Commentary - Forgotten Weapons

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 […]

Simpson Ltd’s Import/Export Concierge Service

August 9, 2018 Ian McCollum 4

Simpson Ltd has been a friend of Forgotten Weapons for many years now, but I only recently realized how much import/export work they do – including a really neat concierge service that might be interesting […]