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Hudson Mfg Bankruptcy and the Reality of Firearms Manufacturing
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?
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I Found a Machine Gun: What Should I Do?
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 […]
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Q&A 24: Pistols, Puppies, and Procurement
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 […]
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Final Prices: RIA December 2018 (#75)
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 […]
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Final Prices: Morphy’s Fall 2018 Auction
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 […]
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Overview of Swedish Gun Laws
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 […]
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What Sets Gun Values? (RIA 74 Final Prices)
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 […]
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Simpson Ltd’s Import/Export Concierge Service
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 […]
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Overview of South African Gun Laws
Basic gun ownership in South Africa – what does it involve and how does it work? Dedicated collectors, sportsmen, and hunters? Self-dense and concealed carry? Well, when I was in South Africa I figured I’d […]
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Ken Hackathorn on the M1 Carbine: Reputation vs Reality
The M1 Carbine has long been a bit of an enigma to me, because I have never had really good luck with the design, and yet they were extremely popular with Americna soldiers, German soldiers, […]