Commentary - Forgotten Weapons

A Mild Rant: Stupid Marketing Names

May 16, 2019 Ian McCollum 33

One of my pet peeves is when people buy collectible guns because they have been stuck with clickbait sorts of gimmicky names. In particular, the “Grey Ghost” P38 and the “Black Widow” Luger – especially […]

RIA May 2019 Final Prices

May 14, 2019 Ian McCollum 1

Preorders now open for my book, “Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016“! Get your copy now, and get the Kickstarter discount! Today we are looking at the results from the Rock Island May 2019 […]

Final Prices: Morphy’s April 2019 Auction

May 7, 2019 Ian McCollum 12

Preorders now open for my book, “Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016”! Get your copy here! Today we are looking at the results from the Morphy’s April 2019 sale to see what happened with […]

Hudson Mfg Bankruptcy and the Reality of Firearms Manufacturing

March 20, 2019 Ian McCollum 42

We have just seen the news that Hudson Manufacturing has filed for bankruptcy – and the HMG Sturmgewehr rifles are also still nowhere to be seen. What’s the deal?

I Found a Machine Gun: What Should I Do?

January 15, 2019 Ian McCollum 19

There are thousands of machine guns currently in the National Firearms Act registry registered to people born before 1900. Think about that for a moment – every one of those owners is deceased, and those […]

Q&A 24: Pistols, Puppies, and Procurement

December 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 32

0:00:37 – The Stoner 63 and value of modular platforms 0:03:37 – Forgotten Weapons on Instagram 0:05:13 – Was the Lebel adopted too hastily? 0:08:42 – Do I read comments on YouTube? 0:11:20 – Branching […]

Final Prices: RIA December 2018 (#75)

December 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 7

As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed from the most recent Rock Island auction (December 2018; #75). There were a few guns here that people got […]

Final Prices: Morphy’s Fall 2018 Auction

December 4, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed from the most recent Morphy’s auction (Fall 2018). One of the things I noticed here is an opportunity for […]

Overview of Swedish Gun Laws

September 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 0

Today I am joined by my friend Kristoffer to speak briefly about gun laws in Sweden while we take a break from the competition at Finnish Brutality 2018. As always, this is not intended to […]

What Sets Gun Values? (RIA 74 Final Prices)

September 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 5

As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed from the most recent RIA auction (#74; September 2018). Lots of examples here of seemingly similar items selling for […]