If we are going to carry a handgun for whatever reason, be it duty as a police officer or security officer, or for sporting use or as something you have on you around the farm or…
M1902 Colt Automatic Pistol in .38 Automatic (.38ACP)
John Moses Browning was a prolific firearms designer. Trained by his father Jonathan Browning in his gun shop from the age of seven John M. Browning created a number of the iconic firearms of the nineteenth…
Mikhail Margolin and His Target Pistols
When I began competitive pistol shooting in the early seventies the name Margolin was renowned as one of the best choices you could make for your Olympic Rapid Fire pistol and for your pistol for the…
Mauser Bolo Broomhandle Semi-Automatic Pistol
Sometimes we come across an artifact and we think it would be just so interesting if that item could talk and tell us the stories from its history. The Mauser Bolo Broomhandle pistol we are featuring…
DWM 1917 Artillery Luger
Amongst the various models of Austrian designer Georg Luger’s famous pistol the Artillery model is one of the most iconic and most desirable. Interestingly the inspiration for this pistol came from Hugo Borchardt, a German who…
Wiener Waffenfabrik “Little Tom”
Designed as a short range, ultra simple self defense pistol the Wiener Waffenfabrik “Little Tom” was the first double action semi-automatic pistol ever created. Made in .25ACP (6.35x16SR) and .32ACP (7.65×17 Browning SR) these were small…