition to the recent 2-gun match we did with it. I got […]

M6 Gun Motor Carriage 37mm (Video)

June 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 17

The M6 Gun Motor Carriage was the first American tank destroyer of WWII – a 37mm antitank gun (basically identical to the M3 gun) mounted on the back of a Dodge 3/4 ton weapons carrier. […]

Book Review: H&R Arms Co 1871-1986

May 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 41

Harrington and Richardson is not a particularly exciting gun company, and never has been. They didn’t make flashy and dramatic guns, or distinctive guns that because associated with military forces or battles (although they did […]

LeMat Revolving Carbine

May 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 23

Today’s post is a guest article by Kymm Wilson, on the subject of the very rare LeMat carbine, which he was put quite a bit of work into recreating. by Kymm Wilson Just prior to […]

Preview of Tonight

May 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 28

Want to see a reproduction Bigot actually firing? Tune in to Sons of Guns on the Discovery Channel tonight at 9pm, and you’ll get to see me try one out! If you haven’t seen my […]

Vintage Saturday: Island Hopping

May 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

American Marine aiming an M1 Garand on Iwo Jima. Note the WW1-style trench knife tucked in behind his canteen.

Gun Deductions

May 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

One thing I particularly enjoy doing is taking a firearm and trying to figure out as much about it as I can, based on the appearance, markings, modifications, etc. It’s the details and the stories […]

Volcanic Repeating Pistol (Video)

May 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 32

The Volcanic was not the first repeating pistol, but it was an early one of the first in a line of firearms that would develop into the iconic lever action rifles of the American West. […]

Accidently Abidextrous or Hands on with the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer

May 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 7

Today’s guest post on the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer was written by reader Kyle Smith, who won a StealthGear 1911 holster in our giveaway a couple months ago. He also took some video of the […]