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Semiauto Rifles
The Israeli Galil
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 […]
Semiauto Rifles
Gunsmithing
When M14 Meets M16: The Fort Ellis XR-86 Frankenrifle
This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on November 30, 2018. This rifle is the home shop creation of one Wilfred Ellis, a talented gunsmith form Pennsylvania. It is basically a combination of an […]
Semiauto Rifles
FAL Paratrooper 50.63
This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on November 30, 2018. FN introduced the paratrooper folding-stock version of the FAL rifle in the early 1960s, and it became a very popular addition to their […]
Semiauto Rifles
Roth Haenel Model 1899 – The First Semiauto Sporting Rifle?
This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. While Karel Krnka and Georg Roth were in the process of developing the M1907 pistol, they diverted slightly to apply their patents to […]
Semiauto Rifles
MC58: A USMC Semiauto Trainer 22 for the M14
This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. When the USMC adopted the M1 Garand in 1942, they decided they would like to have a new semiautomatic training rifle in .22 […]
Conversion
Colombian 7.62mm NATO M1 Garand Conversion
This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. After World War Two, Colombia adopted the .30-06 cartridge as standard, purchasing a thousand .30-06 FN49 rifles and 19,000 surplus American M1 Garand […]
Gunsmithing
The Mini-14: A Cost-Effective Scaled-Down M14
Folding Stock rifle (the fixed-stock Texas Ranger one is selling in a future auctionl sorry for the mistake! There is a folding stocked Ranger’s rifle in this auction, however). The Ruger Mini-14 is certainly not […]
Semiauto Rifles
Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS
This rifle will be sold at Rock Island in their Spring 2019 Premiere auction – it was moved after this video was filmed. Sorry! One of the rarest patterns of the SKS is the East […]
Prototype
Vickers-Berthier 1919 US Trials Rifle (Second Type)
This rifle is being sold at Rock Island on December 1, 2018. After designing the bolt action rifle that bears his name, Andre Berthier went on to experiment with self-loading designs. He developed a light […]
Semiauto Rifles
Sport Systeme Dittrich Semiauto BD-38 (MP-38)
Sport Systeme Dittrich in Germany is a manufacturer of a remarkably wide range of reproduction German World War Two small arms (including the FG42, StG-44, G43, MP-3008, MP-35, and VG1-5 as well as the MP-38). […]