Semiauto Rifles
Vintage Friday: Russians
Russian troops with SVT-40 rifles in a particularly photogenic framing. My book review planned for today isn’t quite done yet, so I’m changing up the schedule a bit.
Rifles
Bolt Action Rifles
A Rifle of Many Travels
I was visiting a friend recently (James, who runs Tombstone Territorial Firearms, which you should definitely visit if you are ever in Tombstone – it’s a remarkably well-stocked shop), and he had pulled out a […]
Single Shot Rifles
Sharps-Borchardt M1878 at RIA (Video)
The M1878 was the last new rifle produced by the Sharps company before it went out of business in 1881. It was the invention of none other than German gun designer Hugo Borchardt, better known […]
Semiauto Rifles
Standard Arms Model G Rifles at RIA (Video)
Right at the beginning of the 20th century, there were 3 options on the market for semiauto commercial sporting rifles in the US: the Remington Model 8, the Winchester 1905/1907 Self-Loader, and the Standard Arms […]
Handgun
Khyber Pass Martini Pistol at RIA (Video)
The Khyber Pass is a well known center of arms production, with gunmaking there going back at least 100 years. The quality of craftsmanship varies greatly, from excellent and safe weapons to thoroughly unsafe guns […]
Semiauto Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Not the Best Choice
A postcard photo from May 1918 (sent to me by Shane M. – thanks, Shane!). Featuring Arthur L. Potts, 103rd MG Co. 26th Division. The Standard Arms Model G rifle he’s holding was a direct […]
Revolving Rifles
Mexican Pieper Revolving Carbine
I often find myself answering the question, why didn’t anybody adopt a revolving rifle based on the M1895 gas-seal Nagant revolver? It does seem like a natural solution to the gas-related problems inherent to a […]
Semiauto Rifles
Mud testing: M1A, MAS 49/56, AR
I’m at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas today (and the rest of the week), and when you read this I will probably be desperately trying to wade through the sea of AR15s in search […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Enfield No5 “Jungle Carbine” Video
The No.5 MkI Enfield, commonly called the “jungle carbine” is nearly the shortest-lived rifle in British military service (second to the Rifle No.9, aka EM-2). Introduced in 1944, they were declared obsolete in 1947 as […]
Select-fire Rifles
Modern Take on the Sturmgewehr, and a Mile Long Shot to Kill
Two things today… First up, I recently had a chance to tinker with a rifle made by Brethren Arms, which is in many ways the modern evolution of the StG-45 that we looked at in […]