Accessories - Forgotten Weapons

Papers Behind the Pistol: Mauser’s Archives on the Model 1910

October 21, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

Courtesy of the Paul Mauser Archive, we have a very cool opportunity to look at the documentation and paperwork behind a production pistol design, from beginning to commercial sales. This sort of documentation is rare […]

MAC Operational Briefcase

April 21, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

This MAC briefcase, gun, and suppressor are lot #1063 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. If a swanky outfit like H&K can make an “Operational Briefcase” with a submachine gun hidden inside it, then you can […]

“Ideal” Holster/Stock for the Luger

August 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

Stock Pistol Most automatic pistols of the early 20th century were offered with shoulder stock options, and the Luger had more than most. Probably the most interesting one I am aware of is the Ideal […]

Testing the Halbek Device

July 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 10

The Halbek Device was an interesting clamp-on muzzle brake designed by two Rhodesians, Douglas Hall and Marthinus Bekker. It was patented in Rhodesia in 1977 and in the US in 1980, and manufactured in small […]

Dead Air PBS-1 Wolverine AK Suppressor

January 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 23

The Soviet Union produced and issued (on a quite limited basis) a suppressor for the AK platform, designated the PBS-1. It had a rather distinctive shape, and used a combination of baffles and wipes. Unfortunately, […]

US M1915 Bolo Bayonet – Dual Purpose Gear That Worked!

November 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 17

The M1915 bolo bayonet was originally the brainchild of US Army Captain Hugh D. Wise, Quartermaster with the 9th Infantry in the Philippines. In 1902, he recommended the implement in a letter to his superior […]

American Viven-Bessières WW1 Grenade Launcher

November 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 22

The standard American grenade launching system in World War One was the Viven-Bessières, borrowed directly form the French. It had been adopted by France in 1916, replacing copies of the British Martin-Hale rod grenades. The […]

The Good Idea Fairy Strikes: American Trowel Bayonets

November 13, 2017 Ian McCollum 27

The United States first experimented with a combination trowel and bayonet in 1868, producing 200 experimental examples made from standard socket bayonets. This was immediately followed by an additional 500 Model 1869 trowel bayonets made […]

Klienen Waffenwerkzeugatz – A German Armorer’s Tool Kit

October 10, 2017 Ian McCollum 11

This is a “Klienen Waffenwerkzeugatz” – a small armorer’s tool kit used by a German Waffenmeister. It is a really neat little set of handy and essential tools for working on small arms, which folds […]

WW1 Rifle Mud Covers: Lebel & Gewehr 98

July 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 20

https://utreon.com/v/Z0H9dpaLk3o Given the prevalence of muddy horrible trenches in World War 1, why didn’t anybody design dust covers to protect the actions of their combat rifles? Well, they actually did… and today we are looking […]