Prototype
Sunngård 1909 Pistol
Just a photo – of probably the nicest Sunngård pistol in existence today, along with its holster. Thanks to Lars for sending it!
Articles by Ian McCollum
Rocket launcher
Vintage Saturday: Seeds of an Idea
Point at Panzer, press button…
Needlefire
Q&A Video, November 2015
Thanks to the awesome people supporting Forgotten Weapons through Patreon for sending in more questions that I could get to for another month! This month the subjects include: Browning lock vs others in handguns Best […]
Semiauto Rifles
M1 Thumb in Slow Motion (Ouch!)
(Note: not for the mildly squeamish) A blog reader on Reddit named Oelund sent me this footage, of him deliberately inflicting M1 Thumb on himself at 1200 fps (twice!). I figured that ought to be […]
Bolt Action Rifles
2-Gun WWI Extravaganza: BEF vs German Landser (Video)
This is the second of our two videos from the most recent 2-Gun match, which was designed with an explicit World War One theme. This one is a head to head match between me, kitted […]
Prototype
Landstad 1900 Autorevolver Disassembly
You may recall seeing my post about the Landstad model 1900 semiauto revolver a while back… Well, the gun (only one was ever made) was in a British collections for a hundred years, but recently […]
Semiauto pistol
Union Pistol w/35-Round Horseshoe Magazine (Video)
“Union” was a trade name used by French and Spanish arms manufacturers (as well as American, actually) – but this particular Union is a French example. Among their many variations of pistols available (25, 32, […]
Flamethrower
Vintage Saturday: Serious Riot Control
Nothing says “Disperse!” like flamethrowers and grenades…
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Refresher: US 1907 Pistol Trials Report
I have a couple videos coming up on pistols from the trials that eventually led to the adoption of the 1911, so today is a refresher from a couple years back when I posted a […]
Bolt Action Rifles
2-Gun WW1 Extravaganza: 1918 German Sturmtruppen vs German Landser (Video)
This month’s 2-gun match was a special WWI themed event, with three long stages instead of the usual four shorter ones. The design included bayonetting, climbing ladders, crawling under wire, and throwing grenades. I shot […]