During World War Two, the South African military used a lot of .303 caliber Bren guns. When 7.62mm NATO became the standard cartridge after the wa,r the Bren guns were put into storage, as converting them to the new rimless cartridge was a fairly complicated process. Instead, they purchased new F...

Yesterday we looked at where the Hogue Avenger came from and how it works; today I'm out at the range to test it out against a nicely customized M1911...

Today I've got on of Gorilla Ammo's GF-10 rifles to do some shooting with. It's an AR-10 platform chambered for 8.6mm Blackout (they also offer it in .243 Win, .260 Rem, 6.5CM, and .308 Win). It weighs in at just 7.2 pounds with a 16" barrel, so it's not an NFA item (they do also offer a 12" pist...

Yesterday we took a look at the vz.52/57 rifle in 7.62x39mm, and today I have one of it's 7.62x45mm predecessors out at the range. Not so much to do some shooting, as it turns out, but to fix malfunctions and wait for hangfires and duds...

However, we did have enough success to put some 7.62x45m...

The openning volleys of the 2016 Alberta Shoot

The Volleys from the 2017 Shoot

This year's Alberta shoot

The annal BMF Alberta Shoot of 2021

The annal BMF Alberta Shoot of 2020

The Cabin Fever Challenge fired with the Mk I Lee-Metford

The 2022 Cabin Fever Challenge shot with the Baker Rifle

The 20th Anniversary Shoot of the British Militaria Forum in Pennsylvainia

The drills taught for firing the Lee-Metford in the 1890s

This year's Alberta shoot featured the theme of the Indian Mutiny

In this episode of the Firepower series, we compare the Snider and the Martini.

A look at field firing as practiced during the Second World War

A selection of extra vignettes from the 2019 Alberta Shoot

A chronicle of the Channel's visit to the BMF Shoot in Pennsylvainia

This year's Alberta Shoot featured a theme of the Crimean War

This year's Alberta Shoot featured a larger than normal turn out

The Cabine Fever Challenge this year features the P61 Army Short Rifle

This year's shoot had the theme of the Ashanti Campaign of 1873-74. The usual matches were held with a couple of new additions as well. The historically themed shooting was particularily well recieved.

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, CZ started exploring more commercial export options for its guns. In addition to resurrecting (well, attempting to) the vz.64 Skorpion in 9x19mm, they also developed a selective fire version of their landmark CZ-75 pistol. Production began in 1995,...

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While the M1 Carbine is light weight and small "rifle", its no doubt left one of the heaviest imprints on small arms development.

Many still deba...