Tour
Tour of a Finnish Gun Collection
I have been doing a bunch of filming with this Finnish collector, who has been very generous with his time and giving me access. He thought it would be fun to show folks a full […]
Video
Bolt Action Rifles
Krieghoff 8mm Mauser Carcano for the Volkssturm
When Italy surrendered in late 1943, German troops disarmed the Italian forces in areas under German control, and came away with nearly 400,000 Carcano rifles. These would form the core armaments of the Volkssturm forces […]
Submachine Guns
Stemple STG-34k at the Range
Today’s video is the Stemple STG-34k at the range…but if I’m going to be honest, it was mostly just an excuse for me to try it out for fun. 🙂 It’s definitely the least practical […]
Submachine Guns
Stemple Makes a Star Wars Blaster: the STG-34k
One of the best-looking versions of the Stemple is, I believe, the STG-34k. This was the result of BRP obtaining a whole bunch of MG-34 parts kits as part of a separate project to make […]
Interview
Christian Prouteau on the FR-F1 Rifle
My interview with Christian Prouteau focused on the MR-73 revolver and how his men in GIGN trained with it. However, I did also ask him about the FR-F1 rifles, and figured I would separate that […]
Submachine Guns
Suomi Korsu: A Special Mannerheim Line Bunker SMG
The “Korsu” is a special version of the Suomi made for use in the bunkers of the Mannerheim Line. When construction on the Line really kicked into high gear in the summer of 1939, is […]
Heavy MGs
Soviet DS-39 Heavy Machine Gun at the Range
The DS-39 is an air-cooled heavy machine gun designed by Degtyarev, which was intended to replace the 1910 Maxim as the standard Soviet HMG. It was lighter and more mobile than the Maxim, and also […]
Shotgun
Cosmi: A Boutique 8-Round Selfloader Hiding in a Single-Shot Body
The Cosmi is a very high-end boutique Italian sporting shotgun. It has all the looks and lines of a single shot break-action gun, but hiding inside is a long recoil self-loading action and 8-round magazine […]
Conversion
Alofs: A Steampunk Mousetrap for a Shotgun
The Alofs conversion is a contraption that can be bolted onto the side of a single shot break action shotgun to convert it into a 4+1 capacity repeating action. Patented by Herman Alofs in 1924 […]
Feeding devices
The Very Rare Clip for the 1896 Bittner Repeating Pistol
I have previously done some video on the 1896 Bittner manually repeating pistol, but I have not had one of the original clips for them before. So, that’s what we’re going to take a quick […]