Category Archives: Historical
The Arms Dealer Who Collected Winchesters
From pre64win.com We recently ran across a rifle with such a crazy story, I felt I had to share it with you. I thought I had simply run across a nice and rare model 70, but it turns out it has ties to one of America’s most interesting figures in the world of arms trafficking. Continue reading “The Arms Dealer Who Collected Winchesters”
.276 Pederson Chambered Frankford Arsenal Winchester Model 70
Now here is something that is likely as one of a kind. The fellas over at pre64win.com have showed this off on their facebook page but without any background info yet. This Frankford Arsenal experimental model 70 was chambered in .276 Pederson. Learned readers will of course recognize that cartridge as the round that theContinue reading “.276 Pederson Chambered Frankford Arsenal Winchester Model 70”
Mythbusting – The .45 Colt Cartridge in US Military Service
Most folks don’t realize that the US Army rarely issued the .45 Colt cartridge, and when they did, it was often not a full-power load. Mike Venturino has a January 1874 vintage box of Frankford Arsenal .45 Colt ammunition. The box label clearly indicates that it was only loaded with 30gr of blackpowder, not theContinue reading “Mythbusting – The .45 Colt Cartridge in US Military Service”
A Look Back At Some Old Articles & Ads
I love it when some one turns up a copy of an old slick rag and scans it. This isn’t even that old but its always fun to look back a little.
Colt AR15 and M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972
By Kevin O’Brien This memo’s been around as a scanned, non-OCR’d .pdf for a long time. We’ve OCR’d the PDF, and double-checked the numbers against the original data. The PDF is here:M16 Serial Number List OCR[.pdf]. The complete text is below this editorial comment. We would add the following remarks: We hope this document isContinue reading “Colt AR15 and M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972”
Boer Rifleman
From 1870s on British interests in South Africa was being threatened by the expansion of Boer settlers, A small war had been fought between the two groups in 1880-81 which ended in a stalemate. The standoff didn’t last long and in 1899 a large military force was sent to deal with the problem of theContinue reading “Boer Rifleman”
Winchester Black Talon Family Data Dump
After the FBI’s deadly Miami, FL shootout in 1986, the 9mm Silvertip bullet was scapegoated. Winchester’s answer was to create a more robust version of the Silvertip.
Totally Tubular! – The GEA “Cyclone” and the PMC Ultramag
We have another pair of projectiles today: one AP and another looking for a purpose. The story starts with US Army ordnance engineer Abraham Flatau. One of his earliest experiments with tubular projectiles came about when he was trying to develop an improved grenade launcher projectile. The issue 40x46mm grenades had a high trajectory andContinue reading “Totally Tubular! – The GEA “Cyclone” and the PMC Ultramag”
Kaswer Pin Grabber Family Data Dump
Keeping with the hardware store theme of the last couple of posts, today we’ll be covering a hole-saw projectile design. The difference is this one was originally meant to cut into wood. Stanley W. “Bill” Kaswer was a gunsmith and avid bowling pin shooter. His goal was to design a projectile to cleanly knock pinsContinue reading “Kaswer Pin Grabber Family Data Dump”
Scattered Shots 