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Home2021June

Month: June 2021

Light MGs

L-34 Sampo: Aimo Lahti’s Rejected Masterpiece

June 30, 2021 Ian McCollum 39

Finland’s standard light machine gun going into the Winter War was the LS-26, a gun which did not succeed in field use. It was complex and cumbersome, and Finnish troops quickly replaced it with captured […]

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Q&A

Q&A 51: Troop Trials, Postwar MG34/42, and the DIY Maker’s Match

June 29, 2021 Ian McCollum 41

Want to ask a question for next month’s Q&A? Join the Patreon crew and help support Forgotten Weapons… Want to help support excellent history? Check out Glory and Defeat: the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 from […]

Prototype

Winchester’s Prototype Model 1911 Was Actually a Browning Auto-5

June 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 14

When John Browning developed the self-loading shotgun that would become the Auto-5, he decided to depart from his existing standard business relationship with the Winchester company. Browning had historically sold his patents to Winchester for […]

Select-fire Rifles

Ian Finally Takes a Full Auto FAMAS F1 to the Range

June 26, 2021 Ian McCollum 46

Huzzah! I finally have a chance to take a proper full-auto FAMAS F1 out to the range. My conclusions? It’s very nice, just like the semiauto civilian model. It has a limited 3-round-burst option for […]

Heavy MGs

Vickers for Interwar Tanks: The Class C/T Machine Gun

June 25, 2021 Ian McCollum 19

The Vickers company developed several versions of the Vickers machine gun for aircraft use during the 1920s and 1930s, but they also worked on armored vehicle versions of the gun in the 1930s. Between 1930 […]

Book review

Book Review: The Guns of John Moses Browning, by Nathan Gorenstein

June 24, 2021 Ian McCollum 24

John Moses Browning is, without argument, the greatest firearms designer in history. While we have had many brilliant designers who had their names forever connected to guns (Maxim, Luger, Kalashnikov…), Browning invented whole *categories* of […]

Prototype

Colt Prototype Double Action 1911

June 23, 2021 Ian McCollum 15

Thanks to Legacy Collectibles, today we have a unique Colt prototype pistol to look at today – a double-action variation of the 1911. Judging by the grips and markings, this was made in the late […]

Semiauto Rifles

The KP-15: Now in OD Green for you Forest-Dwellers

June 22, 2021 Ian McCollum 6

KE Arms has finally pretty much caught up with the demand for black KP-15 monolithic polymer lowers, and now has the time to put out a limited run of them in OD Green (virtually identical […]

Prototype

Captain Carl Pelo’s Model 1954 Prototype Semiauto Rifle

June 21, 2021 Ian McCollum 37

Carl Pelo was a an engineer with Sako in the 1930s, and developed a series of self-loading rifles. He used a short recoil mechanism with a pair of locking flaps on the bolt, much like […]

Parts

Roth Steyr 1907 3D Printed Stripper Clips

June 19, 2021 Ian McCollum 33

Thanks to Thomas for sending me a couple of these clips to try out, and sharing his STL files for them! Here are the files for anyone who wants to make themselves a few: Clip […]

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