Gus’ Gear

Today on Gus' Gear I have another Italian handgun. This is the officer's Model 1889 Bodeo revolver. This is a slightly smaller version of the Model 1874 revolver which was…

Today for Gus' Gear I have a special Colt 1911 pistol that was carried by an officer in Lord Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadians by Lt. H. Hill. I have been…

Today on Gus' Gear, another Spanish made revolver chambered for the British .455 Webley cartridge. When studying weapons used in the Great War, the most common phrase that one encounters…

Today for Gus' Gear I have another French revolver. France turned to the Eibar region of Spain to acquire hand guns needed in the conflict. This is an example of…

Today for Gus' Gear, I am going back to the French section of the collection. I have recently added a couple of new French revolvers to the collection that I…

Today for Gus' Gear I have an interesting British pistol, the Webley MKI automatic pistol in .455 caliber produced for the Navy contract. About eight thousand pistols were manufactured by…

Today on Gus' Gear, I have a Colt New Service revolver in .455 caliber. By 1915, Great Britain, like all the other belligerent countries, was experiencing shortages of weapons and…

Today on Gus' Gear I have an example of the German Model 1883 Reichsrevolver. It is a shorter version of the earlier M1879 revolver. They are chambered for a 10.6x25R…

Today for Gus' Gear I have my final installment from the Italian corner. In 1915 the Italian Army adopted a new pistol to replace the Glisenti M1910 pistol. The new…