Book review
Book Review: The Great Remington 8
I bought a Remington Model 8 a couple months back, and I’ve been remiss in not putting together a video on it – it’s a very neat rifle. Instead (for the time being), I figured […]
Video
Semiauto pistol
Roth-Steyr 1907 Pistol (Video)
We had the chance to dig into a Roth Steyr 1907 selfloading pistol recently, and put together a video on it. The pistol is quite unusual, with a fixed internal magazine, rotating barrel locking system, […]
Interview
John Garand on US Weapons Development (Video)
Thanks to a tip from Big Al last week, we found a couple minutes of video of John Garand talking about the development of US small arms. It was buried in an episode of “The […]
Semiauto Rifles
Ljungman AG42B Video
Being right in the depths of winter, it seemed like a good time to take a Scandinavian rifle out to the range. Specifically, a Swedish Ljungman AG-42B. This is one of the few semiauto military […]
Competition
Action Match Video: Leader T2 and Ballester Molina
I’m always up for the chance to put unusual guns through practical trials, so I jumped at the chance to try out the 2-Gun Action Challenge Match north of Tucson AZ this past weekend. For […]
Book review
Book Review: Central Powers Pistols by Jan Still
Central Powers Pistols, by Jan Still, is a bit of a neither-fish-nor-fowl book. It has many more and better quality photos than most heavy-duty reference works, but also has much more detailed information (particularly on […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle
The M47 Madsen “Lightweight Military Rifle” was the last military bolt action rifle designed to be a primary infantry rifle, and it is a bit hard to see just who Madsen thought they could sell […]
Light MGs
Vickers-Berthier LMG Video
The Vickers-Berthier was a light machine gun that competed with the Bren unsuccessfully for British military use but was adopted by the Indian Army. We had the opportunity to handle a pair of them (an […]
Book review
Book Review: Johnson Rifles and Machine Guns
Most folks are aware of the M1941 Johnson semiauto rifle, which competed valiantly but unsuccessfully withthe M1 Garand for the position of standard US service rifle during WWII. What most people aren’t as familiar with […]
Video
Vltor Shop Tour (Video)
It’s a video kind of week this week…we’re at the SHOT Show in Vegas right now, but a little while back we had the opportunity to visit the extensive shop that is home to Vltor […]