Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Holek Automat at James D Julia

September 15, 2015 Ian McCollum 35

The Holek Automat was a semiautomatic sporting rifle designed by Emmanuel Holek. Emmanuel was also the designer of the ZH-29 rifle, and brother of Vaclav and Franticek Holek, who developed the ZB-26 and ZB-53 machine guns. […]

The Chauchat: Shooting, History, and Tactics (Video)

September 14, 2015 Ian McCollum 77

I hope everyone had a successful weekend with the Rock Island auction that just ended! For those of you who still have some money left, there is a James D. Julia auction coming up in […]

Pancor Jackhammer Photos

September 13, 2015 Ian McCollum 10

While I had the Pancor Jackhammer disassembled, I took a bunch of photographs of the individual parts and assemblies. Here they are:

Patreon is Replacing the Premium Membership Program

September 12, 2015 Ian McCollum 44

For a long time now, I have had a “Premium Member” program for folks who wanted to help support the site. It has proven to be a bit clumsy for me to manage, and I […]

Pancor Jackhammer

September 11, 2015 Ian McCollum 78

The Pancor Jackhammer was a select-fire combat shotgun designed by John Andersen in the 1980s. He was a Korean War veteran who had used a pump shotgun in combat, and while he liked the shotgun […]

RIA: Ithaca Auto & Burglar

September 10, 2015 Ian McCollum 19

Before 1934, there was no legal restriction on short-barreled shotguns, and several companies offered pistol-style shotguns for personal protection. One of the best of these was the Ithaca Auto & Burglar. These were made mostly […]

RIA: Pedersen PA Carbine

September 9, 2015 Ian McCollum 5

We have done a number of videos recently on various different Pedersen long guns (the PA rifle, the Japanese copy, shooting the PB rifle, etc), but there was one version that I have not covered […]

RIA: Warner Carbine

September 8, 2015 Ian McCollum 8

The Warner carbine was another of the weapons used in small numbers by the Union cavalry during the Civil War. It is a pivoting breechblock action built on a brass frame. These carbines were made […]

RIA: Bergmann 1896 / No.3 Pistol

September 7, 2015 Ian McCollum 8

Bergmann was one of the reasonably successful yet relatively unknown manufacturers of early automatic pistols. Originally a delayed blowback patent purchased by Bergmann, the design was refined and simplified by none other than Louis Schmeisser […]

RIA: J.M. Browning Harmonica Rifle

September 6, 2015 Ian McCollum 13

Have you heard of Jonathan Browning, gunsmith and inventor? Among his other accomplishments, he is credited with designing the harmonica rifle in the US – and we have an example of one of his hand-made […]