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The M16 Family - I
Many months ago, we had explored the differences between various members of the AK family (e.g.) AK-47, AKM, AK-74, AK-101 etc. In today's post, we will explore some of the popular members of the M16...
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The M16 Family - II
In our last post, we looked at some members of the M16 family. We also mentioned that the M16A2 model is a very influential model in the M16 family and is still in use in various military forces. We...
View ArticlePerformance considerations for the M16 Family
In our last post about the M16 family, there was an interesting comment by a long time reader of this blog, Mr. Wojciech Imbierowicz. He questioned the ballistic performance of bullets on the M4 rifle,...
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The M16 Family III - The Clones
A couple of posts ago, we looked at various members of the M16 family. All of the models we have looked at so far, have been developed for the needs of the American military. In today's post, we will...
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What is a "Cylinder Gap"?
In today's post, we will look into the topic of revolvers and firearms safety and also study the concept of cylinder gaps.If the reader looks at a revolver, chances are that the reader may observed...
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The M1895 Nagant Revolver
In our last post, we talked about the concept of "cylinder gap". Briefly, revolvers have a gap between the cylinder and the rear of the barrel, in order to allow the cylinder to rotate freely. However,...
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Is it a shotgun or a rifle? The Paradox gun
In the 19th century, the British Empire spanned a large portion of the globe. This was a time when rich English sportsmen would undertake expeditions to remote parts of the world to hunt exotic birds...
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The Cape Gun
In our last post, we studied the Paradox gun, which could be used either as a shotgun, or as a rifle. The Paradox gun is one of the examples of a class of dual-purpose firearms. We will study another...
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Oval Bores and the Colindian
In the lasttwo posts, we looked at some examples of firearms that could be used as both rifles and shotguns. In today's post, we will look at another firearm of this ball and shot gun category, the...
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Combination Guns
In the last few posts, we have studied several firearms that could be used both as shotguns and rifles. We will study another member of this family today, the Combination Gun.In an earlier post, we had...
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Drilling Guns
In our last few posts, we have studied several examples of guns designed to be used as shotguns and rifles simultaneously. In our last post, we studied Combination guns, which are over-and-under type...
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Identifying a Type 56
In the AK family of firearms, there are a huge number of different models. The Chinese type 56 rifle is one of these common variants. So how does a person tell that this is a Chinese made AK variant or...
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The Nock Gun
In today's post, we will study a multi-barrel firearm known as the Nock gun.Henry Nock was originally a British locksmith, but in 1775, he invented a firearm lock and received a patent for it. During...
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The Kalthoff Repeater
In the early days of firearms, when most of them were muzzleloaders, reloading a firearm after it was shot took some time to accomplish. Today, we will study a firearm that attempted to solve this...
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The Lorenzoni Repeater
In our last post, we looked at an early weapon that was capable of rapid reloading, the Kalthoff repeater. In today's post, we will look at another weapon's system from that era that attempted to solve...
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The Cookson Repeater
In our last post, we studied the Lorenzoni Repeater, which was invented by Michele Lorenzoni of Florence, Italy. While Mr. Lorenzoni was the inventor of this repeating system, he is known to have made...
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The Girandoni Repeating Air Rifle
In our last post, we looked at the Cookson Repeater. In today's post, we will look at another repeating rifle, but this one has a number of very unusual features of interest. Today's study will be...
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The Enouy Revolver
In our last post, we studied a very unusual firearm, the Girandoni Repeating Rifle, which did not use any gunpowder, but was entirely powered by air pressure. In today's post, we will study a very...
View ArticleVideos: Cut Rifling
Four years ago, in the early days of this blog, we had studied a method of manufacturing a rifled barrel, called Cut Rifling, or more accurately, Single Point Cut Rifling. Since then, that series of...
View ArticleVideos: Broach Rifling
In our last post, we looked at some videos about cut rifling, a process we'd studied many months ago. In today's post, we will study another method of cutting rifling which we'd also studied back in...
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