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Book Review: The Book of Rifles by W.H.B and Joseph E. Smith
This is an excellent book to start a firearms library with. It has a lot of great information for a very affordable cost – I found my copy for $3 at a gun show, but […]
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Book Review: Guns of the Ghurkas / Treasure is Where You Find it
Today we’re looking at two books on the subject of Nepalese firearms. The video goes a bit longer than usual, but the story behind these books is a really cool one – a lost time […]
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Book Review: Sub-Machine Gun, by Max Popenker and Anthony Williams
Today we’re looking at a new book by Maxim Popenker and Anthony G. Williams, Sub-Machine Gun. It should come as no surprise that a collaboration between these two folks results in an excellent reference book […]
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Book Review: Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine
Today we take a look at Bruce Canfield’s Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine. This is one of Canfield’s earlier books, and is now out of print. It is still available, though, […]
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Video Book Review: Japanese Rifles of WWII, by Duncan McCollum
If you need a resource on the incremental changes to the major Japanese rifles over the course of WWII, Japanese Rifles of World War II is just the thing for you. Focusing on the Type […]
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Video Book Review: Mexican Military Arms, by James Hughes
James Hughes’ Mexican Military Arms is a pretty good book on a subject not often written about. It covers all the rifles used by the Mexican Army (both locally designed and purchased elsewhere) from the […]
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Video Book Review: Textbook of Automatic Pistols
Every pile of dusty old books you find at a gun show has a zillion reprints of Cartridges of the World and how-to pamphlets on stock refinishing from 1960. But occasionally you’ll find a real […]
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Book Review: Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World
I borrowed this book from a friend to take a look through, and not I really don’t want to give it back. I always buy myself a book or two after Christmas, and this is […]
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Book Review: AK47 – The Grim Reaper by Frank Iannamico
Frank Iannamico’s recently published AK47 – The Grim Reaper is an excellent resource for AK collectors and enthusiasts. It covers all the production AK variants from about a dozen countries, which include virtually every type […]
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Book Review: “The Mosin-Nagant Rifle” by Terence Lapin
I was at a gun show recently and found some unusual Mosin Nagant rifles, but didn’t know enough to identify them and gauge their value. So I bought them just in case, and then I […]