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Museum Review

Virtual Tour: Swiss Shooting Museum Bern

March 7, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Today we are taking a virtual tour of the Swiss Shooting Museum (Schweizer Schützenmuseum Bern) in Bern, Switzerland. The museum has been in this building since just before World War Two, and focusses on the […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Våpensmia NM-149S: Norway’s Sniper Conversion of the Kar 98k

March 5, 2025 Ian McCollum 2

After World War Two, there were a lot of K98k rifles left in Norway. Like, a whole lot of them. So many that even in the 1980s they were still a popular basis for hunting […]

Machine pistol

Glock 18 & 18C Machine Pistols: How Do They Work?

March 3, 2025 Ian McCollum 54

After the success of the Glock 17 in Austrian military trials, the company chose two specific markets to target for expansion. One was competition shooters, for whom the Glock 17L was released. The other was […]

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Competition

Molotovs at the Range: Finnish Brutality 2025 Day 2

March 1, 2025 Ian McCollum 5

Varusteleka’s Patrol Coverall that I was using today is available here: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-l5-thermal-patrol-coverall/76574 Finnish Brutality 2025 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – by making it a true winter match. Run […]

Competition

Ice Baths and Skis: Finnish Brutality 2025 Day 1

February 28, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Varusteleka’s Snow Camo Anorak that I was using today is available here: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-l7-camouflage-anorak/58285 Finnish Brutality 2025 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – by making it a true winter match. […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Estonian Snipers: Enfields in 7.62x54R and Arisakas in .303 British

February 26, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

In the early 1930s, the Estonian military and Estonia Defense League had a rather eclectic mix of small arms. The Army had three divisions, and split different types of weapons between them to simplify logistics. […]

Semiauto Rifles

A Beautiful Factory Semiauto SIG MKPO

February 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 20

During the 1930s, SIG Neuhausen made a series of really beautiful submachine guns. They were the MK series, offered in either 500mm / 19.7 inch barrels for military use or 300mm / 11.8 inch for […]

Antiques

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 8: Mauser 71/84

February 22, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-8-71-84-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

Semiauto Rifles

Finland’s Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40

February 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

Finland and Sweden are both in the process of adopting AR-pattern rifles, and for the Finns this will be their first service rifle in 5.56mm NATO. It is a transition that has been anticipated for […]

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Q&A: Finland and Finnish Small Arms (From Berdan to New Sako AR)

February 19, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! Join us to help support Forgotten Weapons and to submit your questions for future Q&A videos: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons I figured that Finland would be […]

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