Commentary - Forgotten Weapons

Utreon: Good Video Hosting for Both Viewers & Creators

August 11, 2022 Ian McCollum 10

https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ I have mentioned Utreon before, but I want to take a moment to do so again. The site continues to grow and improve, and it has a bunch of features that are actually better […]

Anti-Gun Partisan Lawfare? GWACS Sues KE Arms et al.

August 2, 2022 Ian McCollum 10

There have been a lot of questions raised about the ongoing lawsuit between GWACS Armory LLC and KE Arms (plus Brownells, Russell Phagan, Sinistral Shooting Technologies, and Shawn Nealon) – so I figured I ought […]

Historical Comparison: Finland’s Winter War vs Russian Invasion of Ukraine

April 21, 2022 Ian McCollum 50

I have been reading about the Winter War in past few months as part of my work on a book about Finnish small arms, and I have been really struck by the similarity in images […]

What Does the Invasion of Ukraine Mean for European Private Firearms Ownership?

March 11, 2022 Ian McCollum 43

Help support Ukraine: National Bank of Ukraine armed forces account National Bank of Ukraine humanitarian account Come Back Alive One of the interesting implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the potential for expanded […]

Nordic Cooperation: The Swedish M96 in Finnish Service

February 16, 2022 Ian McCollum 19

One of the significant foreign rifles in Finnish service during the Winter War and Continuation War was the Swedish M96 Mauser. These rifles began arriving in Finland even before Finland’s independence, and in 1919 the […]

What is UTREON? The Best Place to Watch Forgotten Weapons…

January 30, 2022 Ian McCollum 24

Utreon is a growing video platform that combines the functions of both YouTube and Patreon, without the problems of either one. I have no plans to stop using either of those, but I think Utreon […]

Investing in Guns: Some Tips (But It’s a Bad Idea)

January 19, 2022 Ian McCollum 49

A lot of people see the constantly-increasing price of collectible firearms, and assume that guns must be a pretty good investment. Well, they really aren’t. The stock market outperforms collectible firearms with ease. But if […]

What Are All These 9mm Cartridges, And Why?

December 7, 2021 Ian McCollum 46

Why do we have so many different 9mm cartridges, and what are they all? Why are 9mm Steyr and 9mm Largo virtually identical and yet different, while 9×18 Ultra and 9×18 Makarov are completely different? […]

Cheek Pistol Concept: Unorthodox But Effective

September 7, 2021 Ian McCollum 49

My friend Rhett Neumayer has been experimenting with an unorthodox but very interesting way to use handguns that don’t have reciprocating slides. He fits a red dot optic on a relatively tall mount, then presses […]

Throwback Thursday: 70 Years’ Perspective on Gun Collecting (Dolf Goldsmith)

September 2, 2021 Ian McCollum 2

Today I am reposting an interview I filmed with Dolf Goldsmith back in December 2011. We talk about the state of gun collecting at that time, and how things have changed since Dolf first took […]