Commentary
“Jersey Combat” – New TV Show about IMA
All I could do was groan and shake my head when I saw an ad for IMA‘s upcoming new TV show in their latest Shotgun News ad. We know a TV program was in the […]
Year: 2012
Handgun
Lorenzoni Flintlock Repeating Pistol
Today we have one of the oldest guns we’ve looked at, a Lorenzoni repeating flintlock pistol. The system was designed by an Italian gunmaker in Florence name Michele Lorenzoni. They were made in very small […]
Select-fire Rifles
Syrian Sturmgewehr Cache
Allah ackbar indeed! Why can’t I ever find a storeroom full of Sturmgewehrs? If anyone reading this has contacts in Syria,you might consider recommending that they try to exchange them on some international market for […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: For Queen and Country
I am not familiar with this style of handy card table Maxim mount.
Semiauto pistol
Book review
Book Review and a Refinishing Discount
As always, we have a book review to look at today, but we also have a neat video we put together for GunLab on hydroprint refinishing. On a recent trip down to Florida we had […]
Light MGs
Israeli Dror trials reports
Since we first learned of its existence we have been very interested in the Israeli Dror light machine gun. To us, it has all the elements of a fascinating piece of firearms history – design […]
Uncategorized
The Proud Tradition of Gunbuilding in the Garage
I think that today in America (and probably in many other countries) we have a misconception of where new ideas come from, especially among younger folks like myself. We tend to think that products are […]
Select-fire Rifles
Fallschirmjagergewehr FG-42 Video
The German FG-42 paratroop rifle was a very impressive design, managing to meet a very strict set of performance criteria. The first production model in particular was exceptionally light and compact, while still offering semi […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: Making a C96 look big
Chinese guerrilla fighter, circa 1939. Today, she’d be an Olympic gymnast.