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Book review

Book Review: The 1903 Springfield Rifle

February 23, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

Today we’re looking at three different books on the 1903 Springfield rifle. Which one is best for you? That depends on what you’re looking for… If you want a good reference book, I recommend Canfields’s: […]

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Light MGs

Tonight on Top Shot: the BAR

February 21, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

I really enjoy watching Top Shot, and the BAR will be great fun to see tonight on the show. Yes, it’s a reality TV show, and yes, I would fast forward through the drama given […]

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Handgun

The FP45 Liberator Pistol

February 1, 2012 Ian McCollum 9

Today, we take a look at a reproduction FP45 Liberator pistol. These pistols were originally designed to be scattered across occupied Europe in huge numbers, and literally a million of them were made during WWII. […]

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Book review

Book Review: Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine

January 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 0

Today we take a look at Bruce Canfield’s Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine. This is one of Canfield’s earlier books, and is now out of print. It is still available, though, […]

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Patent drawings

Browning 1897 Rotating-Barrel Pistol

January 24, 2012 Ian McCollum 4

In 1897, John M. Browning was awarded four consecutive patents, which covered a big swath of possible automatic pistol designs. The one we’re looking at today (pointed out to me by Rufus at SHOT – […]

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Sniper Rifles

WWI P14 Sniper photos

December 28, 2011 Ian McCollum 10

From our friend Steve Hill at Spotted Dog Firearms, we have a good set of photos of an original World War I Winchester (as a result of British trials, it was determined that Winchester made […]

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Semiauto Rifles

Smith & Wesson Light Rifle, Model 1940

November 9, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

Some forgotten weapons are lost gems, and some are designs that really never should have gotten off the drawing board. The S&W Model 1940 Light Rifle is the latter, and a company with as much […]

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Light MGs

Browning Automatic Rifle

October 14, 2011 Ian McCollum 4

Okay, it’s another one that’s not remotely forgotten. But we have to cover the BAR before we can effectively go into the more obscure variants of it that ARE forgotten. We’ve added a Browning Automatic […]

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