bullpup
Vektor CR21: South Africa’s Futuristic Bullpup
The CR-21 was a private effort to create a new rifle for the South African military in the 1990s. Bullpup designs were all the rage at the time (Austria has the AUG, France had the […]
South Africa
Book review
Book Review: Firearms Developed and Manufactured in Southern Africa 1949-2000
FIREARMS: Developed and Manufactured in Southern Africa 1949-2000 Until recently, there has been very little published information on South African and Rhodesian firearms outside of a few sporadic magazine articles – but that is no […]
Conversion
Vektor H5 Pump Action Galil
This Vektor H5 is one of a handful or semiauto rifles converted to pump action for sale in countries where self-loading rifles are or were restricted (another example is the PAR-3 Romanian pump action AKs […]
Shotgun
Techno Arms MAG-7 Shotgun: Shooting, History, & Disassembly
The MAG-7 is an unusual shotgun made in South Africa in the 1990s, and imported to the US in small numbers. The idea of the gun was to offer maximum firepower in the smallest package […]
Revolver
Streetsweeper Shotgun (Video)
It may seem sometimes that I’ve never met a gun I didn’t like…but I can assure you that isn’t the case. The Streetsweeper, for example, is a pretty terrible gun. Originally designed in 1980 by […]