Slow motion
All the Blammo: HK51 at the Range
Just how concussive is the HK51? And how hard is it to control? Let’s find out!
United States
Conversion
HK51: The SAS’ Full Auto Flashbang Dispenser
The HK51 is not a gun that was ever actually produced by Heckler & Koch. It is instead a variation on the G3/HK91 originally developed by American H&K specialist Bill Fleming. He was contracted by […]
Antiques
Remington’s Revolving Rifle: Not Expensive, but not Successful
While Colt put significant effort into developing a revolving rifle design, Remington chose to simply use their existing New Model revolver architecture. Remington introduced it’s Revolving Rifle (it had no other model name) in 1865, […]
Aircraft MGs
British .303 Browning Mk II* Aircraft Machine Gun
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 […]
Antiques
Daniels’ Seven-Shot Smoothbore Turret Musket
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 […]
Ian's Customs
Ians Customs: Left-Handed G3
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 […]
Bolt Action Rifles
American Mausers: The Hopkins & Allen Model 1889 for Belgium
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 […]
Submachine Guns
Stemple STG-M1A (Thompson) at the Range
The STG-M1A certainly looks and feels like a Thompson, but does it shoot like a Thompson? Let’s find out!
Submachine Guns
Stemple 76/45 + Russian Lend-Lease Thompson Kit = STG-M1A
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 […]
Competition
Full Auto Suomi in the 2021 AZ PCC Championship
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 […]