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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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Durs Egg Ferguson – A Trials Breechloader From 1776

October 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 7

This Ferguson rifle sold for $96,000. Captain Patrick Ferguson was a British officer who designed and patented a breechloading rifle in 1776, which would actually see service in the American Revolution at the Battle of […]

Bolt Action Rifles

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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Strange History: A Remington Rolling Block From the USS Niagara

October 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 34

This rifle is being sold at Morphys on October 31, 2018. The story of the USS Niagara is quite an odd little corner of history. It was a ship built in 1877 and acquired by […]

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William Soper’s Direct Action Breech Loader

June 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

William Soper of Reading, England designed this “Direct Action Breech Loader” and attempted to have it tested for British military adoption – but he was one day too late to have his rifle included in […]

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Britain Goes From Trainer to Competition: the No 8 Mk I

June 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 25

This rifle is coming up for sale at RIA on June 21. Initially intended to be used only by the British Army (the Land Service), in 1950 the No8 rifle’s role was expanded to cover […]

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Citadel Martini – British Guns Rebuilt in Cairo

June 9, 2018 Ian McCollum 4

This rifle is part of a lot coming up for auction at Rock Island here. In 1903, the British government shipped a load of spare/surplus Martini parts and tooling to Egypt, where it was set […]

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Incompetence, Corruption, and a Rioting Mob: The Gibbs Carbine

April 5, 2018 Ian McCollum 15

The Gibbs carbine is fantastic illustration of just how difficult it can be to actually manufacture a new firearm. The gun itself is a breechloading, percussion fired cavalry carbine designed to use paper cartridges. It […]

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Remington Split Breech – Before It Was Famous

April 1, 2018 Ian McCollum 13

The Remington Rolling Block was one of the most widely successful and popular military rifles of the late 1800s, and its development began with the Remington Split Breech carbine during the American Civil War. The […]

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Merrill-Jenks Navy Carbine Conversion

March 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 39

James Merrill was a Baltimore inventor and businessman who patented an improvement to the Jenks pattern carbine in 1858. His idea was for an improved locking lever for the gun, which would also allow the […]

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