2017 - Forgotten Weapons

Joseph White Experimental .38 Caliber Automatic Pistols at James D Julia

April 3, 2017 Ian McCollum 7

Joseph White’s experiments in handgun design did not begin with the White-Merrill 1907 submitted to US handgun trials. In 1905 he submitted a patent (US #888560) for features in these two .38 caliber semiauto prototype pistols. […]

Two Variations of the RSC-1917 Selfloading Rifle at James D Julia

April 2, 2017 Ian McCollum 7

The RSC 1917, aka FSA1917, has the distinction of being the only true semiautomatic service rifle to see significant frontline infantry use during World War One. It was introduced in 1917 as a long rifle, […]

The World’s Greatest Rifle Infomercial!

April 1, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

https://youtu.be/-MlphoHT9nE Are you tired of having to manually cycle your rifle for every single shot? Now there’s a batter way – don’t be stuck in the past! Get the Howell Automatic Rifle! It’s patented gas […]

Trejo Model 1 Machine Pistol at James D Julia

March 31, 2017 Ian McCollum 32

The Trejo pistols were made by a small family company in Puebla, Mexico from the late 1940s until the early 1970s. They made primarily .22 LR rimfire pistols, in both small (Model 1) and large […]

The Short-Lived No1 Mk6 SMLE at James D Julia

March 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 16

The SMLE No1 Mk3 was the iconic British infantry rifle of World War 1, but not the final evolution of the Lee Enfield design. By World War 2 it had been replaced by the new […]

US Test Trials White-Merrill .45 Caliber Pistol at James D Julia

March 29, 2017 Ian McCollum 29

One of the domestic US made pistols entered in the US military pistol trials of 1907 was this White-Merrill design. It is particularly interesting because White and Merrill submitted a manual along with the gun, […]

The Very Steampunk M1915 Howell Automatic Rifle at James D Julia

March 28, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

The M1915 Howell Automatic Rifle is a conversion of a standard No1 MkIII Lee Enfield rifle into a semiautomatic, through the addition of a gas piston onto the right side of the barrel. Despite its […]

Knoble .22 Rimfire Prototype Pistol at James D Julia

March 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 16

W.E. Knoble of Tacoma, Washington is not a well-known gun designer, and was in fact not a successful gun designer. But he did enter a .45 caliber pistol in the 1907 US pistol trials, and […]

Hans Larsen’s Unique Falling Block Rifles at James D Julia

March 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 6

Hans Larsen was a very successful competitive marksman (World Champion, in fact) and gunsmith in Norway in the late 1800s. He, and later his company, made a wide variety of guns, from revolving rifles and […]

A Swarm of Angry Bees: The American 180 at James D Julia

March 25, 2017 Ian McCollum 37

The American 180 is a .22 rimfire submachine gun that fires at 1200-1500 rounds per minute or more, and feeds from drums of 177 to 275 rounds capacity. While it makes a great recreational machine […]