Accessories
Nydar Reflex Sight
The basic technology for the Army’s fancy high-tech M68 CCO (the Aimpoint) was first patented all the way back in 1900. The concept of the reflex sight, in brief, is that ambient light is used […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Competition
2-Gun Match: Chinese 7.62x39mm Bren
Thanks to the folks at SMG Guns in Texas, I just got my completed semiauto Bren gun in 7.62x39mm. What the best way to break it in? Take it to a run-n-gun match, of course! […]
Semiauto pistol
H&K VP-70Z (Video)
I recently had the chance to hit the range with a VP-70Z, the semiauto civilian version of H&K’s 1970 machine pistol. It is notable both for being one of the few production machine pistols around […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: Tactical Sweater
Volunteer member of the Albanian Legion, raised by the Austro-hungarian Army after occupying Albania in 1916. Note the Mannlicher clips of old 11mm cartridges and the C96 Mauser pistol.
Manuals
FIAT Model 1924 Manual
My knowledge of Italian machine guns is rather lacking, so I was pretty excited when I received a copy of a FIAt Model 1924 manual from our friend Hrachya. However, it has really created more […]
Book review
Book Review: Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn
I’m sure all my American readers are familiar with George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, one of the more famous disasters in American military history. For our European folks, a bit of […]
garand development
M1 Garand Clip Development
The design for the M1 Garand underwent a whole slew of changes large and small before finally reaching the form ultimately adopted by the US military. Well, the clips that it fed from were no […]
Manuals
Russian Followup
Two followups for you today, courtesy of readers who ferreted out some addition material for me – thanks guys! First, my vintage photo of the Soviet marine snipers generated a bunch of discussion of the […]
Revolver
Iver-Johnson Safety Hammerless (Video)
I believe this is the least expensive gun we have yet covered on Forgotten Weapons – this particular example cost me $49 at a local gun shop. Why bother with a cheap old (and pretty […]
Commentary
Behr’s Cartridge for Dogs
While I was tracking down the patents on the Bar pistol for Peter Rasmussen’s article last week, I ran across something interesting (well, I think it’s interesting). On the same day that Behr applied for […]