2014 - Forgotten Weapons

Reader Questions: German Artillery, Italian Shotgun, Milsurp Parts

April 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

Unusual German Field Gun Action From Sam: I saw this artillery piece in file footage of the Norwegian campaign of World War 2 and it piqued my interest due to its method of operation.However, I […]

Johnson Semiauto Rifle Senate Hearing

April 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

On May 29th, 1940 the US Senate held a hearing about Senate bill 3983, a measure to adopt the Johnson semiauto rifle as a standard US military arm. Opening the testimony was Melvin Johnson himself, […]

Experimental .30-40 Trapdoor Springfield Repro (Video)

April 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

We have often touched on the series of US magazine rifle trials that took place through the late 1800s – those trials brought out a slew of interesting new ideas and clever (or not so […]

GoRuck Light – with a Pack, Field Combat, M-1945

April 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

I spent yesterday afternoon doing a GoRuck Light event – because it seemed like an interesting challenge. I do 5k runs regularly, and mud runs have been a lot of fun. This seemed like the […]

Vintage Saturday: Not for Squeamish Collectors

April 19, 2014 Ian McCollum 14

Russian Colt 1895 machine gun destroyed on the Eastern front, WWI.

Bonus Video: Lahti L39

April 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

I had the chance to shoot a 20mm L39 Lahti antitank rifle (cannon?) at a recent get-together. It is the cheapest of the 20mm guns you can generally find, but also one of the less […]

Archived Post: The Obregon 1911

April 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 5

Things are still pretty hectic here, and I apologize for not having a new post. In lieu of that, I am going to repost a video from last year, on the Mexican Obregon variant of […]

Japanese Type 1 HMG

April 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 19

I was recently contacted by a fellow looking for information on the Japanese Type 1 heavy machine gun – a replacement for the Type 92 whose name would suggest it was adopted in 1941, but […]

Reproduction Gerat 06 Rifles

April 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 42

For those of you who don’t regularly visit GunLab, Chuck posted an update there yesterday that’s worth checking out. He has spilled the beans about deciding to manufacture a small run of reproduction Gerat 06 […]

Savage Prototype .38ACP Autopistol

April 14, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

We have another new unique item from the September 2013 Rock Island Premier auction today – a prototype pistol made by Savage in .38ACP caliber.