Semiauto Rifles
North Vietnamese SKS
North Vietnam set up a small arms factory north of Hanoi (12km north of Yên Bái, to be specific) with the assistance of Chinese factory #296, starting in 1959. The goal was for this to […]
Semiauto Rifles
Competition
AZ PCC Championship: 10 Stages of Hotchkiss Universal!
Every year, the Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club host’s the Arizona PCC (Pistol-Caliber Carbine) Championships. I signed up initially planning to use my Calico carbine, but my travel schedule kept me form getting the gun in […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
Big-Bore Simplicity: the Serbu BFG-50A
The Serbu BFG-50A is one of only a couple self-loading .50 caliber rifles manufactured in the US. Work on its design began in 2008, and the first finished examples were produced in 2011. A total […]
Semiauto Rifles
The CETME-L and the CETME-LC at the Range
Today I am out at the range to do some side-by-side shooting with the CETME-L and the CETME-LC. These are both MarColMar examples, in the original Spanish military configuration (ie, iron sights only). The LC […]
Semiauto Rifles
CETME LC: Last of the Roller-Delayed Carbines
The Spanish adopted the 5.56mm CETME-L rifle in the mid 1980s, although they only used it until the late 1990s, when it was replaced by the G36. One of the sub variants made was the […]
Gunsmithing
Elbonian Prototype Hakim LMG
Pre-order your Elbonian shirt or poster here! Pre-orders will be open for two weeks before the shirts are printed and ship. Orders after that are subject to availability. Elbonia had a brief partnership with Egypt […]
Semiauto Rifles
Norinco 84S: China Makes a 5.56mm AK Specifically for the US
Lot 1685 in the RIA September 2020 Premier auction. With the commercial success of the semiauto Type 56S AK rifles in the US, Norinco looked for other options for export rifles to sell. Given the […]
Semiauto Rifles
CETME-L Comparison: HMG and MarColMar
Today, a comparison between a semiauto CETME-L rifle from MarColMar Firearms and one from HMG (albeit an example I built myself).
Semiauto Rifles
Calico Reliability Testing: Round #2
When I ran my Calico carbine through the PCC course of fire last month, I was rather surprised to see it run through 150 rounds without any malfunctions. I plan to continue shooting it without […]
Competition
Competition with a Galil R5 and Armson OEG
Today I headed to the monthly 2-Gun match (which is rifle-only for this month) with a semiauto Galil R5 clone outfitted with an Armson OEG (Occluded Eye Gunsight). This particular OEG has a base specifically […]