Austria - Forgotten Weapons

Steyr GB

August 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 40

After World War II, the Austrian military used a mixture of Browning High Power and Walther P38 pistols – they were effective and available in large numbers so why not? However, by the early 1970s […]

Book Review: German Gew. 88 “Commission” Rifle

June 21, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

I recently picked up a very nice looking Gewehr 88 from an online classified ad, and when it arrived I really didn’t know what I had (I’m not an expert on older German bolt actions […]

Book Review: Glock – The Rise of America’s Gun by Paul Barrett

March 8, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

The Glock isn’t a forgotten weapon by any stretch, but Paul Barrett has written a very interesting book on how the company got into gun manufacturing and how it grew so quickly. Among other things, […]

Schwarzlose 1907 and 07/12

February 15, 2012 Ian McCollum 18

The Schwarzlose machine gun was developed by Andreas Schwarzlose starting in 1902, as an attempt to produce a machine gun simpler and less expensive than the guns then on the market. Schwarzlose achieved this end […]