Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Turkish Orman Carbine Video

October 1, 2012 Ian McCollum 8

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Overkill

September 29, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

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.

Colt CMG-2 Light Machine Gun Video and Manual

September 28, 2012 Ian McCollum 8

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: Volcanic Firearms

September 27, 2012 Ian McCollum 1

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 […]

Zielfeuergerät 38 Training Machine Gun

September 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

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 […]

A Minor Controversy Over Cartridges

September 25, 2012 Ian McCollum 55

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 […]

Announcing the Machine Gun Manual Archive on DVD!

September 24, 2012 Ian McCollum 2

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 […]

Vintage Saturday: Danish Technical

September 22, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

Yep, it’s a 20mm Madsen automatic cannon – circa 1936. And check out that bull bar in front!

Fiat-Revelli M1935

September 21, 2012 Ian McCollum 9

So a week or two ago, we took a look at the Italian Fiat-Revelli M1914 – a particularly funky machine gun. The Italian military put up with it through World War I because they didn’t […]

Movie Review: The City of Life and Death

September 20, 2012 Ian McCollum 9

The Second Sino-Japanese War is a relatively unknown part of the Second World War here in the US. Japanese troops invaded Manchuria in 1931, and by 1937 sporadic skirmishes had evolved into a full-scale war […]