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RIA February 2020 Special: Venezuelan and Argentine FN49s

February 13, 2020 Ian McCollum 14

Today at RIA, a quick look at a pair of FN-49s – one Venezuelan pattern in 7x57mm, and one Argentine Navy model in 7.62mm NATO using detachable mags (the only variant of FN-49 to do […]

Arms of the Venezuelan Coup

January 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 26

Fifty five years ago this week Marcos Pérez Jiménez, dictator of Venezuela, fled from power in the face of a popular uprising and botched military coup. Among other things, Jiménez had used Venzuela’s oil to […]