2021 - Forgotten Weapons

Danish M1941 Suomi SMG

September 8, 2021 Ian McCollum 23

When the Tikkakoski company bought the rights to produce the kp/31 “Suomi” submachine gun in the 1930s, they attempted to make a bunch of export sales, although none were very successful. By the late 30s […]

Cheek Pistol Concept: Unorthodox But Effective

September 7, 2021 Ian McCollum 49

My friend Rhett Neumayer has been experimenting with an unorthodox but very interesting way to use handguns that don’t have reciprocating slides. He fits a red dot optic on a relatively tall mount, then presses […]

A Rare Navy Stopgap: the CLLE MkI Naval Enfield

September 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 5

The British Royal Navy tended to accumulate some of the obsolescent patterns of Enfield rifles around the turn of the 19th century, as the Army had higher priority for the new types of rifle. This […]

NAA .22 Magnum Mini-Revolver at the BUG Match

September 4, 2021 Ian McCollum 34

I’ve been taking a lot of big pistols to the (alleged) BackUp Gun Match, and I figured it was time to try out something that actually would quality as a back-up gun. So, I got […]

Zastava’s M90: The Serbian M70 Updated to 5.56mm

September 3, 2021 Ian McCollum 17

Zastava has been making AK rifles in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) since the 1960s, and today has a number of offerings made for the commercial market. One of the recent ones is the M90 (or more […]

Throwback Thursday: 70 Years’ Perspective on Gun Collecting (Dolf Goldsmith)

September 2, 2021 Ian McCollum 2

Today I am reposting an interview I filmed with Dolf Goldsmith back in December 2011. We talk about the state of gun collecting at that time, and how things have changed since Dolf first took […]

Odd BSA Prototype Charger Bridge Long Lee

September 1, 2021 Ian McCollum 5

Today we have a very odd BSA prototype Long Lee rifle. The details of its production are unknown, but it has good provenance; the Charnwood Ordnance collection. What makes the rifle unusual is a unique […]

Ian’s Customs: WWSD Commando

August 31, 2021 Ian McCollum 23

Having worked with the KP-15 for the WWSD2020 project, I got a hankering to know how a tiny SBR carbine would work using a KP-15 lower. There is no option for using a pistol brace, […]

The Army’s Labor Union: Winchester 94s for the Loyal Legion of Loggers & Lumbermen

August 30, 2021 Ian McCollum 31

Today we have a rifle from a really neat forgotten corner of American military history. During World War One, the Pacific Northwest was the source of prime lumber, in particular Sitka Spruce that was ideal […]

Field to Table: Shooting (Delicious) Lionfish to Protect our Reefs

August 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 28

Want to do this yourself? Talk to Brady Hale at Ocean Strike Team, and tell him Ian sent you: Also, a huge thanks to Niuhi Dive Charters and Sake Cafe. Lionfish are a scourge on reef […]