Antiques
Daly Arms “Tom Thumb” – A Tiny Ring-Trigger Revolver
The “Tom Thumb” is a tiny .22 rimfire revolver made in Belgium by an unknown shop and imported into the US to be sold by the Daly Arms Company of New York. These are antique […]
United States
Light MGs
Colt Automatic Machine Rifle Model 1919: the First Commercial BAR
Several patents were taken out on the BAR during World War One, but they were all kept unpublished and secret during the war. Just days after the Armistice, Colt patent attorney CJ Ehbets wrote to […]
Competition
‘Murican 2-Gun: M1918A3 BAR and M1911A1
Today I’m taking a brand new Ohio Ordnance M1918A3 semiauto BAR to the 2-gun match, along with a Tisas M1911A1 clone. The BAR is the WW2 configuration, but I followed the footsteps of many a […]
Select-fire Rifles
M14: America’s Worst Service Rifle – What Went Wrong?
While the US never adopted a significant variation of the M1 Garand (excluding sniper models), testing continued on new iterations and features throughout the war. By the time the war ended, the US military had […]
Conversion
A Guns to Save Lives: Winchester 1886 Line Thrower
Line-throwing devices have long been an important part of maritime safety, and many different have been guns adapted to launch ropes from shore to ship or ship to ship. Usually they are inexpensive obsolete surplus […]
Competition
Boombox / Clarion Thermal at MOGO24: Zee Goggles! Zey Do Nuthink!
For my Passive Division run during the staff match portion of Moons Out Goons Out 2024, I used a borrowed prototype Boombox from Q, with an AGM Clarion thermal scope. The Boombox is essentially a […]
Competition
Bonus: Ian’s Boombox Shootoff with Mitch from Q
Mitch, design engineer at Q, challenged me to a shutoff at Moons Out Goons Out 2024. If I win, I get a Boombox from Q. If he wins, I have to embarrass myself on the […]
Competition
Hi-Point / MAWL at MOGO24: Wheels Come Off the Struggle Bus
For my Active Division run during the staff match portion of Moons Out Goons Out 2024, I set up a 9mm Hi-Point carbine with a BE Meyers MAWL last unit. Great laser; terrible gun. My […]
Semiauto Rifles
Now Available: VHS-2 w/ 20-inch Barrel (aka Springfield Hellion)
Springfield Armory is now importing a version of the the VHS-2 bullpup (commercially named the Hellion here in the US) with a 20-inch barrel. This is the barrel length used in the most common military […]
Presentation
Tale of a Heroic Sailor: Ensign Stannus’ M1911A1
Robert “Dickie” Stannus was , in technical terms, a total stud. So much so that he was awarded an inscribed M1911A1 directly by Colt as a prize for being the top sailor in his Naval […]