Gus’ Gear

Today on Gus's Gear I have another Italian handgun, the M1910 Glisenti pistol. The Italian Army wanted to replace the M1889 Bodeo revolver with a modern auto loading pistol. The…

Today on Gus' Gear, as promised, a Spanish made revolver, chambered for the 10.35x22mmR Ordinanza Italiana black powder cartridge. When studying weapons used in the Great War, the most common…

Today for Gus' Gear I will return to the German corner to talk about the M1914 Mauser pistol in 7,65 Browning. This model was issued in fairly large numbers to…

Today on Gus' Gear, I have a Roth-Krnka M7, also know as a Roth Steyr M1907. It was the first auto loading pistol adopted by a major army in the…

Today on Gus' Gear I have an Austrian M1912 Steyr Hahn was adopted by the Austrian military in 1912. It is chambered for the Steyr 9x23mm cartridge and it has…

Today on Gus' Gear, I have a different type of pistol to examine. Schwarzlose wanted to enter the pistol market, but in order to avoid Browning's patent on the blow…

oday for Gus' Gear I have a report on a display I set up at the Utah Gun Collector's Association gun show in Ogden, Utah. This is a collector's show…

Today on Gus' Gear I have an example of an interesting pistol produced by the Franz Jägerfirm. Jäger was producing quality shotguns and combination guns before the war, but at…

Today on Gus' Gear I have a Walther Model 4 pistol to examine. Walther was producing small personal pistols before the war. The Model 4 is a scaled up version…