Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

StealthGear Onyx 1911 Holster Giveaway

January 28, 2014 Ian McCollum 0

I recently reviewed a new holster for TheFirearmBlog.com – a pretty swanky hybrid kydex design by a new company called StealthGear. They’re calling it the Onyx, and I came away very impressed by the design […]

JoLoAr at the Range

January 27, 2014 Ian McCollum 40

I had the chance to take a .380 caliber JoLoAr pistol out to the range recently, and took the video camera along: The JoLoAr pistol was a combination of a poor-selling and unremarkable Spanish blowback […]

Vintage Saturday: Captured

January 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 69

Antifascists holding a captured officer at gunpoint with a JoLoAr pistol during the Spanish Civil War. Check back Monday for a video on the JoLoAr!

Andrews Machine Carbine

January 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 77

I’m flattered to say that we received another research question from the Pattern Room, and a bit dejected to say that once again it was something I couldn’t provide a good answer to. However, the […]

Book Review: The Siamese Mauser (Banzai Special Project #1)

January 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 16

The Banzai group of Japanese weapon collectors has been around for a long time – they began publishing their newsletter in 1982 (actually, that makes the newsletter older than I am, to some peoples’ chagrin). […]

Soviet AT Rifle Performance

January 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, guys. My day job has gotten a bit hectic in the last week, and it’s really cutting into the time I have available to work on the site. […]

FG-42 vs M1 Garand – 2 Gun Match (Video)

January 20, 2014 Ian McCollum 53

For this month’s 2-Gun Action Challenge Match, we had a loaner .308 FG-42 from SMG Guns, which I handed off to my friend Karl to shoot. I went up against him with an M1 Garand, […]

Vintage Saturday: Spare a Rifle?

January 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

Lots of Mosin-Nagant rifles, and we’re guessing also Swedish Mausers. Plus, of course, the two Chauchats and a Maxim 1910. Thanks to Dave for the photo!

Syrian rebel using an iPad to measure mortar angle

Old Tech, New Tech (Syria)

January 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 48

Is there a computer-using gunnie anywhere who has not dreamed of doing this? Yep, an old German StG-44 mounted on a set of servomotors to allow remote control movement. Complete with firing solenoid and a […]

Movie Review: Assembly (2007)

January 16, 2014 Ian McCollum 49

The past year’s lineup of blockbusters from Hollywood has been pretty light on war movies, so here’s one you may not have seen to fill the gap. Produced in China by director Feng Xiaogang, it […]