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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 11: The Snider-Enfield

May 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 7

Full video with reloading segment and clip solid file available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-11-snider-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, and […]

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ASAC Presentation: Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution

May 23, 2025 Ian McCollum 3

This lecture was presented at the Spring 2025 meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors. It was given by Joel Bohy, coauthor of a new book of the same name, published by Mowbray. You […]

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Fenian Needham Conversion: Just the Thing for Invading Canada

May 10, 2025 Ian McCollum 33

The Fenian Brotherhood was formed in the US in 1858, a partner organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The groups were militant organizations looking to procure Irish independence from the British, and they found significant […]

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Japanese 3-Barrel Palanquin Swivel-Breech Pistol

May 3, 2025 Ian McCollum 6

This is a very rare style of Japanese matchlock, with three separate barrels on a revolving axis. It has all the design and decorative elements of a tanegashima musket, but built more as a self-defense […]

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“Howth” Mauser 1871: Irish Volunteers Gunrunning into Dublin

May 2, 2025 Ian McCollum 20

On July 14th, 1914 the 50 foot pleasure yacht “Asgard” sailed into Howth harbor in Dublin with its cabin completely filled with arms. It has 900 Mauser 1871 rifles and 29,000 rounds of ammunition for […]

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Unique British Crankfire .58 Morse Manual Machine Gun

April 30, 2025 Ian McCollum 15

This is a really interesting piece with a mostly unknown origin. It was manufactured in the UK (the barrel was deemed Enfield-made by former Royal Armouries curator Herb Woodend) and is chambered for the .58 […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 10: Model 1871/88 Beaumont-Vitali

April 26, 2025 Ian McCollum 6

Full video with reloading segment and clip solid file available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-10-beaumont-vitali-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, and […]

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Military-Issue Colt Model 1839 Paterson Revolving Rifle

April 23, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

The first rifle made in Sam Colt’s Paterson NJ factory was the 1837 “ring lever” rifle. These were rather fragile and underpowered and while they were used successfully in the First Seminole War, they needed […]

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Model 1875 Officer’s Pattern: The Finest Trapdoor Springfield

April 19, 2025 Ian McCollum 15

As the main national armory, Springfield got a number of requests to make specialty rifles for commissioned officers and important dignitaries each year. These were essentially all custom sporting rifles, and the orders were duly […]

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Herman Brevete: A Pepperbox Hidden in Your Bicycle Handlebars

April 18, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

In the 1890s, there was a lot of interest in small caliber, simple revolvers for self-defense by cyclists, primarily against dogs. This led to the creation of a whole category of “velodog” revolvers, and a […]

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