Conversion
BRP Recreates a Classic: the Stemple-Suomi
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 […]
Select-fire Rifles
1964 SPIW 60-round Magazine
Let’s step back to 1964 for a few minutes, into the midst of the SPIW development program. This was the US military’s attempt to increase hit probability from infantry rifles by, basically, changing focus from […]
Percussion
RIA: Porter Turret Rifle
The Porter was one of the few turret rifles ever put into serial production. Turret rifles are similar in principle to revolvers, but they is a cylinder with radial chambers (like the spokes of a […]
“I’ve actually shot EM-2s in both .280 and 7.62” – possibly the one sentence that makes me green with envy . . .
1) Don’t you disrespect my M14!
2) It’s a miracle that any T48’s survived and they weren’t all scrapped
3) For a reference that thoroughly damns the Ordnance Corps, I refer you to
“Misfire: The Story of How America’s Small Arms Have Failed Our Military”
– https://www.amazon.com/Misfire-Story-Americas-Failed-Military/dp/0684193590
Just like to point out that the trigger guard on the L1A1 did in fact fold inside the pistol grip. There is a slot in the front of the grip, covered by a plate. You have to unscrew the plate, flip the guard inside and screw it back on.