Semiauto pistol

The P.08 Luger and 1860 Army in Slow Motion

July 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

With my handy new high-speed video camera, I’ve started taking some footage of interesting guns operating. First up is the Luger: The camera will do 500 frames/sec at very high quality, and just under 18,000 […]

2-Gun Action with a Remington Model 8 (Video)

July 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 29

For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, I decided to shoot my Remington Model 8 in .300 Savage. It’s a semiauto sporting rifle designed by John Browning, which went into production in 1906. It’s a […]

Ole Krag’s Experimental Pistol: Made By Norinco

July 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 37

In 1908, Ole Krag (the same man associated with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle) applied for a US patent on an automatic pistol design. This design, along with many others, would be submitted to the Norwegian military […]

Book Review: United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers

July 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

Pre-WWI American handguns are an area that I am pretty weak in, and I’m working to remedy that. One of the initial resources I picked up was Arcadi Gluckman’s United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers. […]

Rock Island Regional Auction – July 2014

July 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

Yep, it’s time for another Rock Island Regional Auction this coming weekend! These are typically less valuable guns than the Premier auctions, and most of the lots include multiple guns instead of just one. Sometimes […]

Vintage Saturday: Assassination

June 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 59

Precisely 100 years ago today, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip (through a rather intricate series of coincidences) managed to assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. From this localized (and botched, in many […]

The P.08 Luger and 1860 Army in Slow Motion

2-Gun Action with a Remington Model 8 (Video)

Ole Krag’s Experimental Pistol: Made By Norinco

Book Review: United States Martial Pistols and Revolvers

Rock Island Regional Auction – July 2014

Vintage Saturday: Assassination

Mossberg’s Combat .45

Margolin Target Pistols (Video)

Accidently Abidextrous or Hands on with the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer

Savage Prototype .38ACP Autopistol