Submachine Guns
Fun Time at the Range with a Skorpion Evo 3A1
https://www.instagram.com/czguns/ https://www.facebook.com/CZfirearms Today I’m taking a Skorpion Evo 3A1 out to the range…let’s see how much fun it can be!
Prototype
Development of the CZ Skorpion from Laugo Prototype to Evo3A1
https://www.instagram.com/czguns/ https://www.facebook.com/CZfirearms The CZ Skorpion grew out of a Czech Army request for a new 9x19mm SMG as the newly formed Czech Republic pivoted to a Western orientation in the 1990s. The CZ factory took […]
Q&A
Ask Ian: Why Didn’t The M3 Grease Gun use Thompson Mags?
From Richard on Patreon: “Why didn’t the M3 and M3A1 (grease gun) have a double stack/double feed mag and use the Thompson mag? It would have certainly simplified logistics.” The answer to the first part […]
Shotgun
Ye Olde Tactical: A Vintage Riot Shotgun w/ Nydar 47 Optic
All that is tactical is not necessarily new…and this shotgun is a perfect example. It was put together by a Tucson police officer in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and has all the elements […]
Q&A
Ask Ian: Why Not a Semiauto BAR Instead of the Garand?
From Jack on Patreon: “Why did the US go on to develop the M1 Garand instead of continuing development of the BAR? With the BAR you already have a self-loading rifle with as much firepower […]
Submachine Guns
A Special MPi-81 for an Infantry Fighting Vehicle
One interesting specialized version of the Steyr MPi-81 is this model, built for the Steyr/Saurer 4K 7FA armored personnel carrier. The vehicle could carry 8 infantrymen and their compartment had four firing ports fitted with […]
Semiauto pistol
Coonan .357 Magnum at the BUG Match
Yesterday we took a look at the history and the mechanics of Dan Conan’s .357 Magnum 1911; today we are going to take it out to the range. Specifically, a BackUp Gun Match, plus a […]
Semiauto pistol
When Revolver Meets 1911: The Coonan .357 Magnum Automatic
Dan Coonan first designed his pistol in graduate school as a drafting project: a 1911 pistol chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge. No easy feat, designing a self-loading pistol magazine to cycle a big rimmed […]
Q&A
Ask Ian: Progressive Twist (Gain Twist) in Small Arms?
From Jamie on Utreon: “I know naval gatling guns like the 20mm CIWS uses gain twist rifling, but are or were there any commercial or military small arms that used gain twist rifling?” Yes, there […]
Semiauto pistol
AutoMag 160 in .357AMP: For When the Regular AutoMag is too Common
The AutoMag was originally designed to use a rimless version of the .44 Magnum cartridge; the .44 AMP. Shortly after it was introduced, though, the company Brough out a second cartridge, the .357 AMP. This […]