Submachine Guns
Vintage Saturday: Checkpoint Tommy
British soldier with a fancy new (unloaded) Sterling submachine gun manning a checkpoint in post-war occupied Germany.
Articles by Ian McCollum
Conversion
Pathan “44-Bore” AK in 8×33 Kurz
Today’s rifle is an curious example of forgotten weapons going full-circle and being reinvented. What we’re looking at is the “44 Bore”, a colloquial name given to AK-pattern rifles rechambered for the German 7.92×33 Kurz […]
Book review
Book Review: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
I’ve been aware of Lester Grau’s The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan for a long time – I borrowed a copy many years ago – but only recently purchased a […]
Manuals
Swiss ZfK-55: Manuals and More
Thanks to several readers, I have some more material on the Swiss ZfK-55 sniper rifle today. To start off, Beryl sent this vintage photo of a group of Swiss troops with a ZfK-55 (and a […]
Commentary
Cavalry Use of Pistols?
Here’s a subject I don’t know much about, and I’m hoping some of the folks reading this can help educate me: cavalry use of handguns. How many groups actually experimented with handguns as a primary […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Swiss ZfK-55 Sniper (Video)
At the Rock Island Auction last month, there were several Swiss ZfK-55 sniper rifles up for sale. The rifle is basically a K31 action, with a bunch of modifications to convert it into a very […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Vintage Saturday: Arms of the Empire
Japanese troops with Murata rifles, 1900.
Uncategorized
Excellent New Premium Members’ Benefit
I’m happy to announce that I’ve added a new benefit item to the Forgotten Weapons Premium Member program! Rock Island Auctions is offering us a great discount on their catalogs. If you’ve seen their catalogs, […]
Book review
Book Review: Forty Miles A Day on Beans and Hay
We wint to Arizona, for to fight the Injins there; We came near being made bald-headed, but they never got our hair. We lay among the ditches, in the dirty yellow mud, And we never […]
Commentary
US Army Rifle and Carbine Adoption 1865-1900
Courtesy of reader Mike, we have today a copy of a Master’s thesis written by Major John Davis in 2007, as a part of a Staff College degree. The title of the paper is “U.S. […]