The Forgotten Weapons reference library has a lot of books in it, on a variety of topics. We have machine gun books, muzzleloader books, gunsmithing books, bayonet books, machining books, and more. But I think […]
The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon was designed by an American, Benjamin Hotchkiss, in response to the Franco-Prussian War. Hotchkiss chose to use large caliber shells in the gun instead of rifle cartridges (like the American Gatling […]
I’ve always been interested in Israeli firearms, because that nation has had more need to actually use their arms in combat in the past 50 or 60 years than almost any other nation. Couple that […]
Today we take a look at Bruce Canfield’s Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine. This is one of Canfield’s earlier books, and is now out of print. It is still available, though, […]
At the SHOT Show last weekend, we has the opportunity to interview Charles St. George, designer of the Leader T2 rifle we have previously discussed. We ended up having to run this interview twice, as […]
In 1897, John M. Browning was awarded four consecutive patents, which covered a big swath of possible automatic pistol designs. The one we’re looking at today (pointed out to me by Rufus at SHOT – […]
Well, we arrived back home from Las Vegas and the SHOT Show last night. SHOT ended on Friday, but we took advantage of the weekend in Vegas with several more stops. Friday, of course, was […]
I’m having some trouble figuring out the expression on this soldier’s face…is he disdainful of the photographer? Or just tired of dragging the gun around? In any case, my experience taking machine guns to the […]
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