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In the 1880s several gunsmiths tried to improve the extraction system of French service revolvers. The most well- known is the one from De l’Espée Aumont. But it’s not the only one. A young Parisian ...

Between 1898 and 1945, the German service rifle cartridge was the excellent 7.92 mm caliber cartridge for a case length of 57 mm. The “7.92 mm” caliber refers to the average diameter of the barrel ...

Searching head on for the myth of the German “Mauser sniper” of the WWII by looking for a true original piece could be similar to the quest for the Holy Grail and at the same ...

The “Gyrojet” weapons are part of these “phantasmatic” weapons, in the literal sense of the term… usually until a copy is held in one’s hands. These weapons have a very “fake” appearance: lost in a ...

In addition to Pierre Breuvart’s article on the FAMAS (which will be translated in the coming weeks), which looks back on more than 40 years of service of the French assault rifle, we will carry ...

Some post-World War II weapons, the manufacture of which ceased several decades ago, are almost now collector’s items. If their performance unambiguously classifies them in the category of contemporary weapons, we know that their manufacture ...