Semiauto Rifles
The Original CETME Mars Importation
RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The CETME Model C would be the basis for the wildly successful H&K 91 / G3 rifle, and a small batch of CETME rifles was brought into the United […]
United States
Artillery
The M9A1 Bazooka: Now With Optics and Quick Takedown
RIA’s catalog page for the live (NFA) destructive device The Bazooka – or rather the Launcher, Rock, 2.36”, M1 – was introduced by the United States in 1942, the result of a fast development by […]
Prototype
Colt Prototype Self-Ejecting Revolver
RIA’s catalog page for this revolver Robert Roy was a career Colt employee, who began his work as an engineer in 1963 (including work on the 1971/SSP pistols and the CMG machine gun series) and […]
Prototype
Garand Primer-Activated 1924 Trials Rifle
RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The first successful iteration of John Garand’s rifle was developed in 1921 and refined through 1924. A small batch were made for US military testing in 1924, where it […]
Light MGs
Mythbusting with the .30-06 American Chauchat: Reliability Test
Everyone knows, of course, that the Chauchat is the worst gun ever, and can’t normally get through an entire magazine without malfunctioning. Well, let’s try that out…and with an ever worse culprit; an M1918 Chauchat […]
Shotgun
Cobray Terminator at the Range: The Worst Shotgun Ever
Most of the guns made by Cobray are pretty awful, but one can at least understand the market they were made for. The Terminator is different, because it really is rather incomprehensible who would have […]
Interview
Ken Hackathorn on the Thompson and the MP5
Today I am speaking with Ken Hackathorn about submachine guns – specifically the Thompson and the MP5. Mr Hackathorn has an extensive resume that he is quite humble about, but I will point out that […]
Single-shot Pistol
OSS “Stinger” Covert Cigarette Guns
During World War Two, the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the primary US clandestine operations organization. It was responsible for making all sorts of unique weapons, including these “Stinger” cigarette guns. They were single […]
Conversion
RP46 Variations: Russian, North Korean, and US Reproduction
FYI, the Russian RP46 parts kit shown in this video is currently selling on GunBroker, with no reserve and a penny start: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/778500561 The RP-46 was the final iteration of the Degtyarev DP27/DPM light machine gun, […]
Semiauto pistol
Olympic OA96 Pistol: A Loophole in the Assault Weapons Ban
The pistol in this video is up for auction here. In 1993, Olympic Arms introduced an AR-15 with a side folding stock, as well as a stockless – and buffer-tube-less – pistol version. They did […]