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Book Review: Vickers Guide, Kalashnikov Volume 1

December 2, 2018 Ian McCollum 1,597

I am proud to announce the newest book in the Vickers Guide series: Kalashnikov (Volume 1)! Cowritten by Larry Vickers, Rob Stott, and myself, this is a beautiful exhibition of 7.62x39mm AK rifles (smallbore AKs […]

Machine pistol

H&K VP-70M on the Range: How Useful is the Burst Fire?

December 1, 2018 Ian McCollum 4

After looking at the history and mechanics of the VP-70 yesterday, we are heading out to the range to try it out (and thanks to Trijicon for generously offering use of their range!). I am […]

Machine pistol

H&K VP-70M: Polymer Framed Cutting Edge Machine Pistol from 1973

November 30, 2018 Ian McCollum 2

The VP-70 was designed by Heckler & Koch cofounder Alex Seidel, and introduced in 1973. It was made with the idea of being a gun easily mass produced for arming a civilian resistance in case […]

Semiauto pistol

A .50 Caliber 1911: Guncrafter Industries Model 1

November 29, 2018 Ian McCollum 4

This pistol is being sold at Rock Island on November 30, 2018. Guncrafter Industries is a custom handgun company formed by one Alex Zimmerman in 2002 after many years working for Wilson Combat. Among other […]

Gunsmithing

Weird Slide Action Prototype Rifles

November 28, 2018 Ian McCollum 1

These rifles are selling at Rock Island on December 1, 2018 – the in-the-white prototype and the more refined pre-production. These two slide action rifles came form the same collection, and are pretty clearly related […]

Ammunition

4mm Zimmerstutzen Parlor Conversion for a Mauser 1914

November 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 1

This Mauser pistol and 4mm conversion kit are being sold at Rock Island on November 30, 2018. This 4mm “Zimmerstutzen” conversion kit was patented by one Karl Weiss in 1921, and produced by the RWS […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Type 13 Manchurian Mauser – A WW1 Legacy in China

November 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 2

This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. The Liao Type 13 was produced at what would become known as the Mukden Arsenal in Manchuria starting in 1924, with production facilitated […]

Semiauto pistol

Colt Checks out the Spanish Wondernine: the Star 30PK

November 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 123

This pistol is being sold at Rock Island in December 2, 2018. Star entered the Wondernine era in 1978 with their Model 28 pistol, a double action 9mm offering with 15-round magazines. It was one […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Germany’s WW1 Zeiss Bifocal Scope: the Glasvisier 16

November 24, 2018 Ian McCollum 3

This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. The Zeiss 2.5x Glasvizier 16 optic is one of the most unusual and interesting of the German sighting systems used on rifles during […]

Semiauto Rifles

The Israeli Galil

November 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 162

These rifles are selling at Rock Island on November 30 and December 1, 2018 – 5.56mm Model 392 and 7.62mm Model 323S. The Galil was the result of a program to replace the FAL in […]

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