SKS Collecting And Identification: A Buyer’s Guide I had a C&R License (FFL 03) for around twenty years off and on back in the “golden era” when you could find plenty of German and Yugo Mausers, Lee- Enfields, Mosin-Nagants, Swiss K-31’s and Norinco and Russian SKS’s all for very reasonable prices. It was a…
Category: Firearms History
Know Your Weapons: Mannlicher M1895 Rifle
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY’S M-95 Rifle “The M95 proved itself one of the finest battle rifles of the First World War. It weighed around a pound less than its equally lengthy peers and was slim and almost delicate by comparison. The soldiers who carried it appreciated its light weight but the Allied soldiers facing the M95 in…
Know Your Weapons: The Complex History of the Browning Hi-Power
NAZIS, NOMS DE GEURRE AND THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE HI-POWER Very often the genius of John Moses Browning’s design of the 1911 overshadows the amazing accomplishment of the Hi-Power. The Wermacht and the SS knew a Good Firearm when they saw it and a very limited number were issued to front line units in…
Know Your WW2 Weapons: The Suppressed OSS M3 Grease Gun with a Trigger Booby Trap
The Suppressed OSS M3 Grease Gun with a Trigger Booby Trap I always liked the Grease Gun ever since I saw one in action watching The Dirty Dozen with Lee Marvin and Charlie Bronson with my Dad when I was a kid.
Know Your Weapons: Russian 6P41 PKP Pecheneg
6P41 PKP Pechentheg: Belt Fed Vodka Blaster This 7.62x54R belt-fed monster is the most common General Purpose Machine Gun in the third world. It has the weight of a M249 SAW and packs the punch of a M240B.
Lever Action .410 Shorty?
Henry’s New Lever Action Axe .410 caught my eye the other day. This would make one awesome snake-truck gun. Would not recommend it for Home Defense though, despite the marketing. But at around a grand ($1,000) I think I will pass on this snazzy get-up and settle for my old single shot Stevens .410…
Know Your Weapons: The M3/M3A1 Grease Gun
The M3/M3A1 Grease Gun: Built for Global War One of the ugliest but effective .45ACP lead slingers of the 20th Century!
Studying the Historic Gunfighters
Studying the Historic Gunfighters Really decent Reading List of Books Dealing with 20th Century Gunfighters of the Old West.
Know Your Weapons: The M60, A Cold War Classic
M60: Its Purpose, Mechanics, and Development Two scenes come to mind for the venerable M60: The first is one of my favorite childhood movies of all time, First Blood. Watching John Rambo eradicate that town in Washington with that M60 he swiped out of the back of the deuce-and-a-half was pure poetry! The second…
The M1 Carbine: Reputation vs. Reality
The M1 Carbine: Reputation vs. Reality One of the best overall articles on the M1 Carbine I have read to date. Another good article on the M1 Carbine.