19th century rifle nipples usually has odd thread sizes. You can make a complete new nipple on your lathe, but I show you now and easy and fast way to fix your nipple, if its threads are in good condition.

Chappie demonstrates a really easy way to make M1866 Chassepot needlefire rifle cartridges.

Chappie shows his Mk.2 version of making 18mm Milbank-Amsler rimfire ammunition.

This is the way I make my paper patch bullets for my .45 calibre long range muzzle loading rifle. I used these bullets during the 2023 MLAIC Muzzle Loading Long Range World Championships, and they won me a bronze medal at 600 yards and a silver medal at 1000 yards in original class. So they defin...

The fine folks at DSA had this rather mysterious MP5 in their reference collection, and we decided to take it out to the range to see if it would run. It's an MP-5, but chambered for .45ACP using altered M3 Grease Gun magazines. The original manufacturer is unclear; it's marked as being imported ...

The Chauchat is a machine gun with a reputation for being unreliable - a reputation that is only partially deserved. But what the Chauchat does completely deserve is its reputation for being notoriously difficult to shoot well. The grip design, stock design, sight placement, trigger, and the dyna...

When Colt decided to sell a semiauto-only civilian version of its AR-15 rifle, it had to make a number of changes to the design of the lower receiver to prevent full-auto fire control parts from being used. These changes would make a semiauto AR receiver legally distinct form a full-auto one, and...

When the Bundeswehr chose its small arms after World War Two, it saw non reason to move away from the iconic MG-42...but the new weapons needed to be in NATO standard calibers. And so the MG-3 was born: an MG-42 improved in several small ways and rechambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO round. Today we...