The Weapons Vault at Quantico
Recently while doing research for my upcoming book on the Reising submachine gun, I made arrangements to visit the Quantico Marine Base located near Washington,... Read more.
Surplus Review: May 1999
A topic that always concerns knowledgeable shooters of both full auto and semi auto firearms is the ever-present possibility of a slamfire. A slam fire can have... Read more.
Surplus Review: April 1999
The influence of both German and Soviet designs of the 1940’s can easily be seen in the Yugoslavian M56 and M65 series submachine guns. The post war WWII weap... Read more.
Wehrmacht Sten
The ambiguous British Sten machine carbine (submachine gun) of WWII fame has been one of the most copied firearms in all of military history. Although unrefined... Read more.
Surplus Review: The Makarov Pistol
A few short year ago the Makarov pistol was, one of the many enigmas from behind the communist iron curtain. Few people in the western world had ever seen one, ... Read more.
Surplus Review: February 1999
Development of the M1 rifle began in 1919 just after the conclusion of WWI. The concept of a semi-automatic military rifle met with a lot of controversy and res... Read more.
FIREPOWER! The Dual Magazine MP40
Ever since a military force fielded the first submachine guns, attempts at increasing their firepower have been made by both the engineers that designed them, a... Read more.
Surplus Review: November 1998
In a Department of the Army memorandum dated 14 January 1985 it was officially announced that the U.S. military would begin replacing its tried and true .45 191... Read more.
Bargain Machine Guns
Sale or discounts, those are terms you will seldom, or more accurately, never, see associated with machine guns. Machine guns and most class III items are usual... Read more.
Surplus Review: August 1998
The Czechs have been supplying the world with creative firearm designs for many years. The weapons they create are not only innovative, but are also very rugged... Read more.
