United States - Forgotten Weapons

British .303 Browning Mk II* Aircraft Machine Gun

October 19, 2021 Ian McCollum 31

Britain began the process of replacing its Vickers aircraft machine guns with a new Colt/Browning design in 1935, with its adoption of the Colt MG40. This was essentially John Browning’s air cooled M1919 machine gun […]

Daniels’ Seven-Shot Smoothbore Turret Musket

October 18, 2021 Ian McCollum 21

There were a surprising number of different revolving rifles produced in the United States in the mid 1800s, including a number of turret rifles like this one. Specifically, we have here a 7-shot, approximately .55 […]

Ians Customs: Left-Handed G3

October 14, 2021 Ian McCollum 30

I used to say that one really common and popular rifle that I really didn’t like was the H&K G3. Well, putting together this rifle for myself really changed my opinion. The roller locking system […]

American Mausers: The Hopkins & Allen Model 1889 for Belgium

October 11, 2021 Ian McCollum 12

When World War One began, German armies roared through Belgium, occupying all but a small corner of the nation. Belgium still had an army to defend that last bit of territory, but it no longer […]

Stemple STG-M1A (Thompson) at the Range

October 9, 2021 Ian McCollum 31

The STG-M1A certainly looks and feels like a Thompson, but does it shoot like a Thompson? Let’s find out!

Stemple 76/45 + Russian Lend-Lease Thompson Kit = STG-M1A

October 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

The modularity and clever design of the Stemple Takedown Gun is perhaps best illustrated by the STG-M1A and STG-1928 (these are the same gun with either a horizontal or vertical front grip). In the early […]

Full Auto Suomi in the 2021 AZ PCC Championship

October 2, 2021 Ian McCollum 15

The Arizona PCC (Pistol-Caliber Carbine) Championship is a 10-stage competition held every year at the Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club in Mesa, AZ. It is normally only open to semiauto carbines, but I was able to […]

Suomi vs Stemple-Suomi: How Close Are They?

September 25, 2021 Ian McCollum 5

Yesterday we took a look at the Stemple-Suomi on the bench – today it’s time to find how similar it is in handling to the real thing! I have a Danish M41 Suomi, a Stemple-Suomi, […]

BRP Recreates a Classic: the Stemple-Suomi

September 24, 2021 Ian McCollum 5

When the Stemple STG-76 was designed, it used internal parts from the Finnish kp/31 Suomi submachine gun. Since the whole point of the Stemple was to have a modular and interchangeable gun, it would make […]

Stemple/BRP STG-76 “Heavy Submachine Gun” at the Range

September 18, 2021 Ian McCollum 13

Having spent quite a long time yesterday exploring the origins of the Stemple/BRP STG-76, I figured I should take it out to the range. So, let’s see what sort of groups I can make with […]