Q&A
Ask Ian: What Rifles Were the M2-M13?
From Dennis on Patreon: “What rifles were between the M1 Garand and the M14? I went through Basic with an M14 and I know the M15 was supposed to be a BAR replacement. Google doesn’t […]
United States
How Does it Work
Ask Ian: Analyzing the Savage Rotating Barrel (at 7500 frames/sec)
A question I have been asked by several different people in several Q&A threads is: “Does the Savage rotating-barrel system actually do anything?” In his 1905 patent, Elbert Searle specifically claims that his design creates […]
Semiauto Rifles
Roller-Delay Showdown: Angstadt MDP-9 vs H&K SP-5
Today we are out at the range to compare the Angstadt Arms MDP-9 to the classic H&K SP-5. We will do a bunch of runs on a course of fire that incudes precision targets, spinners […]
Semiauto Rifles
Angstadt Arms MDP-9: MP5 Meets AR15
Angstadt Arms has recently released their MDP-9 carbine, an AR-type lower coupled with a roller-delayed blowback upper assembly. This is the same operating system as the much-lauded MP5, and Angstadt version of the design is […]
Competition
Desert 2-Gun: 108 Fahrenheit With a WWSD Commando
In may last full-match opportunity to practice for Finnish Brutality, I brought my WWSD Commando (10.5″ barrel) and an Arex Delta out (my guns for Finland are already on their way across the Atlantic). The […]
Electromagnetic Weapons
ArcFlash Labs EMG-02 CoilGun: Making SciFi Weapons Into Reality
ArcFlash Labs has come out with a new coil gun design that takes the best elements of their underpowered EMG-01 and their overly bulky GR-1 Anvil and melded them into a much handier EMG-02. This […]
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 […]
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 […]