Sniper Rifles
Estonia’s Much Better Sniper: the M14 TP2
The first Estonian sniper rifle built on the M14 was the “TP” – a very poorly done model with a lousy scope, worse mount, and unhelpful stock. These were made in 2000, and in 2008 […]
Rifles
Antiques
Enjoying Black Powder Episode 6: Berdan II
The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/berdan-2-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Steyrs for the Luftwaffe: The G29(ö) aka Gewehr 12/34
When the German government bought up the controlling interest in Steyr in 1938, they made use of its production facilities to start making rifles for the Luftwaffe. Steyr had tooling for the Mauser 98, but […]
Flintlock
French 1717 Rampart Musket from the American Revolution
American forces in the Revolutionary War took in a bunch of different types of surplus small arms, and one of the interesting ones was the French Model 1717 Rampart gun. When the French created the […]
Semiauto Rifles
SVD Dragunov: The First Purpose-Built DMR
The development of the Dragunov designated marksman’s rifle was spurred by the NATO adoption of the 7.62x51mm cartridge. The Red Army had standardized on a new suite of infantry weapons using the intermediate-sized 7.62x39mm round, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
The Hungarian Alternative: G98/40 Rifles in German Service
The German Wehrmacht was always hungry for more rifles during World War Two, and adopted substitute designs made in friendly (or subservient) countries when possible. Almost all of these were minor variations on the Mauser […]
Antiques
Enjoying Black Powder Episode 5: The Remington Rolling Block
The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/black-powder-ep-5-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]
Select-fire Rifles
The First Sturmgewehr: The MKb42(H)
The first iteration of the iconic German Sturmgewehr was developed by Haenel starting in 1938. It was a select-fire rifle chambered for the short 8x33mm cartridge, developed by the Polte company. It used a long-stroke […]
Bolt Action Rifles
G24(t): Germany’s Take on the Czechoslovakian vz24
When Germany took over Czechoslovakia, one of the things they did was buy out a controlling interest in what became known as Waffenwerke Brunn. Headquartered in Prague, the company had two factories; one in Brno […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Single-Rune bnz43 SS Contract K98k
In 1942, the SS devised a plan to rent out concentration camp labor to companies in the German armaments industry. Several different rifle production lines were set up to make use of this source of […]