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Home2020April

Month: April 2020

Semiauto pistol

French Gendarmerie C96: A German Pistol for the Occupation

April 20, 2020 Ian McCollum 29

This is lot #579 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! In the immediate […]

Manual Repeater

Semmerling LM4: The Smallest Repeating .45ACP

April 18, 2020 Ian McCollum 53

This is lot #3635 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! Patented by Philip […]

Revolver

Variations of the .455 Webley Fosbery Automatic Revolver

April 17, 2020 Ian McCollum 22

These are lots #558, 559, 1585, 1586, 3535, and 3536 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions […]

bullpup

Origin of the Term “Bullpup” – with Jonathan Ferguson

April 16, 2020 Ian McCollum 29

Join the Kickstarter campaign and preorder your copy of Jonathan’s “Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901 – 2020”! Sorry for the poor audio quality – today I am back at the Cody Firearms Museum […]

Prototype

A Few Last Changes Before Perfection: The Colt Models 1909 & 1910

April 15, 2020 Ian McCollum 12

These are lots #1477 (Model 1909) and #1475 (Model 1910) in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions […]

Prototype

Cavalry Trials for Browning’s Automatic Pistol: The Colt 1907

April 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 11

This is lot #1478 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! When the US […]

Book review

Announcing: Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901-2020

April 12, 2020 Ian McCollum 42

Sorry for the poor audio quality – today I am back at the Cody Firearms Museum talking to Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries in the UK. Jonathan has written […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Colt Franklin: Detachable 9-Round Magazine of .45-70 in 1884

April 11, 2020 Ian McCollum 15

This is lot #3213 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! Patented in 1884 […]

Semiauto Rifles

Brazil’s .30-06 Copy of the G43: The Mosquetão Semi-Automático M954

April 10, 2020 Ian McCollum 16

Sold for $5,750 with four other rifles at the February 2020 RIA Sporting & Collectors auction. In the aftermath of World War Two, Brazil decided to adopt a semiautomatic rifle for its military, in .30-06 […]

No Picture
carbine williams

M1 Carbine: A Whole New Class of Weapon

April 9, 2020 Ian McCollum 89

The United States developed the M1 carbine very quickly at the beginning of World War Two, once the German “blitzkrieg” made it clear that highly mobile enemy forces could threaten rear echelon troops in a […]

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