Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Hi-Point / MAWL at MOGO24: Wheels Come Off the Struggle Bus

April 1, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

For my Active Division run during the staff match portion of Moons Out Goons Out 2024, I set up a 9mm Hi-Point carbine with a BE Meyers MAWL last unit. Great laser; terrible gun. My […]

Moons Out Goons Out 2024 Overview: Yeah, I Ran a Hi-Point

March 31, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Last weekend we ran Moons Out Goons Out 2024, a night rifle match presented by Tactical Night Vision Company at the Echo Valley Training Center. The match was a fantastic success, and I figured I’d […]

Book Review: Vickers Guide H&K Volume 2 (SMG & PDW)

March 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 4

Available direct from Vickers Guide: https://www.vickersguide.com/hk-vol-2 Or from Headstamp Publishing: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/purchase?tag=hkv2 About a year ago Larry Vickers and James Rupley published the first volume of a series on H&K firearms, beginning with handguns. After some […]

Skeet with the M90 Shotgun From Halo (What Could Go Wrong?)

March 29, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

Today is my last chance to take the Halo M90 out for a fun day at the range…so why not make it the worst possible application for this sort of shotgun?

Two World Wars: Finnish C96 “Ukko-Mauser”

March 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

A decent number of C96 Mauser pistols were present in Finland’s civil war, many of them coming into the country with the Finnish Jaegers, and others from a variety of sources, commercial and Russian. They […]

Electrolux Charlton: Washing Machine Company Converts Bolt Action to Semiauto

March 25, 2024 Ian McCollum 17

The Charlton was a conversion of a bolt action Lee rifle into a light machine gun, designed by New Zealander Phillip Charlton. Some 1500 were made in New Zealand, but a bit later it appears […]

Intro to Prism Scopes: What are they Anyway?

March 24, 2024 Ian McCollum 4

At SHOT Show this year I took some time to speak with Mike Branson of Gideon Optics (formerly of Primary ands and Swampfox). Mike’s a friend and a true optics nerd, and I figured he […]

Presenting Guns in Video Games w/ Jonathan Ferguson

March 23, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Today I am joined by Johnathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armories in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. We’re talking about the […]

Romanian Berthier Carbine Conversions

March 22, 2024 Ian McCollum 10

Romanian had more than a million rifles in its inventory after World War One, but they were mused between Mannlicher 88/90, Mannlicher 95, Mosin Nagant, and Berthier patterns – and they were almost all rifles […]

Zagi: Croatia HK’s a Sten Gun

March 20, 2024 Ian McCollum 29

The Zagi is one of the more prolific of the Croatian homeland War submachine guns. It was developed with the intention of making substantial numbers, and a lot of capital was put into the PHTO […]