The Alka M93 was a very simple SMG made by IM Metall (which later became HS Produkt) during the Croatian Homeland War. It is essentially a MAC M11A1 with a long barrel and a vz61 Skorpion stock, fe...
2023-08-05 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When Hungary separated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War One, it began to slowly rebuild its military equipment. The eventually led to carbine conversions of old M95 rifles using the...
2023-08-04 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
his rifle was brought back to France from the Balkans (probably Kosovo) by a French military team in the late 1990s. It's a neat example of a mix-master build (what is "bubba" in Albanian?), with s...
2023-08-03 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"Pistols of the Warlords" available now from: http://www.headstamppublishing.com/purchase
The Shangha...
2023-07-31 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The SITES Spectre was imported into the US primarily as a semiautomatic pistol - but it was really designed to be an SMG. It has an interesting closed-bolt fire control system, and in SMG for a met...
2023-07-29 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Stocked pistols: they have been around as long as pistols have been around, but are they really all that useful?
2023-07-28 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Al Kadesih (also sometimes spelled Al Kadesiah or Al Qadisiyah) is an Iraqi copy of the SVD Dragunov DMR/sniper rifle. It is not an exact copy, though, as it uses an AK-style stamped receiver a...
2023-07-26 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a couple month hiatus, Q&A videos are coming back - what would you like to ask?
2023-07-24 18:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The HS-91 is a Croatian-made submachine gun form the Homeland War period of the early 1990s. This is the only example known, and it was seized well after the war by the Croatian Police (and current...
2023-07-24 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I'm taking an original (made in 1918) Artillery Luger rig out to a 6-stage USPSA match. I'm entered in PCC (pistol-caliber carbine) division using the detachable shoulder stock (note that thi...
2023-07-22 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Schultz & Larsen company in Otterup, Denmark was a venture formed by a gunsmithing shop and a very successful target shooter to make precision rifles. In 1919, they are able to purchase a b...
2023-07-21 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
While helping to unpack a new shipment of French rifles at IO Inc / Royal Tiger Imports, I came across several examples of Berthiers that were modified to not use clips. There were a couple differe...
2023-07-19 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Kresimir is honestly the most bonkers weapon I have come across in a long while. Made by IM Metall in Croatia at the beginning of the Croatian Homeland War circa 1991, this is a semiautomatic g...
2023-07-17 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I was first introduced to the Tinck Arms Perun X16 at Lynx Brutality 2022 in Slovenia, and it is an interesting system emphasizing modularity and simple disassembly. I opted to use one (a 5.56mm ca...
2023-07-15 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
"Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016" is in stock and shipping now:
2023-07-14 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Lange Pistole 08 (long pistol), or Artillery Luger as it is commonly known today, has an interesting history. It was originally developed as a personal defense weapon for German field artillery...
2023-07-13 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The Springfield Echelon pistol was released today, and it's a significant step forward for Croatian manufacturer HS Produkt. In an effort to appeal to new military and police tenders as well as int...
2023-07-12 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
SKM was a small industrial manufacturing company in Croatia that began making submachine guns in 1991 to equip Croatian fighters in the Homeland War. Their product was the M91 Crogar, which is a se...
2023-07-10 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We took a look at both of these guns individually this past week, and now it's time to try them both out on the clock...
While I like the Bernardelli quite a lot, it had a couple malfunctions...
2023-07-08 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
While the Italian military did adopt the AR-70, it did not actually issue them to all troops. Most continued to use the 7.62mm BM-59 until 1990 when the Beretta AR-70/90 was adopted. This rifle was...
2023-07-07 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Bernardelli is (was) an Italian firearms manufacturer in the Val Tromp dating back to the 1600s...but whom few people have ever heard of. They produced 1889 Bodeo revolvers between the World Wars, ...
2023-07-05 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: Some explicit language in this video.
I am honored today to have a chance to interview Neil Vermillion about his experiences in Iraq, Kurdistan, and Ukraine. Neil is a US Army veteran (...
2023-07-03 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Some explicit language in this video.
I am honored today to have a chance to interview Neil Vermillion about his experiences in Iraq, Kurdistan, and Ukraine. Neil is a US Army veteran (...
2023-07-03 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Romania adopted the PKM in 1966, and began manufacturing their own direct copy at Cugir. In the 1990s, the plant designed a model intended for paratroopers, with a shortened barrel and unique side ...
2023-07-01 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we are going to take a look at how Private Jackson's sniper rifle is portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. It's a great movie, and I enjoyed it a lot - but this sniper rifle is incorrect in every...
2023-06-30 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Johnson M1941 rifles were used in limited numbers by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War Two, but they were used - and generally well liked. Interestingly, there was a fairly co...
2023-06-28 22:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1927, the Imperial Japanese Army purchased a 105mm field gun from the French company Schneider as a potential replacement for their rather underwhelming Type 14 105mm field gun. The Schneider de...
2023-06-28 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI'm excited today to speak with Neal Vermillion, a US Army veteran (2002-2006) who served contracts in Kurdistan (2016) and Ukraine (2022) for the nonprofit PMC Sons of Liberty International. In Ku...
2023-06-26 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm excited today to speak with Neal Vermillion, a US Army veteran (2002-2006) who served contracts in Kurdistan (2016) and Ukraine (2022) for the nonprofit PMC Sons of Liberty International. In Ku...
2023-06-26 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post