Bolt Action Rifles
M91/30 PU Sniper at the Range
Today we are out at the range with a 1943 Izhevsk M91/30 PU sniper rifle to see how it shoots… For more, check out the 9 Hole Reviews video taking a 91/30 PU on their […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Reproduction
Armi Jager AP85: An Italian .22 Rimfire Faux-MAS
Armi Jager was an Italian arms-making company that was created in the early 1950s by Armando Piscetta. He initially made .22 rimfire sporting rifles, then transitioned into making Old West style revolvers, and in the […]
Prototype
Patchett Machine Carbine MkI: Sten Becomes Sterling
The Patchett Machine Carbine Mk I is the predecessor to the Sterling SMG. It was developed by George William Patchett, who was an employee of the Sterling company. At the beginning of the war, Sterling […]
Prototype
Prototype Czech Silencer-Ready vz70
Courtesy of CZ and their reference library, we are looking at a prototype model of the vz.70 pistol intended to use a suppressor. It has an extended and threaded (with interrupted threads for quick attach/detach) […]
Accessories
Suomi Noisemaker Training Magazine
No blank-firing adapter? No money for practice ammo? What you need is a wooden clicky-clacky noisemaker that locks into your Suomi!
Light MGs
DSA’s Modernized Mini-RPD at the Range
Full video available at all of these sites: History of Weapons & War Patreon Playeur Floatplane Today I am at the range with one of DSA’s mini-RPDs. The RPD is a nearly 80-year-old design (doesn’t […]
Gunsmithing
Ultra-Premium S&W Performance Center Model 3566
When Smith & Wesson introduced their Model 3566 pistol for USPSA use, the company shooting team needed six of them for use at the 1994 USPSA Nationals. The Performance Center made these six guns, and […]
Uncategorized
Update: Clockwork Basilisk Books on the Way!
Want to help us cover our extra shipping costs? All of Headstamp Publishing’s books are available at: https://www.headstamppublishing.com If you have changed addresses since ordering Clockwork Basilisk, please head over to Backerkit now to update […]
Commentary
Everything Wrong with the Sniper Rifles in “Enemy at the Gates”
One of the very few blockbuster American movies about the Eastern Front in World War Two is Enemy at the Gates, a film about the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaitsev. The movie is based around a […]
Prototype
PT83: The Sneaky Silenced Version of Poland’s P83 Pistol
When the P-83 pistol went into production, the Polish military decided that it wanted a dedicated suppressed version of the gun, and the result was the PT-83. Thw P-83 was a 9x18mm pistol with a […]