Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

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 […]

Sunngård Automatic Pistol

April 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

Harald Sunngård was Norwegian inventor in the early years of the 20th century who noticed a common perceived weakness of automatic pistols: reloads under stress were often bungled by shooters, leaving them vulnerable to return […]

Reader Questions #3: StG Bolt Markings, FG-42 Chamber, Importing Surplus Arms

April 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 25

I only have two questions this week – if you have something you’re curious about, don’t be shy! Email me at admin@forgottenweapons.com and ask away, so we have enough question to keep this going as […]

German 75mm Pak-40 AT Gun (Video)

March 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 63

While we normally stick to small arms here, this beast of a gun was just way too impressive for me to not pay attention to. I was at a cannon and machine gun shoot just […]

Tomorrow’s Forgotten Weapon: Chiappa Triple Threat

March 30, 2014 Ian McCollum 19

I had the chance to play with a friend’s new Chiappa Triple Threat at the range last week, so I took the opportunity to put together a video. It was intended for a different website, […]

Vintage Saturday: Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

March 29, 2014 Ian McCollum 58

Parabellum 1914 MG in gunnery school, Belgium, 1918 (photo from Drake Goodman)