Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Landstad 1900 Automatic Revolver

June 14, 2013 Ian McCollum 43

We spent a bunch of time earlier this week covering the Webley-Fosbery “automatic revolver”, and I would like to close out the week with another pistol of that type, but one that’s even weirder than […]

Book Review: German Pistols and Holsters

June 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 10

I’d heard some negative things about today’s book before I picked up a copy, and I was happily surprised by its usefulness. The book is German Pistols and Holsters 1934/1945, by Major Robert D. Whittington […]

Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver

June 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 28

Patented in 1896 and going into production in 1901, the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver was the brainchild of British Col. George Vincent Fosbery, VC. Fosbery was a career military officer who had served in India for […]

Introduction to Collecting Seminar

June 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 28

So, I was doing a bunch of driving this past weekend and had lots of time to think (a dangerous thing). Well, the thought occurred to me that folks might be interested in an “Introduction […]

Webley-Fosbery Auto-Revolver (Video)

June 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 28

We shot a video on the Webley-Fosbery last year, but it was in a dark room and with a low-resolution camera. I’ve since had another opportunity to handle one of these very interesting pistols, and […]

Fighting Fair is Fighting Stupid

June 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

An excerpt from Guns on the Early Frontiers, on the subject of Spanish matchlock muskets in the colonial Americas: In 1576, a Captain Solis, commander of the Garrison at San Felipe, in the vicinity of […]

Vintage Saturday: Nazi Zorro

June 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 41

German Skijäger troops with Sturmgewehr rifles in the Ukraine, February 1944. Note how two of the guys in the background are using ski poles as shooting sticks. If there had been more of these guys […]

Brazilian LAPA FA Modelo 03

June 7, 2013 Ian McCollum 32

Today we have another article by Ronaldo Olive, reprinted with his permission. This was originally published in Jane’s Defense Weekly in 1984, when the LAPA FA-03 was still more or less in prototype phase – […]

Book Review: The Military Remington Rolling Block Rifle

June 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 7

During the latter half of the 1800s, a significant fraction of the world’s military forces were being armed by the Remington brothers, and their factory in Ilion, New York. The Remington Rolling Block was one […]

Mystery Chinese Pistol

June 5, 2013 Ian McCollum 33

I’m sure everyone has heard a second or third hand story about someone finding a total steal on a gun at an estate sale or auction. Heck, I’ve had a few great moments that start […]