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Home2021October

Month: October 2021

Aircraft MGs

British .303 Browning Mk II* Aircraft Machine Gun

October 19, 2021 Ian McCollum 31

Britain began the process of replacing its Vickers aircraft machine guns with a new Colt/Browning design in 1935, with its adoption of the Colt MG40. This was essentially John Browning’s air cooled M1919 machine gun […]

Antiques

Daniels’ Seven-Shot Smoothbore Turret Musket

October 18, 2021 Ian McCollum 21

There were a surprising number of different revolving rifles produced in the United States in the mid 1800s, including a number of turret rifles like this one. Specifically, we have here a 7-shot, approximately .55 […]

Competition

BUG Match with a 98-Year-Old 6.35mm Le Français

October 16, 2021 Ian McCollum 39

Today I’m at the BackUp Gun Match in Tucson with a first model Le Français made in 1923. This is an early French semiauto pistol design intended for pocket carry. It has a 7-round magazine […]

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Vickers “K” – For Aircraft and the SAS/Long Range Desert Group

October 15, 2021 Ian McCollum 32

The Vickers “K” Class gun – also known as the Vickers Gas Operated – was the gun the Vickers company thought would replace the heavy water-cooled Vickers and allow them to remain primary machine gun […]

Ian's Customs

Ians Customs: Left-Handed G3

October 14, 2021 Ian McCollum 30

I used to say that one really common and popular rifle that I really didn’t like was the H&K G3. Well, putting together this rifle for myself really changed my opinion. The roller locking system […]

Select-fire Rifles

RK95: Finland’s Ultimate AK

October 13, 2021 Ian McCollum 14

Finland adopted the AK in 7.62x39mm after World War Two, and continues to use the AK to this day. The standard pattern RK62 was starting to fall a bit short, and so in the late […]

Bolt Action Rifles

A Tour of PGM Precision: Home of the Ultima Ratio and Hecate II

October 12, 2021 Ian McCollum 3

Today, I have the opportunity to take a look inside PGM Precision, in Annecy France. Ever been curious about where the Ultima Ratio and Hecate II come from? Let’s have a look! Note: PGM’s US […]

Bolt Action Rifles

American Mausers: The Hopkins & Allen Model 1889 for Belgium

October 11, 2021 Ian McCollum 12

When World War One began, German armies roared through Belgium, occupying all but a small corner of the nation. Belgium still had an army to defend that last bit of territory, but it no longer […]

Submachine Guns

Stemple STG-M1A (Thompson) at the Range

October 9, 2021 Ian McCollum 31

The STG-M1A certainly looks and feels like a Thompson, but does it shoot like a Thompson? Let’s find out!

Submachine Guns

Stemple 76/45 + Russian Lend-Lease Thompson Kit = STG-M1A

October 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

The modularity and clever design of the Stemple Takedown Gun is perhaps best illustrated by the STG-M1A and STG-1928 (these are the same gun with either a horizontal or vertical front grip). In the early […]

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