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Home2020September

Month: September 2020

Semiauto pistol

Custom 1932 Longslide Walther PP For Swiss Target Shooting

September 30, 2020 Ian McCollum 23

In 1932, Walther made 10 custom long-barreled PP pistols for the Swiss target shooting community, sold through Glaser in Switzerland. These pistols had 127mm (5 inch) barrels chambered for .32 ACP, a fine satin “Verchromt” […]

Accessories

Vintage Match Gear: P.J. O’Hare Sight Covers & Tool

September 29, 2020 Ian McCollum 4

Specialized hobbies have always been a market for specialized gear, and competitive target shooting is a perfect example. Today, we have a set of P.J. O’Hare sight covers form the 1920s or 30s, along with […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Lee Metford and Lee Enfield Carbines for the Cavalry

September 28, 2020 Ian McCollum 13

When the Lee magazine rifle was adopted for British military service, it was initially produced as a long rifle for the infantry. To accommodate the cavalry on horseback, a much more compact carbine version was […]

Competition

Taurus Curve: My Worst Backup Gun Match Yet!

September 26, 2020 Ian McCollum 45

A little while back during the summer I went to our monthly Backup Gun Match with, of all things, a Taurus Curve. Why do I even own one of those? Well, I found one new […]

Anti-Tank Rifles

Big-Bore Simplicity: the Serbu BFG-50A

September 25, 2020 Ian McCollum 35

The Serbu BFG-50A is one of only a couple self-loading .50 caliber rifles manufactured in the US. Work on its design began in 2008, and the first finished examples were produced in 2011. A total […]

Book review

Book Review: U.S. Small Arms of World War II by Bruce Canfield

September 24, 2020 Ian McCollum 13

Bruce Canfield’s newly released book, “U.S. Small Arms of World War II”, is a book that attempts to cover a huge amount of material from bayonets to mortars and recoilless rifles. Where most books of […]

Revolver

Brazilian 1883 Nagant Revolver: The .44 Henry Rides Again!

September 23, 2020 Ian McCollum 10

In 1883, the Brazilian government decided to purchase 3,000 new revolvers, and they chose the Mauser Model 1878 “Zigzag” to procure. The officer charged with making the purchase in Europe, however, appears to have done […]

Video

What Guns Should I Collect?

September 22, 2020 Ian McCollum 32

I have had a number of people email me saying that they are interested in starting a gun collection, and what would I say they should collect? I think this is a fundamentally erroneous approach […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Origins of the Lee Enfield Rifle: Lee Metford Updates

September 21, 2020 Ian McCollum 16

The Lee Metford MkI had scarcely been introduced when it was modified into the MkI* pattern, This was quickly followed by the MkII and MkII*, the Lee Enfield MkI, and Lee Enfield MkI*. In essence, […]

Semiauto Rifles

The CETME-L and the CETME-LC at the Range

September 19, 2020 Ian McCollum 2

Today I am out at the range to do some side-by-side shooting with the CETME-L and the CETME-LC. These are both MarColMar examples, in the original Spanish military configuration (ie, iron sights only). The LC […]

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