Semiauto pistol
New Laugo Creator 500 Alien at the Range
Today I’m taking the new Laugo Alien out to the range to see if it matches up to the original. Spoiler, it does – and it’s even better. The new grip angle is much more […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Select-fire Rifles
AFN-49: The Forgotten Full-Auto Brother of the FN-49
0:00 Introduction and Overview of the AFN 49 1:23 Detailed Insight into the AFN 49’s Global Presence 3:01 Demonstration and Explanation of the AFN’s Unique Features 5:05 Auto Trip Feature: A Deep Dive 7:27 Unique […]
Prototype
Zastava M51: A Compact Yugoslav Prototype SMG
The Zastava M51 is a prototype Yugoslav submachine gun developed before the adoption of the M56. It uses elements of the Beretta M38 (namely the captive recoil spring system) and PPSh-41 (the selector switch and […]
Interview
Correcting Gun Myths w/ Bloke on the Range: StGs, Carbines, and M16s
#1: The AK is copied from the Sturmgewehr #2: Mattel made M16s #3: Chinese jackets in Korea stopped .30 Carbine rounds 0:00 Introduction and discussion on the Lynx Brutality match in Slovenia 0:28 Debunking and […]
General Purpose MGs
SS77: South Africa Builds a GPMG on the Shoulders of Giants
In the 1970s, South Africa began looking for a domestic-production GMPG to replace its inventory of FN MAG machine guns. The MAG was an excellent weapon, but the ones in South Africa were getting old […]
Semiauto pistol
Improved Laugo Alien for the American Market: The Creator 500
When the original Laugo Alien came out, it was designed with a grip angle rather steeper than a lot of people (including most Americans, it seems) preferred. In response, Laugo redesigned the grip to be […]
Semiauto pistol
A Professional Warlord Copy of the FN 1900 from the Nanjing Arsenal
Interested in more pistols from the Chinese warlord era? Check out my book “Pistols of the Warlords”, now in stock and shipping at: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/chinese-pistols One of the professional factory-made Chinese warlord-era copies of the FN […]
Competition
Egyptian 2-Gun: Rasheed and Browning High Power
We just looked at the Rasheed (and it’s Iraqi sibling the Baghdad) and today I’m taking it out to the monthly 2-Gun match. I’m pairing it with a United Arab Republic contract Browning High Power, […]
Artillery
Japanese Type 96 150mm Howitzer (Guadalcanal)
Like the smaller 105mm field gun, the Imperial Japanese Army essentially copied a French Schneider design for their 150mm howitzer, adopted in 1936 as the Type 96. It was produced by the Osaka Arsenal from […]
Semiauto Rifles
Baghdad Carbine: Iraq’s Super-Rare Copy of the Rasheed
In 1974, Iraq and Egypt were still on good relations, and Egypt sold Iraq a batch of 300 Rasheed carbines and the production tooling to manufacture them. Iraq quickly set up production and began making […]