Optics
2-Gun: An Old-School “Ring Sight” Optic
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 […]
United States
Optics
LPC16: An AR With a Huge Helium-Neon Laser Built In
Laser Products Corporation got its start in 1979, with a laser sight mounted atop a Colt Trooper .357 Magnum revolver. Shortly thereafter they introduced a range of other small arms with lasers fitted, including the […]
Semiauto Rifles
Springfield Hellion at the Range: The Most Modern Bullpup
My previous experience shooting a VHS-2 was limited to a small indoor range, so I’ve been really looking forward to getting this Springfield Hellion out to a proper range. First up, we have a 2-Gun […]
Semiauto Rifles
Springfield Hellion: The VHS-2 Bullpup Comes to the US
Today we are taking a look at the Springfield Hellion, the semiautomatic US version of HS Produkt’s VHS-2 bullpup rifle. The VHS-2 development goes back almost 20 years, with a first VHS rifle and then […]
Submachine Guns
Stemple STG-34k at the Range
Today’s video is the Stemple STG-34k at the range…but if I’m going to be honest, it was mostly just an excuse for me to try it out for fun. 🙂 It’s definitely the least practical […]
Submachine Guns
Stemple Makes a Star Wars Blaster: the STG-34k
One of the best-looking versions of the Stemple is, I believe, the STG-34k. This was the result of BRP obtaining a whole bunch of MG-34 parts kits as part of a separate project to make […]
Artillery
Airtronics PSRL: An American RPG (with demo shot…for real!)
Thanks to Jeff Folloder and Airtronics USA, I have a chance today to look at and test-fire a PSRL (Precision Shoulder-fired Rocket Launcher) – in essence, an American-made RPG-7. The rocket we are using here […]
Uncategorized
The Thumb Trigger Concept Anew: Iron Horse’s TOR
The idea of a thumb trigger in place of a traditional index finger trigger has come up a number of times in firearms history (the Pieri carbines tested in France and Italy, the Winchester Thumb […]
Antiques
The Sure Defender: An O.G. Knuckleduster Knife Gun
One of the early combination self-defense guns was the “Sure Defender”, with a combination of brass knuckles, a small and finicky wavy-bladed dagger, and a single shot percussion pistol barrel. The rather complex process for […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Winchester Reference Collection: Uruguayan M1908 Short Rifle
Uruguay first adopted a Mauser rifle in the 1880s, with the single-shot Mauser model 1871. After an abortive attempt to update those rifles to a small bore smokeless powder cartridge (the Dovitiis conversion), they opted […]