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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 […]

Gunsmithing

When M14 Meets M16: The Fort Ellis XR-86 Frankenrifle

November 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

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

November 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 57

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?

November 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 35

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

November 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 7

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

November 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

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

November 10, 2018 Ian McCollum 44

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 […]

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Semiauto Rifles

Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS

November 8, 2018 Ian McCollum 15

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)

November 6, 2018 Ian McCollum 13

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)

November 3, 2018 Ian McCollum 26

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). […]

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