Commentary
Machine Gun Corps Monument
London has a whole lot of monuments, but there is one in particular that anyone into firearms history should visit, and that is the official monument to the Machine Gun Corps. The Corps was formed […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Handgun
Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver
The Webley-Fosbery was an early automatic handgun based on a revolver design. The top half of the frame was able to slide back under recoil, recocking the hammer and indexing the next round in the […]
Heavy MGs
Vintage Saturday: Desperation
Tomorrow is Armistice Day, and we should all take a few quiet moments to reflect on the nature of war. For all its glamorization, war is the tragic and cruel destruction of life and we […]
Machine pistol
Lercker machine pistol
We don’t have very much information on today’s forgotten weapon, which is an Italian machine pistol designed by a gunsmith named Lercker. He worked for Beretta, but also had his own shop, where he designed […]
Gunsmithing
Cool Extras
I have some extra neat stuff this week, so I figured I’d combine a couple things in another post this morning. First up is the first really cool Tumblr page I’ve run across: Rare Antique […]
Book review
Book Review: Pistols of World War I
Today’s book is Pistols of World War I, by Robert J. Adamek. It’s a good overview of all the significant handguns used by combatants on both sides of the war (90 pistols among 16 countries). […]
Semiauto Rifles
French RSC Modele 1917 selfloading rifle
The French government had run a series of semiautomatic rifle trials in 1913 and had several designs with a lot of potential, like the A6 Meunier. In fact, most of the designs had dropped the […]
Uncategorized
Machine Gun Manuals DVD on sale
Remember, this week only our Machine Gun Manuals DVD is on sale at 30% off – pick up your copy before the sale ends!
Submachine Guns
Comparison Video: MP41 & Beretta 38/44
We had the chance to shoot a couple of the lesser-known submachine guns used in World War II, a German MP41 and an Italian Beretta 38/44. Both are pretty typically submachine guns, firing 9mm Luger […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: MOUT
Japanese Type 3 HMG on a wheeled cart – photo courtesy of Max Popenker.