garand development
M1 Garand Clip Development
The design for the M1 Garand underwent a whole slew of changes large and small before finally reaching the form ultimately adopted by the US military. Well, the clips that it fed from were no […]
Month: September 2013
Manuals
Russian Followup
Two followups for you today, courtesy of readers who ferreted out some addition material for me – thanks guys! First, my vintage photo of the Soviet marine snipers generated a bunch of discussion of the […]
Revolver
Iver-Johnson Safety Hammerless (Video)
I believe this is the least expensive gun we have yet covered on Forgotten Weapons – this particular example cost me $49 at a local gun shop. Why bother with a cheap old (and pretty […]
Commentary
Behr’s Cartridge for Dogs
While I was tracking down the patents on the Bar pistol for Peter Rasmussen’s article last week, I ran across something interesting (well, I think it’s interesting). On the same day that Behr applied for […]
Medium MGs
Vintage Saturday: Join the Army, See the World
German soldier carrying a captured DS-39 machine gun and tripod over a pretty bleak steppe.
Prototype
T25 Rifle Report
I recently got my grubby hands on a big pile of gun-related documentation (thanks, Mike!), and one of the items that jumped out at me while looking through it was a 1949 report on the […]
Book review
Book Review: Handguns of the World
I normally don’t have all that much interest in coffee table type gun books – the glossy photos are nice, but they generally don’t have all that much actual information. I had assumed initially that […]
Revolver
The Sauer Bär Pistol
Today we have a another guest article by Peter Rasmussen, this time on the subject of a unique and little-known pocket pistol dating to 1899. The Bär was designed as a compact gentleman’s defensive arm […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Siamese Mauser Followup – the Type 66 Rifle
When I put together the video and post a couple weeks ago on the Siamese/Thai Mauser, I figured I’d be clever and call it a Type 45/66, since it had been rechambered for the Type […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Ishapore .410 SMLE Conversion (Video)
Quick, think of the first thing that comes to mind when I say “riot shotgun”! Does it have a brass buttplate? A tangent rear sight? Is it a single-shot weapon? Does it use a shotshell […]