Artillery
Vickers Mk VI 8″ Howitzer manual
Today’s gun is a bit larger than before – I want to take a quick jaunt back to artillery. We have a pretty thorough operations manual for the Vickers Mk VI 8″ howitzer. This piece […]
Month: May 2011
Semiauto pistol
1907 US Pistol & Revolver Trials
When the US began its engagement in the Philippines at the close of the 19th century, the standard service sidearm was a .38 caliber double-action revolver. This was found to be insufficient for serious combat […]
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Russian MSP silent pistol manual
Today’s material comes thanks to our friend Hrachya in Armenia – a 1975 manual for the Russian MSP silent pistol. As Hrachya describes it: This is the manual of Russian MSP pistol (Malogbaritniy Spetsialniy Pistolet […]
Manuals
Gattling manual
So, the Gattling gun isn’t exactly a “forgotten” weapon – it’s probably one of the more iconic guns made (or at least its name is). But the Gattling wasn’t the only gun of its type […]
Video
RP46 Project Intro video
The first major project we will be putting together is going to be a reproduction of the Russian RP-46 conversion, which makes a DP28 or DPM light machine gun into a belt fed firearm. We’re […]
Manuals
Johnson Automatic Rifle handbook
Everyone recognizes the M1 Garand as the iconic US rifle of World War II, but it had many competitors (you can see some of them in the M1 Garand Development section of the Vault). Most […]
Manuals
M1895 Lee rifle manual
A little while back, I posted a Winchester handbook on the commercial version of the M1895 Lee straight-pull Navy rifle. We came across a full military manual on the rifle as well, and we’ve got […]
Semiauto Rifles
Fedorov video
When I first saw a Fedorov, I thought it would be a pretty sweet rifle to recreate as a ForgottenWeapons project. I made that suggestion, and was immediately shot down. As it turns out, the […]
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Ross manual
The Ross was a straight-pull bolt action rifle used by the Canadian military in the early stages of World War I. It had several interesting features and strengths, despite ultimately being a failure as a […]
Video
Shop tour video
I’m very happy to announce the opening of our YouTube channel. We’ve got a bunch of videos planned, and I thought a good way to start would be with a tour of our shop, now […]