Select-fire Rifles
The New CZ Bren 3: What Did They Change?
From the Mauser bolt action to the AK and AR, all new military rifles take time to perfect. With the Bren 3, CZ is now on the third iteration of the Bren platform, having gone […]
Rifles
Semiauto Rifles
The RK 62 M3 Clone I Used for Finnish Brutality 2024
This year at Finnish Brutality 2024, I was able to use a semiauto clone of a Finnish military RK 62 M3 rifle. This is the latest upgrade to the Finnish issued RK 62 rifle. Starting […]
Competition
The Best Match Ever: Finnish Brutality 2024 (Day 1)
Finnish Brutality 2024 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka, a Finnish military […]
Select-fire Rifles
SR3 Vikhr: Russian 9x39mm PDW
The SR-3 Vikhr is mechanically based on the AS-VAL and VSS Vintorez rifles, but built to be a very compact personal defensive weapon instead of a silenced rifle. Still chambered for 9×39, the Vikhr is […]
Semiauto Rifles
Estonian R20L DMR Clone at the Range
Today we are out at the range with a semiauto clone of the Estonian R20L “Rahe” designated marksman’s rifle. These rifles are based on the LMT MARS-H platform, with a few tweaks requested by the […]
Select-fire Rifles
Type 63: China Makes an AK/SKS Hybrid
Starting in 1960, China ran a program to develop an infantry rifle that would combine the accuracy of the SKS with the firepower of the AK. The result was the Type 63, which used the […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
wz.35: Poland’s Remarkably Misunderstood Antitank Rifle
Polish wz. 35 ATR by Leszek Erenfeicht In 1929 Maj. Tadeusz Felsztyn [TADEUSH FELSHTEEN], Scientific Director of the Central Shooting School in Torun (a chief firearms research and instruction institution in Poland between 1919 and […]
Select-fire Rifles
Estonian R20L Designated Marksman’s Rifle in 7.62x51mm
Alongside their new 5.56mm R20 infantry rifles, Estonia has recently adopted the LMT 7.62x51mm MARS-H as its new designated marksman’s rifle; the R20L. These rifles were part of a single rifle contract, with the vast […]
Semiauto Rifles
H&K USC: Civilian Version of the UMP Submachine Gun
Heckler & Koch introduced the UMP submachine gun as a successor to the MP5, with a particular focus on American law enforcement agencies (hence its initial development in .45 ACP). The UMP never has come […]
Prototype
WF-54: The Swiss FG-42 Scaled up to 7.5×55
After World War Two the Swiss needed a new self-loading military rifle to replace their K-31 bolt actions. Two major design tracks followed; one being a roller-delayed system based on the G3 at SIG and […]