James Hughes’ Mexican Military Arms is a pretty good book on a subject not often written about. It covers all the rifles used by the Mexican Army (both locally designed and purchased elsewhere) from the Spencer repeater up to the adoption of the M1 Garand. It is a bit limited in coverage, though, with a single page for most of the guns it includes. The photos also range from good to almost unusable. Overall, it’s definitely worth having as long as you have an interest in this particular topic. You can find it for sale in the link below, though the prices being asked on eBay and Amazon are pretty outrageous. I would be pretty hesitant to pay more than $20 for it unless I was really dedicated to the subject.
Semiauto pistol
Systema OBREGON: The Mexican Rotating-Barrel 1911
This is Lot 1500 in the upcoming October Morphy Extraordinary auction. Patented by Alejandro Obregon in Mexico in 1934 and in the US in 1938, this pistol is an adaptation of the classic Browning 1911 […]
Semiauto pistol
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Sporterized! Mexican Colt 1902 Military
This is lot #1474 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The Colt 1902 […]
Bolt Action Rifles
RIA Premier Auction (Part II)
Continuing yesterday’s post, today I want to take a look at some of the long guns that jumped out at me while I was perusing the catalog for the RIA Premier Auction coming up in […]
Hi Ian,
Is there any way to find Mexican Mendosa submachine gun manual??
I always wondered how they operating and dismounts..
I don’t have one right now, but I will keep an eye out for it.
Out of curiosity is it possible to give a list of which firearms are featured in the book mexican military arms by James Hughes me an a few of my old collage buddies were working on a zombie videogame based in mexico an were going to try an features as many authentic mexican firearms from the old west to modern times as possible an most of the team seems a little hesitant to use $75 just for a book if you can’t its understandable either way i am still going to stay a fan of your youtube channel