Heavy MGs
Kord: Russia’s New .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun
The Kord was developed to replace the Soviet NSV heavy machine gun. The NSV was developed in 1969 to replace the DShK, and it was a pretty good gun – but it was manufactured in […]
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Ammunition
Shooting Shaved Webley Revolvers (w/ Steinel Ammo)
Steinel Ammunition has started making a rather niche new product, but one that I think is quite convenient: .45 ACP downloaded to .455 Webley pressure. This is for use in Webley revolvers that were shaved […]
Anti-Tank Rifles
MACS M2: Croatian Anti-Material .50 Cal
Among the many firearms designed and built in Croatia under the duress of the Homeland War was the MACS M2, a single-shot anti-material rifle chambered for .50 BMG. Designed by an engineer named Jankovic, these […]
Book review
So You Want to Design Guns? You Need This Book.
“Firearm Anatomy Book III: The Remington Double Derringer” by David S. Findlay Available through Amazon: https://amzn.to/4daGdYy David S. Findlay is a firearms designer with extensive experience – a decades-long career in the field working for […]
Submachine Guns
Sten MkIII: A Children’s Toy Company Makes SMGs
Lines Brothers was a company in the UK that made sheet metal childrens’ toys prior to the war. When production of the Sten guns began, Lines Bros was a parts subcontractor. Their engineers analyzed the […]
Suppressor
PTR Vent Suppressor: 3D Printed Titanium Foam
PTR’s new “Vent” line of suppressors are a really cool use of new technology to better execute an old design concept. The idea is that forcing muzzle gasses through a porous material will work well […]
Submachine Guns
Romania’s AK-Based SMG: the LP7
Full cut with shooting segment in History of Weapons & War: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/lp7-smg-4k In the mid 1990s, UMC Cugir began looking at ways to adapt its AKM production tooling to make a 9mm submachine gun. What […]
Semiauto pistol
Glock 46: A Revolutionary Design Change
Except for the .22 rimfire Glock 44, all the pistols from the Austrian powerhouse Glock have shared the same fundamental mechanical system. They use the Browning tilting-barrel action, which has been long proven by many […]
Submachine Guns
Sten MkII: Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Simpler
The Sten MkI had barely been approved for production when the Sten MkII was born. Initially requested to produce a version of the gun suitable for paratroopers, in March 1941 Harold Turpin redesigned the front […]
Semiauto pistol
Arsenal Strike One: Russian Police Pistol Comes to the West
The Strike One pistol originated around 2011 as a collaboration between Nicola Bandini and Dimitry Streshinskiy as a pistol to replace the Makarov in Russian police use. By 2014 is was progressing very successfully through […]