Semiauto Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Sniper Troubles
Hard to use those face shields and still get a sight picture…
Year: 2016
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Colt Model 1929 Prototype .276 Rifle
On October 1, 1928, the US War Department published a request for semiautomatic rifle designs. The Colt company submitted this .276 caliber rifle to the ensuing trials in 1929. It was designed by Jonathan Edward […]
Commentary
A Spencer Anecdote
In early 1864, Arizona pioneer and Colonel King S. Woolsey borrowed a Spencer repeating rifle from then-Territorial Governor John Goodwin for an expedition against a band of Apaches. On Aril 26, 1864, the Hartford Evening […]
Competition
Roth Steyr 1907 at a Run-n-Gun Steel Match (Video)
We have a monthly pistol competition here called Steelworkers – a bunch of stages of all steel targets. I finally accumulated enough stripper clips (3) for my 1907 Roth-Steyr to be able to compete, so […]
Accessories
Riot-Control Trigger Guards on Turkish G3 Rifles
An interesting detail from a couple photos of the recent disturbance in Turkey. Take a look at the trigger guards of the G3 rifles – they have been equipped with large protective shields. I have […]
Select-fire Rifles
CETME-L History & Disassembly (Video)
The CETME-L was Spain’s replacement for the CETME Modelo C, which was the 7.62x51mm rifle that was essentially adopted by Germany as the G3 in the 1950s. By the 1980s Spain needed to move to […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Prototype
Pavesi Prototype SVT Copy (Video)
This rifle is pretty much a big mystery – I have virtually no good information on it. Through inspection, we know it is a mechanical copy of the Soviet SVT 38 or 40 – it […]
Accessories
Book Review: SOE Equipment Air Dropped in Europe 1940-1945
A while back I posted a review of a great little paperback account of Winston Churchill’s Toyshop – the development of clandestine warfare gear for use by saboteurs and resistance movements in occupied Europe during […]
Conversion
Semiauto RPD Light Machine Gun (Video)
The RPD was the first belt-fed light machine gun (or squad automatic weapon) developed by the Soviet Union. It was designed in 1944 for the then-new M43 cartridge (7.62x39mm), although wartime exigencies followed by post-war […]