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Vietnamese MAT-49 in 7.62mm Tokarev at the Range

September 11, 2021 Ian McCollum 30

While I have filmed a MAT-49, I have not had a chance to actually try one out at the range until today. But today I don’t just have a normal example; I have one rebarreled […]

Submachine Guns

North Vietnamese K-50M Submachine Gun

March 27, 2020 Ian McCollum 44

This is lot #545 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The K-50M was […]

Vietnamese soldier in French service working on his MAT-49 SMG.
Submachine Guns

Vietnamese Guns for Algeria

October 18, 2016 Ian McCollum 42

I was pointed to this interesting snippet of a document about one particular shipment of arms to the Algerian rebels fighting French colonial occupation in the 1950s – from Vietnam. Can’t say I would have […]

Gunsmithing

Vietnamese Crude 1911 Copy

September 25, 2016 Ian McCollum 37

This is an example of a craft-made pistol captured in Vietnam and brought back to the US. While many Vietnamese fighters were supplied with good-quality weapons from other nations (primarily Chinese-made AK and SKS rifles), […]

Vietnamese Luger lookalike
Gunsmithing

Viet Cong Handmade Luger Lookalike

January 27, 2016 Ian McCollum 51

In the continuing occasional series on crude handmade firearms, we have an entry sent to me by a reader on Facebook (thanks!). It’s a Vietnamese Luger lookalike, which was being sold by Arundel Militaria in […]

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Bolt Action Rifles

A Rifle of Many Travels

February 19, 2015 Ian McCollum 33

I was visiting a friend recently (James, who runs Tombstone Territorial Firearms, which you should definitely visit if you are ever in Tombstone – it’s a remarkably well-stocked shop), and he had pulled out a […]

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Jim Sullivan on the M16 in Vietnam

January 7, 2015 Ian McCollum 24

When I have the chance to interview Jim Sullivan, one of the original designers of the AR15, one of the subjects that came up (not surprisingly) was the record of failures of the M16 early […]

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Accessories

Vietnam’s Overburdened M16

July 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 81

by Tom Laemlein I’ve been working with Dale Dye of Warriors Inc. to put together a photo study on the infantry weapons of the Vietnam War. The conflict in Vietnam is particularly interesting for students […]

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Heavy MGs

Vintage Saturday: The Female of the Species

December 8, 2012 Ian McCollum 10

When Nag the basking cobra hears the careless foot of man, He will sometimes wriggle sideways and avoid it if he can. But his mate makes no such motion where she camps beside the trail. […]

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Viet Cong 1911 Copy

October 31, 2012 Ian McCollum 23

In recognition of Halloween, we have a pistol that would be genuinely frightening to shoot, straight from the jungle shops of the Vietnam War. Made out of desperation and a lack of factory-produced arms, a […]

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