November, 2013 - Forgotten Weapons

Bergmann No. 2 / 1896 Pistol

November 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 25

After several years of work and at least two Swiss military trials, Louis Schmeisser’s design of the Bergmann self-loading pistol was still not quite good enough to become a commercial success. Only a few pistols […]

Gun Nation Podcast

November 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 3

Sorry guys – I don’t have a book review ready today. I’ve got a bunch of books in hand, but I’m still working my way through them. Instead, I do have the episode of Gun […]

Gun Nation Podcast Tonight

November 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 5

Hey, guys – I’m happy to say that I’ll be joining Doc Wesson, Average Joe, and Grant Cunningham on the Gun Nation podcast tonight! You can listen in live at 9pm EST, or download the […]

Bergmann 1894 – No.1 Pistol

November 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

As Theodore Bergmann and Louis Schmeisser embarked on the process of perfecting and improving their production pistols, they used a numbering system to identify the different models that were made. There are also model years […]

Bergmann-Schmeisser 1893 Pistol

November 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

Today we are starting the story of the Bergmann automatic pistol – one of the early successful self-loading handguns, and one which led to a less prominent firearms dynasty than some other big names of […]

North & Skinner Revolving Rifle

November 4, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

The North & Skinner was an early 6-shot percussion-fired revolving rifle design. Its design was patented in 1852 by Henry North and Chauncy Skinner (US Patent #8982), and the guns were manufactured from 1856 to […]

2014 Calendars from Forgotten Weapons!

November 3, 2013 Ian McCollum 11

I use a monthly calendar to help organize my posting here on Forgotten Weapons, planning out what I’ll be writing and keeping track of which posts are finished and ready to go. As we started […]

Vintage Saturday: Checkpoint Tommy

November 2, 2013 Ian McCollum 33

British soldier with a fancy new (unloaded) Sterling submachine gun manning a checkpoint in post-war occupied Germany.

Pathan “44-Bore” AK in 8×33 Kurz

November 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 40

Today’s rifle is an curious example of forgotten weapons going full-circle and being reinvented. What we’re looking at is the “44 Bore”, a colloquial name given to AK-pattern rifles rechambered for the German 7.92×33 Kurz […]