September, 2016 - Forgotten Weapons

Remington Model 81 Special Police

September 30, 2016 Ian McCollum 14

The Remington Model 8 was one of the first successful self-loading rifles introduced to the commercial market, and it was designed by none other than John Browning. It was an expensive rifle, but popular for […]

Gas Trap M1 Garand

September 29, 2016 Ian McCollum 26

The original design of the M1 Garand as adopted in 1936 used a “gas trap” system instead of a gas port drilled in the barrel. This system used a type of muzzle cap and false […]

Astra Model 900

September 28, 2016 Ian McCollum 16

The Astra 900 was a pistol developed to take advantage of a large Chinese demand for semiauto pistols with shoulder stocks, following on the massive sales of the Mauser C96 “Broomhandle” in that country. In […]

MP-44 – The German Sturmgewehr

September 27, 2016 Ian McCollum 42

The MP-43 (which is mechanically identical to the MP-44 and StG-44; the differences are the subject for another video later) is a tilting bolt rifle with a long stroke gas piston. It was manufactured primarily […]

Scoped C96 Conehammer Carbine

September 26, 2016 Ian McCollum 25

This scoped C96 carbine is serial number 12 of the original run of just 30 large-ring C96 carbines. It has the long barrel and detachable stock (in place of the standard pistol grip) of the […]

Vietnamese Crude 1911 Copy

September 25, 2016 Ian McCollum 37

This is an example of a craft-made pistol captured in Vietnam and brought back to the US. While many Vietnamese fighters were supplied with good-quality weapons from other nations (primarily Chinese-made AK and SKS rifles), […]

USMC Winchester Model 70 Sniper

September 24, 2016 Ian McCollum 43

This Winchester M70 was a rifle owned by the Captain of the Camp Pendleton rifle team, and as such it is an excellent authentic example of the US sniper rifle of the early Vietnam era. […]

Chinese Type 56 Milled AK

September 23, 2016 Ian McCollum 38

One of the most common types of AK rifle in existence today is the Chinese Type 56 in its several variations, although very few of those rifles are in the United States in authentic full-auto […]

M1D Sniper Garand

September 22, 2016 Ian McCollum 21

The M1D was the final adopted form of John Garands sniper M1 rifle, originally the M1E8. It was intended to be a kit issued in the field to add optical sights to any rifle deemed […]

Benke-Thiemann Folding Luger Holster

September 21, 2016 Ian McCollum 24

While most major pistols made before the 1930s had some type of shoulder stock available as an option, the Luger had much more variety of stocks than most others. In addition to the several types […]