Anti-Tank Rifles
Boys Mk I Anti-Tank Rifle at the Range
I have done several previous videos on the Boys antitank rifle, but never actually fired one – until today! We’re out at the range with a MkI Boys and five rounds of its .55 Boys […]
United Kingdom
Semiauto pistol
British L66A1: A Pistol for Northern Ireland
In 1974, the British Royal Army Ordnance Corps purchased about 3,000 .22lr caliber Walther PP pistols to issue as Personal Defense Weapons to service members of the Ulster Defense Regiment. These were to be issued […]
Accessories
WW1 Prideaux Speedloader for the .455 Webley Revolvers
The Prideaux speed loader was one of several early such devices patented and manufactured as early as 1893, but neither it nor any competitor saw much demand until the outbreak of World War One. At […]
Revolver
.38 ACP Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver
The rarest variation of the Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver is the .38 ACP model. Only 341 of these were made by Webley, in an attempt to compete with the new semiautomatic pistols appearing on the market […]
Semiauto pistol
Vickers Ltd Luger Pistols for the Dutch East Indies
The Dutch government adopted the Luger for the KNIL (Dutch East Indies colonial forces) in 1910, and placed an initial order for 4,182 pistols from DWM in Germany. These were standard 9mm New Model Lugers, […]
Semiauto pistol
WW1 British Contract M1911 in .455 Webley Self-Loading
On the eve of World War One, the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Flying Corps had both adopted the Webley Self-Loading Pistol, chambered for a special .455 caliber semi-rimmed cartridge. With the needs of wartime, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Valkyrie Silenced DeLisle Carbine at the Range
The DeLisle carbine was a conversion of the Lee Enfield to .45 ACP made by the British during World War Two for SOE use. They used modified 1911 magazines to feed, and included a very […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Lee Metford and Lee Enfield Carbines for the Cavalry
When the Lee magazine rifle was adopted for British military service, it was initially produced as a long rifle for the infantry. To accommodate the cavalry on horseback, a much more compact carbine version was […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Origins of the Lee Enfield Rifle: Lee Metford Updates
The Lee Metford MkI had scarcely been introduced when it was modified into the MkI* pattern, This was quickly followed by the MkII and MkII*, the Lee Enfield MkI, and Lee Enfield MkI*. In essence, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Lee Metford MkI: Great Britain’s First Magazine Rifle
The British went into the 1880s with plans to adopt the Enfield-Martini as its new rifle, a single shot Martini-action rifle with essentially a sidesaddle of ready-access cartridges on the side of the receiver. It […]