I don’t envy that kid having to fire that M38…
Vintage Saturday – Russian Partisans with a Maxim
Manuals
US Army Tokarev Rifle Manual
One problem I have consistently found with Russian weapons manuals is that they are all written in Russian, which I can’t read. The illustrations are still interesting and useful, but it does make some of […]
Heavy MGs
Goryunov SG43: Russia Replaces the Maxim
The Russian M1910 Maxim was clearly obsolete in the 1930s, and the Soviet military developed a replacement for it – the Degtyarev DS-39. These performed well in testing, but several major flaws were revealed when […]
Select-fire Rifles
AVT-40 Testing Report
While poking around at Soviet Gun Archives (a very cool site which I wish was updated more often), I noticed this two-page memo reporting the results of an experiment modifying SVT-40 rifles to full-auto capability. […]
Could you post me anything you have on the welrod please
We will be getting some more Welrod info in the next couple months, if things go as planned.
Feh!!! I shoot my M-38 all the time!! The muzzle blast is kind of fierce. You get a basketball sized sphere of flame, but the recoil isn’t bad at all!!! No worse that any .30 Cal hunting rifle I’ve ever owned, and FAR less than my Fiancee’s SVD!!!
Sure, but you and I are a bit bigger than that kid.
My M44 actually knocked one of my skinny friends down once…..