Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Want to Win $100 Credit at International Military Antiques?

January 18, 2015 Ian McCollum 0

International Military Antiques has generously offered to sponsor a contest we’re running to encourage folks to create an account (it’s free) at Full30.com and subscribe to InRange TV there. On January 29th, we will pick […]

Vintage Saturday: War Photographer

January 17, 2015 Ian McCollum 31

Waffen-SS soldier in Russia with a camera, hand grenade, and captured Russian PPSh submachine gun.

Modern Take on the Sturmgewehr, and a Mile Long Shot to Kill

January 16, 2015 Ian McCollum 26

Two things today… First up, I recently had a chance to tinker with a rifle made by Brethren Arms, which is in many ways the modern evolution of the StG-45 that we looked at in […]

Slow Motion: StG-45(M)

January 15, 2015 Ian McCollum 13

The StG-45(M) was developed by engineers at Mauser right at the end of WWII, and its designers went on to form Heckler & Koch and this rifle was their basis for the H&K roller-delayed blowback […]

Bommarito Rifle

January 14, 2015 Ian McCollum 17

The Bommarito was one of the prototype self-loading rifles presented to the US Ordnance Department during the early 1900s. It was chambered for the standard .30-06 cartridge, fed from 20-round detachable box magazines, and was […]

Book Review: The K98k Rifle (Propaganda Photo Series Vol. I)

January 13, 2015 Ian McCollum 9

There is an excellent series of books on German WWII small arms being written and published out of the Netherlands – the Propaganda Photo Series. Today I am specifically looking at Volume I, which covers […]

John Wayne’s .22 Rifle (designed by Jim Sullivan)

January 12, 2015 Ian McCollum 22

One of the many projects that AR-15 designer Jim Sullivan was involved in through his long career was a project to found the Wayne Repeating Arms Company (or WRA Co., not to be inadvertently confused […]

French Police Mini-14

January 11, 2015 Ian McCollum 68

Current events are not typically something that Forgotten Weapons is going to comment on, but the recent unpleasantness in France has brought to light a firearm that folks may find interesting – the Mousqueton AMD. […]

Vintage Saturday: Mitrailleuses

January 10, 2015 Ian McCollum 40

From left to right, a 1914 Hotchkiss, a captured German MG08, and a 1907 St. Etienne.

Tab Clearing

January 9, 2015 Ian McCollum 19

A few things that have backed up and are worth sharing… First off, I had the opportunity to be on a local radio program with my friends Karl and Aaron. It was a lot of […]