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Remington EtronX: Electrically Primed Ammunition (Video)

February 13, 2017 Ian McCollum 29
One of the more mainstream attempts at incorporating electronic into firearms technology on the civilian market was the Remington EtronX, introduced in 2000. It consisted of a standard Remington 700 bolt action rifle, with the […]
Commentary

Guns in the Movies (Video)

February 10, 2017 Ian McCollum 25
Today we have not so much an examination of a specific firearms, but rather a look at how Clint Eastwood’s film portrayal of Dirty Harry Callahan drove a huge wave of popularity of the Smith […]
Antiques

Sharps & Hankins Navy Model Carbine

February 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 10
Designed by Christian Sharps (or Sharps rifle fame), the Sharps & Hankins carbine was a light and handy rimfire carbine intended for military use. It was a single-shot weapon with an unusual action to lever […]
Semiauto Rifles

Yeah, the AR15 is Now Becoming C&R Eligible

February 7, 2017 Ian McCollum 15
Given the status of the AR15 as the preeminent military rifle still today, it comes as a surprise to many people to learn just how old the gun really is. Civilian production of the SP-1 […]
Antiques

Custom Cut-Down Walch 10-Shot Pepperbox Revolver (Video)

February 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 13
The Walch revolver was a Civil War era design with the unique feature of having superimposed loads – each chamber in the cylinder held not one shot, but two, stacked one on top of the […]
Bolt Action Rifles

American Mosin Nagant Rifles (Video)

January 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 12
Everyone is aware of the Mosin Nagant rifle, but not everyone realizes that about 2 million of them were actually manufactured in the United States. Russia had been producing M91 Mosin Nagant rifles in their […]
Revolver

Colt 1902 Philippine Model

January 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 28
The Colt 1902 Philippine Model revolver is a modified version of the Colt 1878 Double Action Army or Frontier model pistol. This was Colt’s first entry into the large-frame double action revolver market, following just […]
Carl Ehbets gas operated Bergmann patent
Bergmann

Carl Ehbet’s Gas Operated Bergmann?

January 19, 2017 Ian McCollum 43
I got a really interesting patent in my mail recently, from Othais at C&Rsenal. It’s and idea clearly based on a Bergmann 1894 or 1896 pattern pistol, but instead of being blowback it uses a […]
Woodhull Export Model 35 Carbine
Prototype

Woodhull Export Model 35 Carbine

January 17, 2017 Ian McCollum 9
Does anyone recognize this rifle? It was designed by Fred Woodhall in 1945 (after his unsuccessful entry in the M1 Carbine trials), and now his son Tad Woodhull is trying to track it down. If […]
Book review

Book Review: Vickers Guide AR-15

January 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 4
I don’t normally have much interest in coffee-table books, and the Vickers Guide: AR-15 would definitely be considered a coffee-table book. That said, it is substantially different than most such books, and much more worthy […]

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