Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Mershon and Hollingsworth Self-Cocking Revolver

by David Higginbotham

The Mershon and Hollingsworth Self-Cocking Revolver is, to over simplify things, a semi-automaitc 1860 Colt. This one-hit-wonder was both ahead of its time, and way way late. But it worked. So why was there only one ever made?

The post Mershon and Hollingsworth Self-Cocking Revolver appeared first on Guns.com.

1860 colt Automatic Collectibles & Novelties Hollingsworth Mershon Revolver Self-Cocking semi-automatic

The Maxson Meat Chopper: M45 Browning .50 caliber Quadmount

by Chris Eger

What's throws more lead than a Browning M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun? Two of them of course, so it makes perfect sense that when the Army went looking to up the ante in WWII, they asked for four and got the M45 meat chopper.

The post The Maxson Meat Chopper: M45 Browning .50 caliber Quadmount appeared first on Guns.com.

Automatic Browning Collectibles & Novelties Guns Machine gun Maxson Military Shooting Weapons wwii