September, 2014 - Forgotten Weapons

Mauser C96 with Chinese Hand-Made Frame

September 30, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

After posting my video of the oddball Chinese pistol in the recent RIA auction, I received a number of emails from folks with similar sorts of guns. One was from a fellow named Leonardo, who […]

Austrian Rast & Gasser M1898 (Video)

September 29, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

The M1898 Rast & Gasser revolver was the last iteration of a series of revolvers, and was a standard Austro-Hungarian sidearm during WWI (despite the adoption of the Steyr M1912 selfloader). The M1898 an often […]

Vintage Saturday: Colonial

September 27, 2014 Ian McCollum 16

Italy issued a small number of M95 carbine (still in 8x50R) after WWI. Note the Fiat-Revelli M1914 water-cooled machine gun behind him…

(e)Book Review: Handfuls of History

September 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

A dilemma that has always existed for book authors and publishers is that adding information makes a book physically larger, and more expensive to produce. Editors have always had to make decisions balancing the added […]

Slow Motion: PKM Machine Gun

September 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

The PKM is not exactly a forgotten weapon, but it is a very cool one, and I had the chance to do some 2000 fps video footage of one not long ago:

Nazi Belt Buckle Pistol Background

September 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

Sometimes when I write a post of make a video on a particularly unusual firearm, it will result in my being contacted by someone who has a surprising amount of experience with that gun, and […]

East German Mosins – or not…

September 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 19

One of the things that makes Mosin Nagant rifles particularly interesting to a lot of folks (myself included) is their tendentcy to appear in a vast number of conflicts all across the globe. Guns originally […]

A Tour of Simpson Ltd (Video)

September 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 8

Simpson Ltd has been a sponsor of Forgotten Weapons for a while now – they have a great selection of interesting guns and I figured I should take an opportunity to stop by their shop […]

Pecos Run-n-Gun Disappointment

September 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

As I’m sure you saw from my preview post an video, I was really excited to participate in this year’s Pecos Run and Gun in the Sun match…and it turned into a huge disappointment. Cancelled […]

Vintage Saturday: (The World is) Worth Fighting For

September 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 7

Ernest Hemingway on the lines with a Mosin-Nagant during the Spanish Civil War. Photo by Hemingway’s companion Robert Capa, dated November 5th, 1938. What better way to research a book than to actually join the […]