Bolt Action Rifles
Assessment of a ZF-41 Optic
The ZF-41 was a tiny 1.5x optic made in large numbers by Germany during WWII. It is a long eye relief design, mounting over the rear sight of a K98k, and allowing unimpeded up for […]
Month: December 2014
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Movie Review: White Tiger
If you are interested in WWII tank films, you have very likely watched Fury by now. It is a technical masterpiece of material authenticity, right down to the genuine Tiger used in several scenes – […]
Single Shot Rifles
Martini-Henry I.C.1 Carbine (Video)
Formally adopted in 1877, the I.C.1 Martini Henry was formally designated the “Arms Interchangeable, Carbine Breech loading Rifled, with clearing rod Martini Henry Mk1”. The word “interchangeable” refers to its use for both the artillery […]
Light MGs
Vintage Saturday: Yer Doin’ It Rong
Waffen SS soldiers investigating a captured (and disassembled) DP-28 LMG pan magazine.
Commentary
How to Become a Professional Gun Nerd
I get an email every so often from a young person in high school or college who is interested in firearms, and wants to know what I would recommend for getting into the industry. I’ve […]
Manuals
EM-2 Rifle Manual
I recently got an email from a reader who had scanned the EM-2 manual section from the back of Thomas Dugelby’s EM2 Concept and Design and sent it to me. I thanked him (although I […]
Prototype
Savage Prototype .25ACP (Video)
So, this is a video I took over a year ago, and then lost track of – a prototype .25ACP Savage pistol. It is plain blowback, not using the rotating-barrel mechanism of the mainstream .32 […]
Aircraft MGs
Luftgekühltes Maschinen Gewehr 08/15 (Video)
I recently had a chance to do some shooting with a friend’s luftgekühltes maschinen gewehr 08/15 – the air cooled, lightened version of the German MG08 Maxim gun. These were one of the standard armaments […]
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Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Second-Rate Spoils
German troops with captured Mosin Nagant rifles (and one SVT-40).