Competition - Forgotten Weapons

BMPs, Hurdles, and Kettlebells: Finnish Brutality 2022 Day 2!

September 18, 2022 Ian McCollum 7

Thanks to Varusteleka for putting on an absolutely magnificent match! I’m also very happy to have a line of merchandise now available with them. Time for Day 2 of Finnish Brutality 2022! We have five […]

Sauna, Sisu, and Sprinting: Finnish Brutality 2022 Day 1

September 17, 2022 Ian McCollum 11

Thanks to Varusteleka for putting on an absolutely magnificent match! I’m also very happy to have a line of merchandise now available with them: Finnish Brutality this year has expanded from 8 stages over two […]

Desert 2-Gun: 108 Fahrenheit With a WWSD Commando

August 13, 2022 Ian McCollum 15

In may last full-match opportunity to practice for Finnish Brutality, I brought my WWSD Commando (10.5″ barrel) and an Arex Delta out (my guns for Finland are already on their way across the Atlantic). The […]

Lynx Brutality Day 2: The Kettlebell is not Enough

July 9, 2022 Ian McCollum 6

Day 2 of Polenar Tactical’s epic Lynx Brutality 2022 is upon us! I did really well on Day 1; can I keep the streak going, or will I crash and burn? Will I continue to […]

Lynx Brutality Day 1: From Slovenia With Love

July 8, 2022 Ian McCollum 6

Welcome to Lynx Brutality! This is a 2-gun Brutality match organized by Polenar Tactical and run at the Lynx Pro Training Center in Kočevje, Slovenia. It’s got kettlebells, weight bags, a tower, tires, ballistic shield, […]

New .44 AutoMag Behemoth at the BackUp Gun Match

July 2, 2022 Ian McCollum 24

Yesterday we were looking at the new resurrection of the AutoMag pistol, and today I have it out at the monthly BackUp Gun match. Is it appropriate to bring this behemoth of a pistol to […]

.30 Super Carry at the BUG Match!

June 18, 2022 Ian McCollum 15

I don’t normally take actual backup guns to the backup gun match; it’s usually some oddball old pistol. But today, I decided to bring out the new S&W Shield Plus in .30 Super Carry. It’s […]

2-Gun With New US Army Weapons: SIG Spear and M17

June 4, 2022 Ian McCollum 28

Yesterday we looked at the new SIG Spear/M5 in detail, and today I’m taking it out to a 2-Gun match to try on the clock. The most suitable pistol pairing would naturally be the other […]

2-Gun Match: Enfield Jungle Carbine & Martini-Henry

February 26, 2022 Ian McCollum 18

https://youtu.be/IuSw8VbiRT I have been wanting to bring my new (to me) No5 MkI Enfield “Jungle Carbine” out to a match, and chose this month’s 2G-ACM to do it. In addition I am joined by Tom, […]

I Tried to Use the GR-1 Anvil at the BUG Match…

February 12, 2022 Ian McCollum 29

So, I took the GR-1 to this month’s Backup Gun Match…but all did not go as I’d hoped. We blew a fuse in the gun (it is still an alpha prototype, remember), and were not […]