Very flat hat brims?
Springfield rifles?
Lots of yucca?
Oversized muzzle booster?
Yep, that’s an American 1904 Maxim in action in Mexico!
Semiauto Rifles
M1908 Mondragon Semiauto Rifle at RIA
The M1908 Mondragon is widely acknowledged to have been the first self-loading rifle adopted as a standard infantry arm by a national military force. There are a couple earlier designs used by military forces, but […]
Prototype
Fusil Mexico
This rare example of a Fusil Mexico surfaced at a gun show earlier this year, and we are fortunate enough to have acquired a number of photos of it (if the new owner reads this, […]
Semiauto pistol
Obregon Automatic Pistol (Video)
One of the more interesting (and rare!) variations on John Browning’s iconic 1911 automatic pistol is the Obregon. Developed in Mexico in the mid 1930s, this pistol uses a frame nearly identical to the stock […]
The Ft. Drum, NY Museum has one on display.
Great photo! Do you a recent book on photography and the Mexican Revolution, published in Mexico? The title is “México: fotografía and revolución” (ed. Miguel Ángel Berumen, Mexico DF: Lunwerg/Televisa, 2010). It is filled with fascinating period photos of federal and revolutionary troops armed with a varied array of rifles and machine guns, besides from several essays on the evolution of photography during that era.
Sorry, I should have written “Do you know…”
R.