Semiauto Rifles
Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS
This rifle will be sold at Rock Island in their Spring 2019 Premiere auction – it was moved after this video was filmed. Sorry! One of the rarest patterns of the SKS is the East […]
Semiauto Rifles
Prototype
Vickers-Berthier 1919 US Trials Rifle (Second Type)
This rifle sold for $31,625 at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. After designing the bolt action rifle that bears his name, Andre Berthier went on to experiment with self-loading designs. He developed a light […]
Semiauto Rifles
Sport Systeme Dittrich Semiauto BD-38 (MP-38)
Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany is a manufacturer of a remarkably wide range of reproduction German World War Two small arms (including the FG42, StG-44, G43, MP-3008, MP-35, and VG1-5 as well as the MP-38). […]
Prototype
Tommy Steele’s TS V: Integrally Suppressed 9mm Carbine
Thanks to a friend in South Africa, we have a chance today to take a look at one of the five prototypes of Tommy Steele’s TS V semiauto carbine. This thing is completely ambidextrous (including […]
Prototype
Mauser C98: The System That Cost Paul Mauser an Eye
One of Paul Mauser’s lifelong projects was the design of a semiautomatic rifle for the German military. He would go through a multitude of different designs searching for something that would be sufficiently reliable, durable, […]
Reproduction
Brownells BRN-10A: A Retro Cold War AR-10 Reproduction
Companion shooting video on InRangeTV: https://youtu.be/a91nJOD31Lk We have a new Brownells BRN-10A reproduction AR-10 to take a look at today, hot off the production line! Brownells is making both AR-15 and AR-10 rifles in their […]
Semiauto Rifles
S&W 1940 Light Rifles: Receiver Breakage is a Problem
Mark I Mark II Designed in 1939 by S&W engineer Edward Pomeroy, the S&W Light Rifle is an extremely well manufactured but rather poorly thought out carbine. It is a 9mm Parabellum open-bolt, semiautomatic, blowback […]
bullpup
Valmet’s Bullpup: The M82
RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The Valet M82 is a bullpup conversion of the Valmet M76 rifle, originally designed in the hopes of attracting Finnish military interest for paratroopers. These initial military rifles were […]
Prototype
Thompson’s .30-06 1923 Autorifle: Blish Strikes Again
RIA’s catalog page for this rifle This is a Model 1923 Thompson Autoloading Rifle, one of a batch of 20 made by Colt for US military testing in 1924. The system is designed on the […]
Semiauto Rifles
The Original CETME Mars Importation
RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The CETME Model C would be the basis for the wildly successful H&K 91 / G3 rifle, and a small batch of CETME rifles was brought into the United […]