Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s, and today we are looking at a second-pattern Model 1913 semiauto rifle. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer company, where he headed its small arms division. Stamm's Model 1907 straight pull rifle f...

This week on #whatisthisweapon, Jonathan looks at at bizarre and 'cursed' rifle - a bullpup conversion of the Armalite AR-18.

With no trigger linkage, a mismatched upper and lower, bodged welds, and a "front sight on your front sight," this prototype bullpup is more at home in a video game than ...

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When Sweden decided to replace its bolt action Mausers a...

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At the end of April, Ukraine announced the setting up of a marketplace for military technology and equipment - the Brave1 Market. Unsurprisingly the new initiative has quickly garnered comparisons with commercial sites like Amazon and eBay. Let's take a look at what's available on the new site.

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The Beretta Model 34 was basically the final iteration of a design by Tullio Marengoni that began all the way back in 1915. That pistol was updated in the early 1920s, and that one was updated in 1931. The Model 1931 was converted to .380 ACP (aka 9mm Short) as the Model 1932, which became the Mo...

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In this episode of #WhatisthisWeapon?, Jonathan takes a deep dive into one of the most ambitious, futuristic rifles ever conceived: the Heckler & Koch G11.

Designed with caseless ammunition and a high rate of fire, the G11 looked like something out of a science fiction movie, but it never made ...

Full details on the Cabin Fever Challenge 2025 competition here: https://www.riflechair.com/cabin-fever-challenge

It's finished, 111 entries were received, which is a record, and some excellent shooting was done.

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Division 2 (Open): 08:11
Division 3 (Manual...

The Glock 26 was introduced in 1995 alongside the Glock 27. These were sub-compact pistols with 3.43 inch barrels chambered for 9x19mm (the 26) and .40 S&W (the 27). These were Glock's first foray into. the subcompact market, and they offered a compelling package. These were small, lighter than t...

Here's the video I did 2 years ago on this topic. I stand by my conclusions in that video, but with the caveat that it assumes the parts are all made to designed spec (I didn't think I would have to specify that...):

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The Dutch Navy first acquired Luger pistols in 1918 specifically for its aviators. They has 12 German P04 Lugers taken from a German submarine stranded in the (neutral) Netherlands, and 28 more were purchased from DWM in 1918 to round out the 40 guns needed to equip the Naval Air Service. The pis...

In the summer of 2022 the UK began developing a mobile air defence system for Ukraine using the ASRAAM air-to-air missile, the result was the Raven. In this video we take a look at the system and all available visual evidence of its use in Ukraine.

Be sure to check out our accompanying article f...

The Fenian Brotherhood was formed in the US in 1858, a partner organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The groups were militant organizations looking to procure Irish independence from the British, and they found significant support among the Irish-American immigrant community. In Novem...

Isaiah Jennings patented an improvement to the Belton repeating flintlock system in 1821 - but we don’t know exactly what his idea was because the Patent Office lost his patent (and many others) in a large 1836 fire. Jennings' system was used by several gunsmiths, though. In 1828/9 the State of N...

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The M110k1.. while is not exactly what we have here, we have an M110K1 clone (ish). As we prep for 100y, we find out how well this thing shoots wit...

After World War One, Colt was the sole owner of license to produce Browning machine guns. With production tooling well established form the war, the company set about looking for international sales. The water cooled .30 caliber (the M1917 in US service, essentially) was designated the Model 1919...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of both VE Day and VJ Day, commemorating the end of the Second World War in Europe and across the globe.

To mark this historic occasion, Jonathan explores some of the most significant weapons used during the largest and most devastating conflict in human his...

The US Army conducted a study on the statistics of tank vs tank combat in 1950, when pretty much all tank battles happened. I've saved you some of the boring maths, and pulled out the more interesting tidbits.

The P38K is both a fantasy WWII concept and also a real pistol made in small numbers by Walther in the 1970s. The idea is simple; just cut down the barrel on a P38 to barely in front of the slide (2.8 inches on the real ones). This does make for a shorter gun, although it retains the large frame ...

This is a very rare style of Japanese matchlock, with three separate barrels on a revolving axis. It has all the design and decorative elements of a tanegashima musket, but built more as a self-defense piece for home or perhaps when traveling by palanquin. Think of it like the Edo-period Japanese...

On July 14th, 1914 the 50 foot pleasure yacht “Asgard” sailed into Howth harbor in Dublin with its cabin completely filled with arms. It has 900 Mauser 1871 rifles and 29,000 rounds of ammunition for the Irish Volunteers, and there is a crowd of a thousand people turned out to unload them - just ...

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The M/41b has often been touted as "The best sniper rifle of WW2". But is it?

It certainly has a great set of stats: amazing cartridge (6.5x55mm)...

Since inadvertently becoming "the Ruby guy" I have had to regularly remote diagnose problems with disassembling their Ruby's. Since they are pretty basic as firearms go, there is only so much that can go wrong and only so many ways of solving those pesky disassembly issues. In this vid we show yo...