No it's not from Star Wars, but it *might* fire lasers?

That is, in the film it's likely from - 1984. Based on George Orwell's famous novel, this firearm has a star-studded history.

The FAMAS began being rolled out in earnest to troops in the early 1980s. To coincide with this, Unique rolled out a 22 carbine very closely following the profile and general handling of the FAMAS, the F-11. Closer inspection of this now quite rare beast shows that it is in fact an X-51Bis carbin...

The American 180 is a .22LR machine gun that fires at a high rate (1300 rpm more or less) from a super-high-capacity magazine (177 rounds). Conceptually it was designed by Richard Casull in the 1960s, but he only produced about 70 of his original M290 design. He sold the rights to the design, and...

The Kuna is a delayed-blowback 9mm pistol/PCC/submachine gun developed by HS Produkt in Croatia and marketed int he US by Springfield Armory. Development on it began in 2020 as a commercial project, but probably also with an eye to military and law enforcement sales. The Croatian police are curre...

Ransom rest tests of original, Uberti and Pietta 1861 Colt Navy .36 revolvers shot with repro of original service charges. Which is more accurate?

Circa 1954, Sweden was starting to look for a new self-loading rifle to adopt for its infantry. The 6.5x55mm cartridge was a good round, but the idea of having ammunition compatibility with its neighbors was appealing, and NATO was standardizing on the new 7.62x51mm round. This rifle is an experi...

After achieving independence from the British, Burma (now Myanmar) looked to develop a domestic small arms industry to supply its armed forces. The first weapon produced there was the BA-52, a copy of (how they chose this I don't know) the Italian TZ-45 submachine gun. By the late 1950s, talks we...

Ukraine's United Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine of the Special Purpose Police Department - the “Lyut” Brigade appear to have been equipped with Turkish-made KaleKalip KMG556 FN Minimi clones.

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The German war machine was short on many things during WW2.... But one thing it was not short of was locomotives.

When CZ developed the vz.38 pistol for the Czechoslovak military, they made a number of attempts to also sell it on the international export market. This involved offering some various changes in configuration for different clients - in this case, scaling it down from .380ACP to .32 ACP. It also ...

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LaRue Tactical is perhaps one of the best rifle makers in the U.S. to drop a submission to the MRGG-A and MRGG-S program submission. Josh has obtai...

Karl Brügger, CEO of B&T, is a true gun nerd and avid competitive shooter. When he got his hands on the Spectre SMG with its quad-stack magazine and weird DA/decocker fire control system, he thought it was really neat. So neat that he decided to buy the project from its Italian creators and put i...

Hopefully you all know about Thorneycroft by now (if you don't, there's probably a book on it), so in this episode Jonathan get's hands on with a weapon owned by the man himself.

Charles Sparrow Young was an extremely talent trap shooter around the turn of the century, sponsored by the Peters ammunition company. He was also a mechanical tinkerer, and developed several patents, including a shotgun release trigger. In 1901/2 he decided to design his own shotgun, and was gra...

Since our last video on gun-armed drone both sides have continued to develop the technology. Numerous Ukrainian teams have developed recoilless 'shotgun' drones designed to hunt other drones as well as developing and fielding an AK-armed FPV and a fixed wing gun drone. The Russians too have retur...

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Have you ever wondered what accuarcy an open top percussion revolver reproduction is capable of today? Capandball tests an Uberti 1861 Navy .36 Colt reproduction in Ransom Rest to show you the secrets of capandball revolver accuracy.

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This video is designed to give interested collectors a quick overview on what to watch out for when buying a Military issued Colt. Specifically, we are only looking at the Early US Single Action Army Colts and then the 1911 and 1911a1. Collecting can be a minefield so make sure your watch, read, ...

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The lads take on Day 2 of @varusteleka 's wintry Finnish Brutality 2025, with SIG 550 / PE 90 and Enfield L85A1 (SA80 IW).

How did they get on with the snow, ice, skis, molotovs and bayonets?

After leaving the Zeller company, Hans Stamm went looking for work at major gun manufacturers like WF Bern and SIG. He ended up hired in 1907 by a company caller Saurer. This was an automotive firm looking to open a weapons division, with hopes of winning the upcoming trials for a new Swiss milit...

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