Schwarzlose M1908
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…
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…
Today on Gus' Gear I have a small pistol manufactured by the Becker and Hollander firm, commonly called a Beholla. It is a simple blow back action in a very…
Today on Gus' Gear I have a continuation of the battle of wits (some might say the battle of the half wits) with a situational acquaintance. He takes great joy…
I really had another blog planned, but things change. I will be AWOL for the next three tuesdays. I will be going to the far north, where I grew up,…
In this final installment on the Gewehr 88 sent by Germany to the Ottoman (Osman) empire, I will have to go a bit beyond WWI. Thank you for your patience…
Sorry to have such a monomaniacal focus one one single type of German WWI rifle, as supplied to the Ottoman Empire. I will not drag you through all my Gew88,…
Right, i have previously told the story of German Gewehr 88/05 sent as aid to the Ottoman empire. The story behind that can be found here:https://german1914.com/tores-tuesday-a-german-gewehr.../...So, just to recapitulate, I…