• Contact Ian
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Forgotten Weapons
Head Stamp Publishing Ad
  • Home
  • Special Collections
    • M1 Carbine Development
    • M1 Garand Development
    • Bergmann Automatic Pistols
    • Carbine Williams and Winchester
  • Handguns
    • Machine Pistols
    • Revolvers
    • Semi-Auto Pistols
  • Shotguns
  • Rifles
    • Anti-Tank Rifles
    • Bolt-Action Rifles
    • Lever-Action Rifles
    • Revolving Rifle
    • Select Fire Rifles
    • Semi-Auto Rifles
    • Single Shot Rifles
    • Sniper Rifles
  • Machine Guns
    • Aircraft MGs
    • GPMGs
    • HMGs
    • LMGs
    • Manual Machine Guns
    • SMGs
  • Other
    • Accessories
    • Ammunition
    • Artillery
    • Biographies
    • Book Reviews
    • Cannon
    • Flamethrowers
    • Flare Guns
    • Interviews
    • Q & A
    • Rocket Launchers
    • Tours
  • Shop
HomeAuthorsIan McCollum

Articles by Ian McCollum

No Picture
Night Vision

March 2026 Q&A: Introduction to Night Vision (w/ PSR, Brass Facts, Hop, Luke, & Kit Badger)

March 20, 2026 Ian McCollum 0
I took the opportunity to film this month’s Q&A at the Moon Out 2026 night rifle match, where I was joined by Hop, Brass Facts, Kit Badger, Luke (Ballistic Aviation), and PSR. These guys have […]
Bolt Action Rifles

Lithuanian Model 24L Mauser

March 18, 2026 Ian McCollum 0
The history of early Lithuanian small arms usage is hard to trace, as most records were destroyed over the course of a German invasion, two Russian invasions, and a 50-year communist occupation. When Lithuania gained […]
Optics

US Army M68 Close Combat Optic aka Aimpoint CompM Series

March 16, 2026 Ian McCollum 3
When Aimpoint entered the competition for a US Army standard-issue combat optic in the 1990s, they really didn’t expect to win. The other finalists were Trijicon and Meprolite, and it seems like a safe bet […]
No Picture
Competition

Moons Out 2026 Night Rifle Match by Nocturn Industries (Night 2)

March 14, 2026 Ian McCollum 0
Moons Out is the premier annual night vision rifle match, held at the Echo Valley Training Center in West Virginia. This year I am shooting in the Passive division, using a CMMG Banshee 9mm carbine […]
No Picture
Competition

Moons Out 2026 Night Rifle Match by Nocturn Industries (Night 1)

March 13, 2026 Ian McCollum 0
Moons Out is the premier annual night vision rifle match, held at the Echo Valley Training Center in West Virginia. This year I am shooting in the Passive division, using a CMMG Banshee 9mm carbine […]
No Picture
Uncategorized

Clearing Bannerman’s Island: Tales from the Golden Age of Surplus

March 11, 2026 Ian McCollum 3
The Bannerman family decided to sell Bannerman’s Island tot he state of New York in the 1950s, but the sale required that they first clear all the ordnance off it. That was no simple task, […]
Submachine Guns

Madsen Model 1945: A Rather Unusual SMG

March 9, 2026 Ian McCollum 20
At the end of World War Two, the Danish Madsen company wanted to replace its production of licensed Suomi submachine guns with a design of its own. The result was the Model 1945, a quite […]
No Picture
Commentary

Will FRTs Kill Machine Gun Values? (feat. DIAS)

March 7, 2026 Ian McCollum 32
When bump stocks made their appearance on the market, people suggested that they might cause a drop in the value of registered transferrable machine guns. That didn’t happen, largely because bump stocks were tricky to […]
Prototype

Eugene Stoner’s Future Assault Rifle Concept (F.A.R.C.)

March 6, 2026 Ian McCollum 57
After developing the AR-15 with Armalite, Eugene Stoner worked for a number of different companies. In 1972 he cofounded Ares Inc, where he and his partners worked on a wide variety of weapons platforms. Their […]
No Picture
Bolt Action Rifles

Adventures in Surplus! Type 38 Arisaka Carbine in World War One

March 4, 2026 Ian McCollum 8
“Forged in Snow”, my book on Finnish small arms, is available for pre-order right now along with all the other cool options at: https://www.headstamppublishing.com In the fall of 1914 it became apparent that the minor […]

Posts pagination

1 2 … 463 »

Our Awesome Sponsors!

Forgotten Weapons Merch!

Shirts, jackets, hats, and much more!
Sites we enjoy reading
  • British Royal Armouries
  • GunLab
  • Historical Firearms (Tumblr)
  • Joel's Gulch
  • View From the Porch
Research Sites
  • American Society of Arms Collectors
  • Artillery Luger
  • C&Rsenal
  • Carbines for Collectors
  • Gothia Arms Historical Society
  • GunPictures.net
  • James Julia auction archive
  • Manowar's Hungarian Weapons & History
  • Milsurps.com
  • Modern Firearms
  • Municion.org
  • Old Colts
  • Pistols of the German Wehrmacht
  • The Paul Mauser Archive
  • The Spanish Civil War Mosin Nagant
  • Unblinking Eye
What I’m Currently Reading
Subscribe to Forgotten Weapons via Email

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Contact Us

Forgotten Weapons

6281 N. Oracle #36270
Tucson, AZ 85704

© 2026 Forgotten Weapons.
Site developed by Cardinal Acres Web Development.