Julian S. Hatcher, for the National Rifle Association of America, 1953 The Spanish-American War brought to light many shortcomings of the .30-40 Krag rifle with which our regular forces were armed. The Spanish soldier was equipped with a Mauser capable of being loaded from a clip while with our Krag it was necessary to load cartridgesContinue reading “A Short History of The .30-06 Cartridge”
Category Archives: Historical
Remington External Adjustment Scope
Many years ago, Remington sold a scope very much like a Unertl through their custom shop to pair with the 40X target rifle. Very rare these days.
Sok it to me, Baby! The weird and wonderful Sokolovsky Automaster
By Kevin O’Brien The Sokolovsky Automaster was promoted, shortly before its entry into production, as the “Rolls Royce of .45 Auto Pistols.” The pistol was starkly beautiful in an angular, Modernist way. Indeed, the design might be called Brutalist, although we don’t think the Brutalists ever escaped from architecture into industrial design, did they? AndContinue reading “Sok it to me, Baby! The weird and wonderful Sokolovsky Automaster”
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”
Colt Woodsman; John Browning’s American Made .22 Semi Auto Pistol With Nelson Ford The Gunsmith Inc.
Today’s video features The Colt Woodsman, originally marketed as the .22 Target from Colt. Hope you enjoy the examples presented and the discussion on America’s .22 semi auto pistol.
Assorted Colt Rifle Camo Patterns
The Colt firearms in these photos belong to a friend of mine and fellow collector. You get a look at various finishes/camouflage patterns used by Colt over the years. Here is his description… “The top rifle is a new acquisition and is a hunting camo made by ‘Vista’. Serial states it was a Colt VPContinue reading “Assorted Colt Rifle Camo Patterns”
Colt AR15 Triple Deuce
Did you know Colt made a few variants of the AR15 in the .222 Remington round? Mainly export models usually to get around odd laws about “military calibers” There are versions in the SP1 configuration, the SPII versions with a mix of A1 and A2 parts and in rifles that are more or less “A2″s.Continue reading “Colt AR15 Triple Deuce”
The Colt 7.62X39 Carbine (R6830) Test & Review
In 1993 Col introduced a new caliber into its AR15 line up. The gun was marketed as a hunters carbine chambered in 7.62×39 a round more or less identical to the .30-30 WCF. The R6830 was a 16 inch barreled carbine . The barrel is not really what we think of as “lightweight ” theseContinue reading “The Colt 7.62X39 Carbine (R6830) Test & Review”
A Brief History of Custom Competition and Carry Handguns (1976-2000)
Part Three of a Four-Part Series
American Sniper Rifle Evolution
Rock Island Auction has some awesome examples of US sniper weapons over the years. Check out this video they recently made.
Scattered Shots 