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Who is Springfield Armory? A Tale of Two Entities
Today we will take a look at the history of Springfield Armory – both the American national arsenal founded in the 1770s and the commercial entity founded in the 1970s.
Year: 2018
Prototype
Swiss Prototype von Steiger Auto-Ejecting Revolvers
In the 1870s, Switzerland was looking for a new military revolver, and they were particularly interested in finding a system which would allow faster reloading than the standard loading gate and manual ejection rod. A […]
Competition
Walther Olympia: Germany’s Interwar Target Pistol
The Colt Woodsman, introduced in 1915, was the premier – and really the only serious – option for the competitive target shooter into the 1920s when the Walther company decided to introduce a competitor. […]
Slow motion
Sheet Metal and Wood: The Polish Sudayev PPS 43/52
Poland was one of the states which manufactured the Soviet PPS-43 submachine gun under license, but they decided to make a change to is in 1952. Where the original PPS-43 used a top-folding metal stock, […]
Semiauto pistol
China’s CF-98 Modular Service Pistol
China adopted this pistol in 1998 in a domestic 5.8x21mm cartridge, and also manufactured examples like this one in 9x19mm Parabellum for export. It is a design built around a sheet metal skeleton holding the […]
Prototype
Slow Motion: Gerät 06 (German WWII Prototype)
Before the invention of the roller-delayed system which would become the H&K G3, Mauser engineers in late World War Two built a small number of prototype roller-locked, gas piston operated rifles in 8x33mm, designated the […]
Semiauto Rifles
Daewoo K1A1: A Hybrid AR-15 and AR-18
During and after the Korean War, the South Korean military was armed with American weapons – M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, M3/M3A1 Grease Guns, and so on. In the 1970s they wanted to modernize their equipment, […]
Revolver
The Only Gun With Rollin White’s Name
While Rollin White’s patent for the bored-through cylinder was a massively important element in the development of Smith & Wesson as a company, White’s actual firearms design was impractical and never produced. In fact, there […]
Semiauto Rifles
How to Identify a Real M1A1 Carbine vs a Fake
Looking for a light and compact weapon to equip its new Airborne units, the US military adopted the M1A1 Carbine in May of 1942. This was mechanically identical to the existing M1 Carbine but with […]
Semiauto pistol
SITES Spectre: Think of it as an SMG, not a pistol
The SITES Spectre was originally developed by the SITES company (Societa Italiana a Technologie Speciali SPA) of Torino to be the best police and counterterrorist submachine gun on the market. To this end, they studied […]