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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 […]

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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 […]

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Ishapore No6 Jungle Carbine SMLE Prototype

November 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 17

This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. In 1943, the British government began a program to develop a shortened and lightened version of the No1 SMLE rifle, for production in […]

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Mosin-Nagant Factory Pressure Test Rifle

November 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 17

This rifle will be selling at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. How did people determine chamber pressure in the years before computers and fancy electronics? Well, by squishing a calibrated slug of copper. Factories […]

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Wehrmannsgewehr – German Shooting Competition After WW1

November 19, 2018 Ian McCollum Comments Off on Wehrmannsgewehr – German Shooting Competition After WW1

This rifle is selling at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. Introduced by a Dutchman in 1897, the Wehrmannsgewehr was a type of 3-position shooting competition using military pattern rifles in a sporting caliber (the […]

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British 1942 Prototype Simplified…Enfield?

November 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 46

This rifle will be sold at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. In 1942, the British government instituted a development program to design a new simplified rifle to replace the No4 MkI Lee Enfield. The […]

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British World War One SMLE Sniper Rifle

November 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 22

This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. The British started World War One without a sniper program, but were quick to develop one once faced with the threat of well-trained […]

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Evolution of the Karabiner 98k, From Prewar to Kriegsmodell

November 7, 2018 Ian McCollum 25

These rifles are selling at Rock Island on December 1 and 2, 2018: prewar S/42G, 1944 bcd, and 1945 byf. The Mauser Karabiner 98k began production as an excellent quality rifle, with every nuance of […]

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German U-Boat Line-Thrower Rifle Conversions

October 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 19

These two line throwing conversion are being sold by Morphys on October 31, 2018 (first one and second one) These two Gewehr 98 rifles were converted by the Mauser factory to be used as naval […]

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Szescei & Fuchs Double Barrel Bolt Action Dangerous Game Rifle

October 7, 2018 Ian McCollum 27

This rifle is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Normally in big game rifles, one has the choice of either a double barrel or a bolt action (semi autos being generally eschewed as […]

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