Semiauto pistol
Zip 22: Shooting the Worst Gun Ever
Today, may the good lord help me, I am taking the Zip 22 out to the range for some shooting. Note that while it actually worked remarkably well right up until it jammed solid, on […]
United States
Semiauto pistol
USFA Zip 22: How a Garbage Gun Destroyed A Good Company
USFA used to be the producers of probably the best Single Action Army reproductions on the market – but then the company owner decided to pursue a crazy whim and embarked on the Zip 22 […]
Forgotten History
Forgotten History: The Americans Take Blanc Mont Ridge, October 1918
The German army captured Blanc Mont Ridge in the early months of World War One and occupied it throughout the years of fighting, fending off repeated French assaults throughout 1915 and 1916. While the ridge […]
Light MGs
8mm M1915 Chauchat Fixing and Range Testing
Well, my 8mm French Chauchat finally cleared transfer, as did my application to reactivate it. This was a “dewat”, or “Deactivated War Trophy” – a machine gun put on the NFA registry but modified to […]
Semiauto Rifles
S&W 1940 Light Rifles: Receiver Breakage is a Problem
Mark I Mark II Designed in 1939 by S&W engineer Edward Pomeroy, the S&W Light Rifle is an extremely well manufactured but rather poorly thought out carbine. It is a 9mm Parabellum open-bolt, semiautomatic, blowback […]
Semiauto pistol
The Original Pasadena Auto Mag 180
RIA’s catalog page for this pistol The Auto Mag 180 was basically the result of two guys noticing that nobody made a semiauto .44 Magnum pistol…and that they could probably do it. The men were […]
Semiauto pistol
Rock Island Arsenal M15 General Officer’s Model
RIA’s catalog page for this pistol The M15 General Officer’s pistol was the replacement for the Colt Model M, which had long been the military issue sidearm for General-level officers. By the late 1960s, however, […]
Antiques
WW Marston Breechloading Pistol and Leather-Base Cartridge
RIA’s catalog page for this pistol William Walker Marston was born in 1822, and would spend his career as a gunsmith and gunmaker in New York City. He produced a wide variety of firearms, including […]
Revolver
Competition with an SAA: The Colt Bisley and Bisley Target
Bisley in .45 Colt Bisley Target in .32 WCF Named for the famous British shooting competition range, the Colt Bisley was the target version of the 1873 Single Action Army revolver. Colt first offered a […]
Revolver
Alsop Navy Revolver, Compared to its Pocket Model Companion
RIA’s catalog page for this revolver Joseph Alsop and his sons Charles R and Charles H were investors in the Savage Revolving Firearms Company, but also made an attempt to produce revolvers of their own […]