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After developing the AR-15 with Armalite, Eugene Stoner worked for a number of different companies. In 1972 he cofounded Ares Inc, where he and his partners worked on a wide variety of weapons platforms. Their work included rapid-fire cannons and full-fledged artillery as well as small arms. The first of those small arms was the Future Assault Rifle Concept – FARC. Th...


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“Forged in Snow”, my book on Finnish small arms, is available for pre-order right now along with all the other cool options at: https://www.headstamppublishing.com

In the fall of 1914 it became apparent that the minor fracas in Serbia was going to stretch a lot longer ...


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The first version of this carbine was the Cosmopolitan, designed and patented by Henry Gross in 1859 and manufactured by Edward Gwyn and Abner Campbell. It is a single-shot .52 caliber carbine that loads from the breech with a paper cartridge and a separate external percussion cap. After producing a batch of the guns, Gwyn and Campbell realized that the breechblock de...


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Today’s Q&A is sponsored by Kyrö – get 10% off all their spirits with code FORGOTTENWHISKY10 at:
https://www.kyrodistillery.com

01:05 – Guns from Peru
JoLoAr video: https://youtu.be/c9JfodMKlBY

03:23 – Why not blow-forward bullpups?
AK-53 video: https://youtu.be/-ykmqUFJWAw

05:00 – Was the SKS used in WW2?
C&Rsenal SKS vide...


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Our book on Hungarian AKs, “Rifles on the Danube”, is available here:
https://www.headstamppublishing.com/danube-book

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Mauser firm was not in good shape. It had no new products, and its ability to survive marketing ...


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