Crude Copies
The Worst AK Build I Have Ever Seen, Bar None
This AK was purchased by someone I know, and it is so utterly awful that I just had to put it on camera. I’m obscured the name of the shop that did the build because […]
Month: June 2020
Grenade Launcher
S&W Chemical Company 37mm Gas Gun
The Smith & Wesson company was purchased by the Bangor Punta conglomerate in 1964, and BP also owned one of the early pioneers in police tear gas products, the Lake Erie Chemical Company. Once it […]
Accessories
High Speed Low Drag in the 30s: Arisaka QD Sling
People tend to think of quick-detach slings as the stuff of nylon and fast-ex buckles, but these things have actually been around for a long time. One example is this Japanese Arisaka sling. Using two […]
Uncategorized
Luxembourg Model 1884 Gendarmerie Nagant
The military of Luxembourg chose to purchase Nagant revolvers in the 1880s, and they got three different models. The most interesting of these was the Model 1884 for the Gendarmerie, which was chambered for the […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Berthier with a Chauchat Magazine at the Range
Today I am out at the range to put the first shots through a completed replica of the French Chauchat-magazine Berthier conversion. The real versions of these guns were made on Mle 1890 cavalry carbines […]
Engraved
Walther Q5 “Arabesque”: Art in the Form of a Match Pistol
Engraved pistols are not just the domain of antiques; they are being made right now, on the most modern platforms. This is the “Arabesque”, a project between Walther and Bottega Incisioni Giovanelli. The base gun […]
Commentary
Restoring Sporterized Military Rifles for Fun and…Probably not Profit
I get a fair number of questions about restoring sporterized rifles, so I figured I should address them in a stand-alone video…
Bayonet
M44L: The Experimental Midlength Folding-Bayonet Mosin Nagant
Courtesy of The Mosin Crate, we have a Soviet “M44L” today. This was an intermediate length (24 inch barrel) pattern of the Mosin Nagant rifle with an M44-style permanently attached folding spike bayonet. Developed in […]
Bolt Action Rifles
M91/41: A Step Back From the M38 and the Last Carcano
In my opinion, the M38 Carcano as a very insightfully designed infantry rifle for World War Two, acknowledging the real-world use conditions of such weapons. With the M91/41 (aka M41), Italy took a step back […]
Semiauto pistol
FN 1900 for the Russian Imperial Army Fencing & Gymnastics School
We have an FN 1900 to look at today that was purchased by the Russian Imperial Army’s primary Gymnastics and Fencing School (Главная гимнастическо-фехтовальная школа). That was an institution established in 1909 to train officers […]