The scope of this web site has changed over the years to not only to cover the carbines that I collect, but to cover the Small Arms that were used by many European and Asian countries from the period 1878 to the present. I have also added sling pages that are continually growing as I find more slings. In order to keep load time to a minimum I have changed the format of some of the pages to contain links to sub pages that include pictures of rifles and pistols discussed in the article. We will continue to add more information to the existing pages as we find it and will be adding pages on other countries as well. Our intention is to provide you with the most accurate easy to get to information available. If you find what you think is a mistake please contact one of us to let us know.
We are proud to announce an addition to our staff of writers, Michael Kreca writing about Yugoslavia and Rui Aballe Vieira writing about Portugal and Spain. Both men have provided valuable information about their respective countries and will continue to upgrade the articles as information becomes available. We also wish to thank A. Giurovski for his contributions on Bulgaria and Eduardo LG de Oliveira for contributions on Brazil. Photos of real SKS snipers are on the SKS page due to the efforts of Gene Whitehead, and Bob Hanes. We also wish to thank the others whose names appear with the pictures they have contributed. I also wish to thank Dan Reynolds, my partner and friend, whose 40+ years of collecting knowledge makes this site possible. We have now added another contributor who has been collecting for 52 years, Cliff Carlisle. Cliff has just rewritten the Arisaka article, and added many more articles and pictures from his collection as well. Check them out. Many of the pages have had pics added with this last update.
We just received word last week 2/13/06 that Michael Kreca was killed by Police in San Diego over the week end. Michael was a professional writer and the circumstances surrounding his killing were very suspicious as far as I am concerned. San Diego Police have been known for their agressive manners for some time. He will be remembered by us as a very nice guy who was interested in his Familys Country and its guns.
I am trying to collect as much information as I can on the Spanish Ruby type pistols for a book. Anyone with information please contact me no matter how little it is. I am also interested in buying Ruby types if you have them for sale. Please contact Smith at the e-mail address below. The Ruby e-book will be entitled Spanish Blue Steel and will be available @ www.carbinesforcollectors.com/spanishbluesteel.html
