Semiauto Rifles
Breda PG Photos
We recently had the opportunity to handle a Breda PG rifle. They were made in 1935 in Italy, and the only major sale made was to the government of Cost Rica (in 7mm Mauser). The […]
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Semiauto Rifles
Russian APS Underwater Assault Rifle
Today we have a manual for the Russian APS underwater assault rifle, thanks to our friend Hrachya. The APS (Avtomat Podvodnyj Spetsialnyj) was developed in the early 1970s as a way to provide greater firepower […]
Prototype
Navy .308 Garand Conversion
Back in the 1960s, the US Navy decided to rechamber a bunch of its M1 Garand rifles to 7.62 NATO. The proper way to do this would have been to simply put new 7.62 barrels […]
Semiauto Rifles
Swiss SK46
In the aftermath of World War II, Switzerland began looking into semiautomatic rifles to replace their K31 rifles. One of the resulting designs was the SK46, produced in very small numbers by SIG at Neuhausen […]
Semiauto Rifles
Scotti Model X photos
Back at the SAR West gun show in Phoenix, we came across a Scotti Model X rifle – and the owner was kind enough to let us take some photos. The Scotti was an experimental […]
Semiauto Rifles
How Business Gets Done – Deer Hunting with a Pedersen
Want someone to buy your rifle? Butter them up with a demo model to play with. It still works that way today, and eighty years ago it was the same way. We have an interesting […]
Semiauto Rifles
Brøndby Maskinpistol Model 1933
Fridtjof Brøndby was a Norwegian arms designer who created a number of self-loading rifle designs in the 1930s, including one which was submitted to the Norwegian Army for testing. He also developed a 7.62mm submachinegun, […]
Semiauto Rifles
PTR-44: A Semiauto Sturmgewehr
We had the opportunity to take a look at a PTR-44 semiauto reproduction of a German Sturmgewehr today, and it’s a gorgeous rifle. There were some issues reported by early owners (including miscut chambers due, […]
Sniper Rifles
WWI P14 Sniper photos
From our friend Steve Hill at Spotted Dog Firearms, we have a good set of photos of an original World War I Winchester (as a result of British trials, it was determined that Winchester made […]
Prototype
Prototype Italian MBT 1925 Rifle
We found this very unusual rifle at the SAR West show this year. It’s an Italian prototype selfloading rifle, but we don’t know much more than we can infer from an inspection. Our friend MGMike […]