Prototype
DSA’s Unique Titanium FAL Project
DS Arms got some billet titanium and decided to make a batch of titanium receivers and other parts. This turned out to be a nightmarish amount of work, and two of the receivers had to […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Prototype
Haenel’s Prototype Simplified Sturmgewehr StG45(H)
In December 1944, the Haenel company received permission to produce a simplified version of the StG-44 Sturmgewehr. The idea was to keep the mechanical system and controls as similar as possible to the design in […]
Antiques
Enjoying Black Powder Episode 11: The Snider-Enfield
Full video with reloading segment and clip solid file available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-11-snider-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, and […]
Antiques
ASAC Presentation: Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution
This lecture was presented at the Spring 2025 meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors. It was given by Joel Bohy, coauthor of a new book of the same name, published by Mowbray. You […]
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Stamm-Saurer Model 1913 Long-Recoil Prototype Rifle
Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s, and today we are looking at a second-pattern Model 1913 semiauto rifle. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer […]
Select-fire Rifles
AK4: Sweden’s Beefed-Up Take on the G3
Order your copy of Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO today: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/cold-war-battle Or if you are in Europe, please order through our European site: https://www.headstampbook.com/cold-war-battle When Sweden decided to replace its […]
Q&A
Q&A: All About Submachine Guns (May 2025)
Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! Join us to help support Forgotten Weapons, get videos without ads, and to submit your questions for future Q&A videos: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons This month’s […]
Semiauto pistol
Beretta Model 1934: Italy’s Unassuming Workhorse Service Pistol
The Beretta Model 34 was basically the final iteration of a design by Tullio Marengoni that began all the way back in 1915. That pistol was updated in the early 1920s, and that one was […]
Book review
Book Launch! Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO
Order your copy today, right here! https://www.headstamppublishing.com/cold-war-battle Or if you are in Europe, please order through our European site: https://www.headstampbook.com/cold-war-battle I’m excited to announce preorders for my latest book, “Small Arms of the Cold War: […]
Semiauto pistol
Glock 26: Glock’s First Sub-Compact Pistol
The Glock 26 was introduced in 1995 alongside the Glock 27. These were sub-compact pistols with 3.43 inch barrels chambered for 9x19mm (the 26) and .40 S&W (the 27). These were Glock’s first foray into. […]