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Year: 2018

Commentary

Interview: Bill Chase on Restoring Collectible Firearms

January 19, 2018 Ian McCollum 6

Today we are speaking with Bill Chase on the subject of restoration of collectible firearms. Mr. Chase is a very talented machinist and artisan, and has substantial experience in restoring firearms, including manufacturing new parts […]

Conversion

Snabb Semiauto Conversion of a Dutch Mannlicher

January 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 17

Snabb was a Swedish company created to market a system for converting bolt action rifles into semiautomatic rifles. The system was patented in the US in 1938, making this one of the very last attempts […]

Q&A

Q&A #16: Lightning Round!

January 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 30

Today we are doing a slightly different Q&A format, because I ran a bit short of time to do my usual background research on questions. So instead, we have a Lightning Round of short questions…7 […]

Submachine Guns

MAT 49: Iconic SMG of Algeria and Indochina

January 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

The MAT-49 was developed by France after World War Two to satisfy the need for a more modern submachine gun to replace the MAS-38. The military had come around to standardizing on the 9x19mm cartridge […]

Submachine Guns

MAS-38 Shooting Fail

January 15, 2018 Ian McCollum 48

I have been getting a lot of comments asking when there will be a shooting video with my MAS-38 submachine gun. If has cleared the NFA transfer process, so it’s not actually in my possession. […]

Book review

Book Review: Col Chinn’s 5-Volume Opus on Machine Guns

January 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 59

George Chinn’s 5-volume opus machine gun-icus is a massive and extremely valuable reference work on the development of machine guns, as well as aircraft machine guns and aircraft cannon. It also includes and entire volume […]

Accessories

Dead Air PBS-1 Wolverine AK Suppressor

January 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 23

The Soviet Union produced and issued (on a quite limited basis) a suppressor for the AK platform, designated the PBS-1. It had a rather distinctive shape, and used a combination of baffles and wipes. Unfortunately, […]

Commentary

Machine Gun Terminology Part 2: SMG, PDW, & Machine Pistol

January 12, 2018 Ian McCollum 32

Today we have Part 2 of machine gun terminology – the small caliber guns. Specifically, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, and machine pistols. Submachine Gun: Pistol caliber, fully automatic, and fitted with a shoulder stock. […]

Submachine Guns

Marlin UD-42 from the Dutch Resistance

January 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

The UD-42 was originally the design of Carl “Gus” Swebilius, who was at the time (1940) working for the High Standard company. It failed to attract interest form the US military, but was appealing to […]

Ammunition

Full Auto at 1000m: The 7.92x41mm CETME Cartridge

January 10, 2018 Ian McCollum 32

  The US insistence on a full-power rifle cartridge for the NATO standard in the 1950s derailed a couple potentially very interesting concepts – including the 7.92x41mm CETME cartridge. This round was developed by Dr. […]

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