December, 2024 - Forgotten Weapons

How Is Ammunition Made? A Tour of Sellier & Bellot’s Factory

December 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 17

Today I am in Vlašim in the Czech Republic, where Sellier & Bellot has allowed me to film a tour of their ammunition plant. This is one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world, […]

In the Footsteps of 45 Commando: 60 Miles Across the Falklands

December 28, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

Want a patch or t-shirt with our adorably heavily armed rockhopper penguin? Both are available from Varusteleka: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/search?q=penguin I was recently joined my friends Les Winner (Polaris Worldwide Logistics) and Jari Laine (Varusteleka) for an […]

Estonia’s Much Better Sniper: the M14 TP2

December 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 33

The first Estonian sniper rifle built on the M14 was the “TP” – a very poorly done model with a lousy scope, worse mount, and unhelpful stock. These were made in 2000, and in 2008 […]

ZB47: A Truly Weird Czech SMG

December 23, 2024 Ian McCollum 35

The ZB47 was developed at Brno as a contender for Czech military submachine gun adoption in the late 1940s. The Czech Army had technically adopted a submachine gun prior to World War Two (the vz.38; […]

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 6: Berdan II

December 21, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/berdan-2-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

The End of the Mamba: A Tale of Manufacturing Incompetence

December 20, 2024 Ian McCollum 32

This is your last chance to win this very rare Mamba pistol! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is TONIGHT 12/20/24 @11:59 PM PST The Mamba was a pistol that had a pretty decent design, but failed […]

P320 Flux Legion Raider at the Range

December 19, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

Today I am taking the SIG P320 Flux Legion (aka the SIG Legion edition of the Flux Raider) out to the range. I’m a big fan of PDW systems, and the Raider is one of […]

SIG P320 Flux Legion / Flux Raider: The Best Pistol-PDW System Yet

December 18, 2024 Ian McCollum 50

The Flux Raider is a chassis system designed to turn the SIG P320 into a very compact PDW. The design concept began as a desire to improve the practical accuracy of a handgun by adding […]

History of Weapons & War: Now With The Chieftain!

December 17, 2024 Ian McCollum 1

Join us today, and use code XMAS2024 for a couple bucks off: https://weaponsandwar.tv We are excited to welcome Lt. Col. Nicolas Moran, The Chieftain, to the History of Weapons & War streaming video app! He […]

Daniel Defense H9: The Hudson Reborn and Completely Reengineered

December 16, 2024 Ian McCollum 16

In 2017, Hudson released a new pistol that was the darling of the firearms industry. It purported to offer a radically low bore axis and 1911-style trigger in a striker-fired system that would be fast […]