Vintage photo
Month: December 2011
Semiauto pistol
Another SAR find – Chinese Browning 1900 pistol
You might recall our friend Bin Shih from the series of interviews we did with him a while back. Well, he met up with us at the show last weekend, and found a neat pistol […]
Book review
Book Review: “The Mosin-Nagant Rifle” by Terence Lapin
I was at a gun show recently and found some unusual Mosin Nagant rifles, but didn’t know enough to identify them and gauge their value. So I bought them just in case, and then I […]
Belt-fed
Belt-fed Madsen tank gun
We spotted this interesting gun at SAR West 2011. It’s actually a parts kit, as the sides of the receiver have been chopped up and discarded. But the remaining pieces make for a very interesting […]
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NFA Transfers
I mentioned yesterday that NFA transfer requests are up significantly this year (and have been increasing steadily back to 2005. This has led to increased wait times because it has happened in conjunction with a […]
Prototype
SAR West 2011 Review and NFA stats
Well, it’s been another yet and another SAR West gun show. As I mentioned before, this is the only gun show around here that I attend – because you’ll find more great stuff at it […]
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Vintage Saturday: A Browning 1917
Okay, so this photo is published in Wikipedia and doesn’t exactly qualify any more as a lost archival gem. But still, it’s neat to see a shot of a Browning 1917 along with the guy […]
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Seen at SAR West 2011
(It was, in fact, a sporterized Dutch Beaumont)
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Sig P210 – A Connoisseur’s Pistol
The Sig P210 is one of those few pistols that creates love as first touch. The perfect grip, a superb glass-rod trigger, and a slide that moves like butter. It’s as close to a match […]
Book review
Book Review: Flying Guns of World War I
We’ve looked at a couple early self-loading rifles that saw aerial use this week, so I figure it’s a good time to check out a book on the subject. Flying Guns of World War I […]