Handgun
The Obrez and its Cousins
I’m not sure where it started, but the “obrez” has gained a decent bit of recognition among gun folks (particularly gun folks on the internet). The concept is a Mosin-Nagant rifle with the barrel cut […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
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We Hit a Milestone – and a DVD Giveaway!
I was very happy to wake up to this on the site statistics yesterday morning: We’ve had more than a million visits since I started keeping track in June 2011! Thanks to everyone who has […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Turkish Orman Carbine Video
A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I’d picked up a neat new addition to my collection – a Turkish “Orman” carbine made from a French Berthier rifle. During WWII, the Turkish government wound up […]
Submachine Guns
Vintage Saturday: Overkill
The German has a rather uncommon Erma MP-35, and judging from the can the unfortunate fellow in the grass was carrying magazines for a DP-28.
Light MGs
Colt CMG-2 Light Machine Gun Video and Manual
During the 1960s, the Colt company was looking to help market the M-16 rifle to military forces by pairing it with a light machine gun. They were going after the exact same market segment as […]
Book review
Book Review: Volcanic Firearms
The Volcanic repeating pistol was the first direct step along the development path of the lever-action rifle that became an icon of the American West. Introduced before the advent of modern brass-cased cartridges, the Volcanic was […]
Light MGs
Zielfeuergerät 38 Training Machine Gun
The subject of training machine guns is one of the areas that is particularly difficult to find information on – most folks aren’t even aware of their existence. The one we’re looking at today, the […]
Commentary
A Minor Controversy Over Cartridges
We’re having a bit of a friendly disagreement over cartridges here, and I’m curious to hear some unbiased (or at least differently biased) opinions from you guys. Suppose you were putting together a new, cool […]
Light MGs
Announcing the Machine Gun Manual Archive on DVD!
We’ve spent some time scouring through the Forgotten Weapons Archives, and found all the interesting machine gun manuals we have to put together on a single huge DVD. I’m very happy to announce that we […]
cannon
Vintage Saturday: Danish Technical
Yep, it’s a 20mm Madsen automatic cannon – circa 1936. And check out that bull bar in front!