Handgun
Semmerling LM4 Video
The Semmerling LM4 has pretty much no historical significance, but it does have a pretty unusual operating system. It is a .45ACP backup pistol developed by a fellow named Philip R. Lichtman in the 1970s. […]
United States
Aircraft MGs
Turkish Manual for the Colt MG40
I recently found this in a private library, and I believe it’s the first Turkish-language manual I’ve come across. It’s dated 1936, and although the cover illustration shows a 1917 type water cooled gun, the […]
Book review
Book Review:Schuetzen Rifles – History and Loadings
In my ongoing effort to broaden my firearms horizons, I have been reading up on subjects I have little knowledge of. This week, that involved a copy of Gerald Kelver’s Schuetzen Rifles: History and Loadings. […]
Book review
Book Review: Guns of the Old West
I’ve always been primarily interested in military small arms, and more specifically early/mid 20th century ones at that. I need to broaden my horizons, though, and I’ve been reading more and more about older guns. […]
Rocket launcher
Vintage Saturday: Because Size Does Matter
US soldier inspecting a German Panzerschreck (left) and a US 2.36″ Bazooka (right).
Matchlock
Fighting Fair is Fighting Stupid
An excerpt from Guns on the Early Frontiers, on the subject of Spanish matchlock muskets in the colonial Americas: In 1576, a Captain Solis, commander of the Garrison at San Felipe, in the vicinity of […]
Semiauto pistol
Savage .45 ACP (Video)
In the first years of the 20th century, the US military was looking for a new standard sidearm in a .45-caliber cartridge, and set up a series of trials to choose one. The entrants to […]
Book review
Book Review: Random Shots – Episodes in the Life of a Weapons Developer
I first ran across Roy Rayle’s autobiographical account of his time as administrator of the Springfield Armory R&D Division while I was researching development of the M14 rifle. Rayle was a young mechanical engineer working […]
Revolver
Getting That Last One…
No at matter how close you think you are, it seems that a proper gun collection can never really be complete. The closer you get to having a one of each necessary example of whatever […]
Semiauto pistol
Boberg XR9-L Review
Last week I posted a review of a very much not-forgotten pistol over at TheFirearmBlog.com – a brand new Boberg XR9-L. It doesn’t have any historical significance yet, but it’s a pretty interesting mechanical design, […]