June, 2017 - Forgotten Weapons

Soviet PSM Pistol History: Really a KGB Assassination Gun?

June 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 37

https://utreon.com/v/-kL-xraGWjI The PSM is a Soviet pistol from the late 1970s which has gotten itself quite the fanciful reputation here in the US, thanks to extreme rarity and some imaginative magazine articles. Common lore would […]

A Patreon Thank-You and Pattern Room Teaser

June 29, 2017 Ian McCollum 8

https://utreon.com/v/bJ1Ar0BoYwI The quantity of amazing guns in the NFC (it’s officially the “National Firearms Centre” and includes the original Pattern Room collection – whose name sounds much cooler) is just really overwhelming. I spend a […]

Lewis Short Recoil .45ACP Prototype Pistol

June 28, 2017 Ian McCollum 15

https://utreon.com/v/gLhhTOrojBk Isaac Newton Lewis is best known for the Lewis light machine gun, but that was not his only foray into firearms design. He also patented two different types of handguns – one gas operated […]

Shorty EM2 with regular EM2 and early FAL

Q&A #11: Rockin’ Like It’s 1950!

June 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 54

Today’s questions: 0:00:35 – Least pleasant gun I have ever shot 0:02:51 – Favorite gun to have showcased on the channel 0:03:46 – Why did large militaries have .30 cal at the turn of the […]

The Korsac EM1 – a British/Polish Bullpup FG-42

June 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 22

https://utreon.com/v/cR3JkFAqXgc Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns […]

Book Review: Deadly Beauties – Rare German Handguns

June 25, 2017 Ian McCollum 5

https://utreon.com/v/QTgfZ__2TGY Deadly Beauties is a photographic collection of rare and collectible German pistols from 1871 through 1945, split into two volumes. The written sections are quite brief, and the photography is beautiful. More importantly, […]