The Luigi Franchi company is an old-established one with a high reputation for shotguns in Europe and elsewhere. The Model 610 is a gas-operated auto-loader for conventional pattern, the bolt is locked to the barrel […]
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Jackhammer Combat Shotgun
The Jackhammer is an automatic, gas-operated, 12-gage shotgun that uses a pre-loaded rotating cylinder as its magazine. The cylinder has grooves incised on its outer surface which is engaged by a stud on an operating […]
Steyr MPi 69
This submachine gun resembles the UZI in some respects but is a totally different and rather simpler design. It is currently in use by a number of armies and police forces throughout Europe and the […]
FAMAE SAF
Like the Steyr submachine gun, the SAF is based upon an assault rifle design, though in this case with much more modification. In the 1980s the FAMAE factory (the Chilean government small arms factory) obtained […]
Sig-Sauer P229
The Swiss Industrial Company (SIG) has produced some of the best pistols in the world, but the Swiss neutrality laws make the export of weapons very difficult; as one Swiss said, “We are only allowed […]
Sig-Sauer Model P225 Auto Pistol
The Sig-Sauer Model P225 was designed by SIG (Schweizer Industrie Gesellschaft) of Neuhausen-Rheinfalls, Switzerland and was first announced in 1978. Due to the restrictions placed on arms sales by the Swiss Government, SIG has entered […]