By Kevin O’Brien Germany, Poland, the UK, and the USSR all developed anti-tank rifles and used them with mixed results (the Germans, in World War I, then all of them, in the early years of World War II) Other nations including Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Finland and Japan built anti-tank rifles, essentially huge rifles that fired a kinetic penetratorContinue reading “The American Cal. .60 Anti-Tank Rifle, T1 & T1E1”
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Sky King Richard Russell 8-10-2018
Its that time of year again. The day I like to remember the bitter sweet day in 2018 when Richard Russell swiped a plane from a Seattle airport and lived the free life he longed for a short while. He died that day after he had his fun and became immortal. SkyKing didn’t hurt anyoneContinue reading “Sky King Richard Russell 8-10-2018”
Jim Boland Custom 1911
From 1911_purview I post a lot of esoteric gunsmiths, but it is time to get back to the masters. This is a “space gun” in .45 ACP by Jim Boland —the most innovative 1911 pistolsmith, maybe ever. Through the 1980’s and early 1990’s Boland was among the early pioneers of 1911 customization. He used his expansiveContinue reading “Jim Boland Custom 1911”
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A Look Back at Pre-Y2K Survival Gear and Conventional Wisdom
By Luis Vakdes As a child in the 1980s who came of age in the 1990s. I lived through an odd era of the gun culture. With the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, a lot of survivalists and those preparing for WWIII suddenly had less to worry about…untilContinue reading “A Look Back at Pre-Y2K Survival Gear and Conventional Wisdom”
The Korean War Week 59 – Who’s Really Running the Korean War? – August 5, 1951
Buying A Used Smith & Wesson Revolver; What To Check & Look For With Nelson Ford The Gunsmith Inc.
Gerald Bull Project Babylon
Remember the Canadian engineer Gerald Bull who designed giant super canons? From March of 1988 until the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Iraq contracted with Gerard Bull to build three superguns: two full sized ‘Project Babylon’ 1000 mm guns and one ‘Baby Babylon’ 350 mm prototype. Nine tonnes of special supergun propellant could fire aContinue reading “Gerald Bull Project Babylon”
Charles Daly’s Triple Threat
The roles of firearms are well-defined in modern shooting sports. Often, firearms come with a specific and set purpose, with little room for flexibility. Specific shotguns are designed and built around a task at hand, and while they do jump categories, they rarely succeed with exceptionalism. Charles Daly aims to change that notion and hasContinue reading “Charles Daly’s Triple Threat”
Dave Severns Custom Colt Rail Gun
Pistol_purview Colt rail gun built by Dave Severns. Dave, who began gun-smithing in the late 1970s, was a hard-hat diver and engineer by training. A self-taught pistolsmith, he was known for producing a series of internet “shootout articles” in the early 2000’s, where he evaluated and tested high performance 1911s made by other custom shopsContinue reading “Dave Severns Custom Colt Rail Gun”
Scattered Shots 