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Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver

June 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 28
Patented in 1896 and going into production in 1901, the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver was the brainchild of British Col. George Vincent Fosbery, VC. Fosbery was a career military officer who had served in India for […]
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Commentary

Introduction to Collecting Seminar

June 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 28
So, I was doing a bunch of driving this past weekend and had lots of time to think (a dangerous thing). Well, the thought occurred to me that folks might be interested in an “Introduction […]
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Revolver

Webley-Fosbery Auto-Revolver (Video)

June 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 28
We shot a video on the Webley-Fosbery last year, but it was in a dark room and with a low-resolution camera. I’ve since had another opportunity to handle one of these very interesting pistols, and […]
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Matchlock

Fighting Fair is Fighting Stupid

June 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 22
An excerpt from Guns on the Early Frontiers, on the subject of Spanish matchlock muskets in the colonial Americas: In 1576, a Captain Solis, commander of the Garrison at San Felipe, in the vicinity of […]
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Select-fire Rifles

Vintage Saturday: Nazi Zorro

June 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 41
German Skijäger troops with Sturmgewehr rifles in the Ukraine, February 1944. Note how two of the guys in the background are using ski poles as shooting sticks. If there had been more of these guys […]
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bullpup

Brazilian LAPA FA Modelo 03

June 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 32
Today we have another article by Ronaldo Olive, reprinted with his permission. This was originally published in Jane’s Defense Weekly in 1984, when the LAPA FA-03 was still more or less in prototype phase – […]
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Book review

Book Review: The Military Remington Rolling Block Rifle

June 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 7
During the latter half of the 1800s, a significant fraction of the world’s military forces were being armed by the Remington brothers, and their factory in Ilion, New York. The Remington Rolling Block was one […]
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Mystery

Mystery Chinese Pistol

June 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 33
I’m sure everyone has heard a second or third hand story about someone finding a total steal on a gun at an estate sale or auction. Heck, I’ve had a few great moments that start […]
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Commentary

New Season of Top Shot

June 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 13
Reality-type TV shows about guns and shooting can be a bit of a divisive subject for gunnies, and I’m personally not a fan of any of them – with one exception. The problem is that […]
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Semiauto pistol

Savage .45 ACP (Video)

June 3, 2013 Ian McCollum 18
In the first years of the 20th century, the US military was looking for a new standard sidearm in a .45-caliber cartridge, and set up a series of trials to choose one. The entrants to […]

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