Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Italian Perino Machine Gun

September 19, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

The Perino is a gun that really should have been adopted, but wasn’t. Its development began in 1901 when Giuseppe Perino (an Italian Army officer) patented the design for a recoil-operated machine gun with a […]

What Are Your Favorite Gunmaking Countries?

September 18, 2012 Ian McCollum 29

If you had to pick three countries to focus your gun collection on, which would they be? Yeah, this is the sort of thing I think about when I’m waiting in line or otherwise unoccupied. […]

Finnish Jatimatic SMG

September 17, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

The Jatimatic was a Finnish submachine gun intended for bodyguards and private security forces. It was designed in the 1980s, and never achieved much success despite having some interesting and clever features. The bolt is […]

Vintage Saturday: More Firepower

September 15, 2012 Ian McCollum 16

An AA quad Maxim emplacement in Moscow, circa 1942.

Photos of 1950s Light Rifle Prototypes

September 14, 2012 Ian McCollum 13

In the aftermath of World War II, there was a significant amount of effort put into deciding what rifles would be used by the post-war Allied armies. The UK and US wanted commonality, but couldn’t […]

Upcoming Coolness

September 13, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

Sorry guys – I don’t have a book review for you today – I’ve spent most of the last week hanging out with Oleg Volk working on a cool video project. However, I would point […]

Brazilian INA M953 Submachine Gun

September 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

We’re happy to have another article by Ronaldo Olive today (reprinted with his permission – and originally found in Harris Publications’ SPECIAL WEAPONS FOR MILITARY & POLICE, 1991) – this time on the INA 953, […]

Military Hardware in Civilian Hands

September 11, 2012 Ian McCollum 33

It appears that H&K, along with certain magazine editors who should know when to keep their mouths shut, are seriously concerned about the repercussions of mere civilians having possession of the fancy new military technology […]

Five-Barrel Nordenfelt Video

September 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

While we were visiting the Institute of Military Technology, we took a few minutes to check out their two 5-barrel Nordenfelt guns and chat with Joe from GardnerGuns.com about them. The Nordenfelt was one of […]

Vintage Saturday: Easy Rider

September 8, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

The gun is an LMG-25…and I have no idea what the bike is.