Mystery
Mystery Swede
We found these photos of a Swedish semiauto conversion, and have no information on the design. Have you seen this rifle? Any insights? The only reason we’re even saying it’s Swedish is the “Stockholms Vapenfabrik” […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
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Merry Christmas!
I’m not much for the commercialization of the day, so I’m spending it out at the range with some new goodies. The blog will return tomorrow with some Mexican rifle photos!
Semiauto Rifles
FS2000 at the Range
Yep, it’s a rifle that’s barely 15 years old – but I think it’s on its way to becoming a Forgotten Weapon. So today we have a video on FN’s FS2000 black rifle. It was […]
Heavy MGs
Semiauto pistol
Clair Automatic Pistol
The French Clair pistol of 1893 is one of the lesser known and least documented early automatic pistols, and unusual in its method of operation as well. The majority of the successful early automatics (the […]
Book review
Book Review: The Whitney Wolverine
The Whitney Wolverine (aka Whitney, Lightning, or Hillson Imperial) was a very space-age looking .22 automatic pistol designed by Robert Hillberg in the 1950s. It made novel use of materials (aluminum castings) and many clever […]
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Solutions and Legislators
So, President Obama has announced his intention to push a new assault weapons ban. This is hardly surprising – and if he succeeds it will do no more good than the previous ban did to […]
Medium MGs
Dead End: MG 39 Rh
or Louis Stange’s Forgotten Machine Gun by Leszek Erenfeicht and Jan Skramoušský The museum at the Military Historical Institute of Prague in Czech Republic has got a great many unique and experimental firearms, both of […]
Light MGs
Flapper Locking video
By request, today we’re going to look at one of the less common locking systems used in firearms design: flapper locking. The idea was first patented by a Swede named Friberg in 1870, but a […]
cannon
Dolf Goldsmith and his 37mm Bofors
Dolf Goldsmith is one of the coolest old-timer gun folks we’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. Not only is he a bona fide expert on a wide range of firearms and a prolific author […]