2016 - Forgotten Weapons

Weapons of the Spanish Civil War

October 4, 2016 Ian McCollum 34

The Spanish Civil War is a relatively un-remembered conflict here in the US, but it is a fascinating event for firearms enthusiasts because of the huge variety of arms used. Both sides were supplied by […]

Johnson Model 1941 Rifle

October 3, 2016 Ian McCollum 41

Designed in 1936 by Melvin Johnson, the M1941 Johnson Automatic Rifle was a competitor to the M1 Garand, but not introduced in time to actually be adopted din place of the Garand. Instead, Johnson hoped […]

Pusan Jin Iron Works 1911

October 2, 2016 Ian McCollum 23

Note: I mistakenly referred to North Korea in the video, when this was actually made in South Korea. Sorry! During (and probably for a short time after) the Korean War, a Korean facility called the […]

Confederate Baby LeMat

October 1, 2016 Ian McCollum 30

One of the rarest models of LeMat grapeshot revolver is this, the “Baby” LeMat. This is a substantially smaller gun than the normal LeMat, although it retains a 9-shot cylinder and a central barrel. In […]

Remington Model 81 Special Police

September 30, 2016 Ian McCollum 15

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), […]