Semiauto pistol
Benelli B76 vs MP3S at the Range
The Benelli MP3S is a very rare pistol in .32 S&W, and a nearly unheard of one in 9mm Parabellum. Well, thanks to viewer Todd we have one of those 9mm examples to take to […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Semiauto pistol
Benelli B76 Family: Italian Inertial Locking Autopistols
Benelli is not the company we think of today for modern service pistols – and according to the sales record of the B76 family, they weren’t in the 1980s either. Designed in the early 1970s […]
Light MGs
Project Lightening Episode 05: Reload
Project Lightening is a collaborative series with Othais and Mae of C&Rsenal in which we test all seven light machine guns and automatic rifles of World War One and put them through a series of […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Parker Hale M85: Traditional Sniper in a Modern World
The 1985 competition to pick a new sniper rifle for the British military came down to a closely fought contest between the Accuracy International PM and the Parker Hale M85. The M85 was a fantastically […]
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Dig Hill 80: Presentation of Findings
More than a year ago, viewers of Forgotten Weapons stepped up and were instrumental in successfully funding the Dig Hill 80 project – an archaeological excavation of a remarkably intact series of trenches from Wrold […]
Semiauto pistol
South Africa’s Berettas: The Vektor Z88 and SP1
In the 1980s, the South African military and police were using substantial numbers of different handguns, and began looking for a way to consolidate to simply maintenance and logistics. Studying the different guns they had, […]
Book review
Book Review: Système Lefaucheux
The pinfire system, as invented by Casimir Lefaucheux and expanded by his son Eugene, is one of the most significant corners of cartridge firearms development that has been thoroughly overlooked by collectors and firearms enthusiasts. […]
Semiauto pistol
Lugerman’s .45 ACP Target Model Luger
Eugene Golubtsov – aka Lugerman – has been building beautiful .45 ACP Lugers base don the original DWM technical data package for the 1907 trial Luger for a little while now. We previously looked at […]
Select-fire Rifles
SIG AK-53: A Truly Weird Forward-Operating Rifle
One of the most mechanically unusual rifles I have had the chance to examine is the SIG AK-53. One of a long line of interested experimental self-loading designs made by SIG between the 1920s and […]
Light MGs
Project Lightening Episode 03: Walking Fire
Project Lightening is a collaborative series with Othais and Mae of C&Rsenal in which we test all seven light machine guns and automatic rifles of World War One and put them through a series of […]