Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Reproduction Gerat 06 Rifles

April 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 42

For those of you who don’t regularly visit GunLab, Chuck posted an update there yesterday that’s worth checking out. He has spilled the beans about deciding to manufacture a small run of reproduction Gerat 06 […]

Savage Prototype .38ACP Autopistol

April 14, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

We have another new unique item from the September 2013 Rock Island Premier auction today – a prototype pistol made by Savage in .38ACP caliber.

Vintage Saturday: On Maneuvers

April 12, 2014 Ian McCollum 28

Zouaves on maneuvers with M1886 Lebel rifles, in 1909.

Burgess Folding Shotgun

April 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 40

Andrew Burgess has been the subject of a couple recent posts, and I figure it’s high time to actually take a close look at one of his firearms designs. Specifically, the folding shotgun. The first […]

Predicting the Future

April 10, 2014 Ian McCollum 42

While doing some research on the experimental Spencer-Lee rifle design, I came across an article on shoulder rifle technology written by Col. George Fosbery in 1884 for the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. […]

Biography: Andrew Burgess

April 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

by Robert White With 894 patents, Andrew Burgess is one of the most prolific firearm inventors the world has ever known (second only to John Browning in number of firearms patents issued to an American), […]

Prototype FN-49 Photos

April 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

I was planning to do a brief post today on a photo of a Spencer-Lee slide-action rifle, but as I started looking I found more and more information about it. I’m going to need a […]

Belgian Mini-Revolver (Video)

April 7, 2014 Ian McCollum 27

Since our last video was the biggest gun we’ve ever filmed, I figured we would go the opposite direction this week, and feature the smallest gun we’ve ever filmed. It’s an example of a cheap […]

Vintage Saturday: Mountaineer

April 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

Not sure which army exactly, but he has a PPSh-41 (or copy) and plenty of rope…

Book Review: The Burgess Long Range Repeating Rifle Model 1878

April 3, 2014 Ian McCollum 7

I’ve been getting curious to learn more about Andrew Burgess and his seldom-recognized guns, and took a look to see what books might be available on the subject. As it turns out, there are basically […]