Artillery
Bofors 40mm L/60
The Bofors 40mm gun is one of the outstanding designs in light artillery – it was originally designed in 1932, and is still in use today with only minor modifications (and much improved targeting controls). […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Semiauto Rifles
Beretta AR-70
There was a period in the 80s when a lot of new evil black rifles were being developed and manufactured around the world, and import laws changed just as they were beginning to be imported […]
Semiauto pistol
The Astra 903 – Nothing New in Advertising
Maybe it’s just me, but I always get a kick out of really over-the-top vintage advertising. I think that we can agree that the Astra 900 series is (and always has been) a nifty family […]
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EX-17 Heligun
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the M-134 Minigun that was used in Vietnam on aircraft – a 7.62 NATO rotary gun with a 3000RPM rate of fire. But have you seen its competitor, the […]
Light MGs
Maxim LMG 08/15 video
We have another pretty cool machine gun today, thanks again to Steve Hill at Spotted Dog Firearms in Arizona. It’s an aerial Maxim gun, based on the 08/15 infantry Maxim. The 08/15 was a lightened […]
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Maxim Silencer: It Will Pay You to Know About it!
It may have been his father’s total deafness from years of demonstrating the Maxim Gun that led Hiram Percy Maxim to develop the first successful rifle suppressor, or maybe firearms were was just in his […]
Light MGs
Hotchkiss Portative video
The Hotchkiss Portative was the British variation of a light machine gun used widely in World War I. It was also used by the French, Belgian, and American armies (In the US, it was adopted […]
Semiauto Rifles
FN FNC Disassembly
We have another video for you today, this time on the FN FNC carbine. These were developed in the 70s and 80s, and saw some limited military and commercial success. We have a civilian US-imported […]
Prototype
Fusil Mexico
This rare example of a Fusil Mexico surfaced at a gun show earlier this year, and we are fortunate enough to have acquired a number of photos of it (if the new owner reads this, […]
Semiauto Rifles
Sig AMT disassembly video
The Sig AMT is one of the orphans of the .308 autoloader world here in the US. They were imported in small numbers many years ago, and then the supply dried up.Lots of folks have […]