May, 2024 - Forgotten Weapons

The Truth Behind the One Chinese Red Dot Factory

May 19, 2024 Ian McCollum 12

At SHOT Show this year Ian took some time to speak with Mike Branson of Gideon Optics (formerly of Primary Arms and Swampfox). Mike’s a friend and a true optics nerd, and I figured he […]

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 1: The Trapdoor Springfield

May 18, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/trapdoor-app-cut Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

Last Day: Rifles of the Danube Discount & Special KS Edition!

May 17, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/rifles-on-the-danube?ref=64v2l6 Today is your last chance to join the preorder for Rifles on the Danube! Until the end of today, you can still join the Kickstarter for “Rifles on the Danube: Hungarian Kalashnikov Firearms 1959-2002”. […]

SA-85S: FEG Adapts the Hungarian AK for American Import

May 15, 2024 Ian McCollum 3

Get your copy of “Rifles On The Danube” today – only 2 days left! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/rifles-on-the-danube?ref=3cc2en Hungary began importing semiautomatic civilian versions of FÉG’s AK-63D into the United States in the 1980s. As more restrictions were […]

Can I Shoot 1 MOA All Day? (Bloke/Polenar Challenge Accepted!)

May 14, 2024 Ian McCollum 4

Bloke on the Range Challenge Video: Bloke and Žiga have challenged us – and you! – to shoot a 1 MOA group on demand, with a non-benchrest sort of rifle. The idea is that a […]

Finland’s Prototype Belt-Fed GPMG: L41 Sampo

May 13, 2024 Ian McCollum 25

During the 1930s, there was interest in Finland in replacing the Maxim heavy machine gun with something handier and more mobile. There were experiments with large drum magazines for the LS-26 light machine gun, but […]

Blk Lbl Integrated Handguard/Bipod for the Q Fix

May 12, 2024 Ian McCollum 1

Ever since I first saw Blk Lbl at SHOT Show many years ago I’ve really liked their handguard-integrated bipods. They are completely slick and unobtrusive when folded up, but offer a good range of motion, […]

AK-63F: Hungary’s Last Military Kalashnikov

May 11, 2024 Ian McCollum 10

Join our Kickstarter for “Rifles On The Danube” today and get your copy of the best book on Hungarian AKs! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/rifles-on-the-danube?ref=dioegq In 1978, as AMD-65 rifles in service were starting to get worn out, FÉG […]

Full Auto Glock 18 at the Range: Can I Hit…Anything?

May 11, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/glock-18-range I’ve fired a number of different machine pistols, but until today never a Glock 18. So, we’re going to give it a try! This is an original factory example, not a conversion.

Romania Copies the Jericho: Cugir Models 95 & 98

May 10, 2024 Ian McCollum 17

By the end of communism in Romania in 1989, the standard service pistols for the army and police were still the old Tokarevs and the Cugir Model 74 “Carpați” Walther PP copy. These were obviously […]