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The Most Interesting Guns
It’s a sad fact that there are always a lot more guns for sale than I can afford to buy, and that’s forced be to really think about what guns really hold the most interest […]
Articles by Ian McCollum
Semiauto pistol
Japanese “Papa” Nambu video
In 1925, the Imperial Japanese Army adopted the Type 14 pistol, which was produced in large numbers during WWII. It looks outwardly pretty similar to a Luger, but i mechanically very different. What many folks […]
Vintage photo
Vintage Saturday: No Such Thing as Overarmed
Well, Leszek in Poland has been sending us a bunch of great vintage photos, so I’m not going to have to dip into my own stash for a while: Yeah, you might not want to […]
Light MGs
Chauchat Followup
We had a lot of feedback on Tuesday’s post on the CSRG Chauchat light machine gun, so I figured I should do a bit of followup today. Leszek in Poland sent us these photos of […]
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Introducing GunLab
We are quite happy to announce the launch of a second blog, which I think will appeal to many of the folks who read Forgotten Weapons. It is called GunLab, and will be discussing all […]
Book review
Book Review: Collector’s Guide to Tokarev Pistols
Today we have a copy of John Remling’s work, a “Collector’s Guide to Tokarev Pistols”. It’s a thin volume, but a good introduction and basic reference to the development of the TT33 Tokarev pistol and […]
Semiauto Rifles
Mauser Gewehr 41(M) Manual
Last week, we posted a video on the Gewehr 41(W), which was the first really mass produced German self-loading combat rifle. Well, when the Heereswaffenamt (German ordnance department) requested designs for what would become the […]
Light MGs
The Worst Gun Ever
By popular internet acclaim, the Worst Gun Ever is officially the Chauchat light machine gun. Every time the question comes up, that’s what people say. I’m not saying they’re necessarily wrong – but everyone always […]
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Mystery Rifle
Well, I kinda goofed with my post scheduling yesterday – the StG45 IPSC video was supposed to be for today. I’m on the road for a couple days, so in lieu of a regular Monday […]
Semiauto Rifles
StG45 at an IPSC 3-Gun Match (Video)
The Sturmgewehr 45 (aka Gerat 06H) was the first functional roller-delayed blowback rifle developed, and it was slated to replace the StG44 as Germany’s primary combat rifle when WWII ended. We have a reproduction of […]