Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Save the Date! Moons Out 2026: March 6-8

April 22, 2025 Ian McCollum 0

Mark your calendars; Moons Out 2026 will be March 6-8 at the Echo Valley Training Center, in WV. Practiscore registration will open December 1: https://practiscore.com/moons-out-26/register

M1922 BAR Cavalry Light Machine Gun

April 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 41

After World War One, there was a lot of tinkering with the BAR by the US military. It was recognized as being a very good platform, but the original M1918 configuration left a lot to […]

Model 1875 Officer’s Pattern: The Finest Trapdoor Springfield

April 19, 2025 Ian McCollum 15

As the main national armory, Springfield got a number of requests to make specialty rifles for commissioned officers and important dignitaries each year. These were essentially all custom sporting rifles, and the orders were duly […]

Herman Brevete: A Pepperbox Hidden in Your Bicycle Handlebars

April 18, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

In the 1890s, there was a lot of interest in small caliber, simple revolvers for self-defense by cyclists, primarily against dogs. This led to the creation of a whole category of “velodog” revolvers, and a […]

Voere SAM-180 – Semiautomatic American 180 SMG Made in Austria?

April 16, 2025 Ian McCollum 11

The American 180 is a .22LR machine gun that fires at a high rate (1300 rpm more or less) from a super-high-capacity magazine (177 rounds). Conceptually it was designed by Richard Casull in the 1960s, […]

Springfield Kuna: Croatia’s New Delayed-Blowback PCC/SMG

April 15, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

The Kuna is a delayed-blowback 9mm pistol/PCC/submachine gun developed by HS Produkt in Croatia and marketed int he US by Springfield Armory. Development on it began in 2020 as a commercial project, but probably also […]

Experimental AG-42B Conversion to 7.62mm NATO

April 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

Circa 1954, Sweden was starting to look for a new self-loading rifle to adopt for its infantry. The 6.5x55mm cartridge was a good round, but the idea of having ammunition compatibility with its neighbors was […]

Domestic Burmese G3s: BA64 Rifle and BA-72 Carbine

April 12, 2025 Ian McCollum 3

After achieving independence from the British, Burma (now Myanmar) looked to develop a domestic small arms industry to supply its armed forces. The first weapon produced there was the BA-52, a copy of (how they […]

One of a Kind Prototype vz.38 Pistol in .32ACP

April 11, 2025 Ian McCollum 8

When CZ developed the vz.38 pistol for the Czechoslovak military, they made a number of attempts to also sell it on the international export market. This involved offering some various changes in configuration for different […]

KH-9: B&T Remakes the SITES Spectre Just Because It’s Cool

April 9, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Karl Brügger, CEO of B&T, is a true gun nerd and avid competitive shooter. When he got his hands on the Spectre SMG with its quad-stack magazine and weird DA/decocker fire control system, he thought […]