Semiauto Rifles
Johnson M1941 Video
Melvin Johnson was a gun designer who felt that the M1 Garand rifle had several significant flaws – so he developed his own semiauto .30-06 rifle to supplement the M1. His thought was that if […]
Year: 2013
Semiauto Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance
Cuban exiles training in Florida for the Bay of Pigs invasion, with scoped M1941 Johnson rifles. (coming Monday, a video on the Johnson…)
Uncategorized
Calendar Status
Unfortunately, I had a bit of a delay with the folks printing the 2014 calendars – but they are done now. I finished packing and addressing them all this evening, and they will ship out […]
Ammunition
Guest Post: Shooting the 6.5mm Dutch
I am headed up to Phoenix for the annual SAR West gun show this weekend, where I expect to have a lot of fun, meet a bunch of you guys, and come home with substantially […]
Book review
Book Review: Winston Churchill’s Toyshop
In July of 1939 Stuart Macrae was the editor of Armchair Science magazine, and he was approached by a Major Millis Jefferis from the British War Office looking for some information on magnets. The subsequent […]
Revolver
.577 caliber Tranter Revolver
William Tranter was a British gunmaker of some repute, although generally not remembered today. He was apprenticed to a gunsmith in 1830, at the age of 14, and by 1839 had left and opened his […]
Accessories
“I Found This Old Maxim Silencer…”
Since I posted my brief article on the original Maxim silencers, I’ve had more than a few people contact me saying that they have found one among the possessions of a deceased parent or grandparent. […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Model 1871 Ward-Burton Rifle
The Model 1871 Ward-Burton was one of the early experimental rifles trialled by the US military in its search for a new breechloading rifle to replace the theoretically-interim Allin conversion that made muzzle-loading rifles into […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Mausers on the Silk Road
Commentary from the photographer: Full-length portrait of the four men, standing in a line with rifles. ‘While halting for the night I had an interesting opportunity of becoming acquainted with a small party of well-armed […]
Heavy MGs
How to Set Up Your Vickers Gun
Some archived footage here, of the Manchester Regiment showing us how to properly set up a Vickers gun…and how not to! The clip comes from the Museum of the Manchester Regisment, in Ashton-under-Lyne east of […]