Accessories - Forgotten Weapons

The Ching Sling – A Simpler Shooting Sling Compromise

June 22, 2017 Ian McCollum 7

https://utreon.com/v/s83ToqH-AlA The Ching Sling is an answer to the question, “how can one have a sling that is both a useful shooting aid and also quick to get in and out of?” The formal shooting […]

Browning M1919A6 Double Size Training Model Machine Gun

June 2, 2017 Ian McCollum 17

https://utreon.com/v/O1Grk5hM_yQ During World War II, the US military had a simultaneous need to put machine guns into combat service, and also a need to train new soldiers on the operation of those machine guns. Cutting […]

SA80 History: Underbarrel Grenade Launchers

May 31, 2017 Ian McCollum 5

https://utreon.com/v/1u1CXEBT6xw Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns […]

Some of Ian’s Gun Collection, on a Matrix Armory Display Wall (Video)

April 12, 2017 Ian McCollum 13

Matrix Armory is a new gun display system developed by Jeff High (a long-time Forgotten Weapons supporter, incidentally) who wanted something that would really do justice to guns that you want to display and appreciate. […]

Bonus: Sight Protectors! (Video)

January 28, 2017 Ian McCollum 10

The Lee-Speed rifle we looked at yesterday came with a set of really neat sight protectors, which I think are worth a separate video on their own. Quite a lot of work went into these, […]

Two Strange Project SPIW Magazines (Video)

December 15, 2016 Ian McCollum 38

Today we are taking a look at two unusual magazines from unusual firearms. These are a 60-round double-column mag from a Springfield 1964 SPIW bullpup and a 50-round box magazine from an AAI XM-19 serial […]

Slabs and Waffles and Bakes, Oh My! A Brief History of AK Mags

December 13, 2016 Ian McCollum 32

In recent months, a couple of interesting developmental varieties of AK mags have appeared on the market here in the US, and I figure folks might be interested in learning about the history of where […]

Nomar M1911 Magazine-Stock (Video)

December 7, 2016 Ian McCollum 23

In 1936, Lewis Nolan Nomar patented this device, which is basically a large 40-round magazine for the 1911 pistol. He envisioned a military use for the device in trench raiding, giving men a compact weapon […]

Pritchard Bayonet for the Webley Revolver (Video)

November 23, 2016 Ian McCollum 18

The Pritchard bayonet for the Webley revolver is one of the more photogenic and less truly practical weapons to come out of the Great War. Designed by one Captain Pritchard after he spent a year […]

Remington Model 81 Special Police

September 30, 2016 Ian McCollum 15

The Remington Model 8 was one of the first successful self-loading rifles introduced to the commercial market, and it was designed by none other than John Browning. It was an expensive rifle, but popular for […]