A Partnership for the Ages: John Moses Browning and Fabrique Nationale d’Herstal
Mention the name “John Moses Browning” to knowledgeable American gun owners and their usual reaction is profound respect and great appreciation. This is for good reason: though he died almost 90 years ago, John...
Question of the Day: FIVE 9mm Handguns?
http://youtu.be/ZlyWOqsTeMM
In the video above The Firearm Guy sounds a bit like Harvey Fierstein. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything, but there it is. More to the point, TFG recommends five...
Rock Island Auctions Distances Itself from James D. Julia’s “Fake” Guns
Written by Rock Island Auctions' Joel R. Kolander:
In the business of firearms auctions, it is simply an unavoidable fact of life that one is going to come across what is known as a spurious...
Incendiary Image of the Day: Arthur Bremmer’s Revolver Edition
At one time, the Charter Arms Undercover .38 above belonged to Arthur Bremer. Wikipedia.org informs us that Bremmer was "convicted for an assassination attempt on U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15,...
That’s Not an Assault Rifle! THIS is an Assault Rifle.
Rock Island Auctions has a couple of gen-u-ine German assault rifles on the block, including "the grandfather of all German assault rifles." Here's their take on these extraordinary firearms:
Thanks to two studious German military collectors,...
100 Years Ago Today: World War I-Enabling Assassination
"On 28 June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo," Wikipedia informs. "A group of six assassins . . . gathered on the street where the Archduke's motorcade would pass. Čabrinović...
City Marshal of Ft. Worth Gunned Down
Republished with permission from rockislandauction.blogspot.com
Wild Days in Hell's Half Acre
Lots of people and places of the Old West get spun into tales of "Pecos Bill" size proportions. One minute someone is a trying to...
Gun Review: Czech Vzor 58
The Czechoslovakian Sa Vz. 58 assault rifle has to rank high as one of the least understood and most underappreciated military rifles of the twentieth century. Case in point: for many years I thought...
Obscure Object Of Desire: MAB Model A
A French gun is an Obscure Object Of Desire? You're probably wondering how much wood alcohol got into the hooch I've been drinking all winter. But bear with me, because something like this gun...
Celebrating Texas’ Independence the Ranger Creek Distillery Way
This coming Sunday is Independence Day in Texas, a time to reflect on the Republic that has adopted both Robert and myself. Founded after a rag-tag bunch of settlers refused to voluntarily turn in...
1911s of the Second World War
Republished from rockisland.blogspot.com:
When America decided to enter World War II after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor it was "all hands on deck." Everyone in the nation was contributing through whatever means necessary:...
Too Much Rail? Russian PP-19 ‘Bizon 2’ Hearts Picatinny – Big Time
In Russia, rail rides you! This 'Bizon-2' subgun has a more extensive rail network than the entire United Kingdom. Never heard of the PP-19 Bizon before? You're not alone . . .
The 'Bison' was...