When the US began its engagement in the Philippines at the close of the 19th century, the standard service sidearm was a .38 caliber double-action revolver. This was found to be insufficient for serious combat […]
Today’s material comes thanks to our friend Hrachya in Armenia – a 1975 manual for the Russian MSP silent pistol. As Hrachya describes it: This is the manual of Russian MSP pistol (Malogbaritniy Spetsialniy Pistolet […]
So, the Gattling gun isn’t exactly a “forgotten” weapon – it’s probably one of the more iconic guns made (or at least its name is). But the Gattling wasn’t the only gun of its type […]
The first major project we will be putting together is going to be a reproduction of the Russian RP-46 conversion, which makes a DP28 or DPM light machine gun into a belt fed firearm. We’re […]
Everyone recognizes the M1 Garand as the iconic US rifle of World War II, but it had many competitors (you can see some of them in the M1 Garand Development section of the Vault). Most […]
A little while back, I posted a Winchester handbook on the commercial version of the M1895 Lee straight-pull Navy rifle. We came across a full military manual on the rifle as well, and we’ve got […]
When I first saw a Fedorov, I thought it would be a pretty sweet rifle to recreate as a ForgottenWeapons project. I made that suggestion, and was immediately shot down. As it turns out, the […]
The Ross was a straight-pull bolt action rifle used by the Canadian military in the early stages of World War I. It had several interesting features and strengths, despite ultimately being a failure as a […]
I’m very happy to announce the opening of our YouTube channel. We’ve got a bunch of videos planned, and I thought a good way to start would be with a tour of our shop, now […]
We’re getting a fairly thorough collection of Russian weapon manuals collected in the Vault, and here’s another one that’s a bit less common. The NSV was the .50 caliber heavy machine gun chosen by the […]
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