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The Very Rare Clip for the 1896 Bittner Repeating Pistol

December 28, 2021 Ian McCollum 5

I have previously done some video on the 1896 Bittner manually repeating pistol, but I have not had one of the original clips for them before. So, that’s what we’re going to take a quick […]

How Does It Work: Clips! (Not Magazines)

June 16, 2021 Ian McCollum 30

Today we are looking at clips and how they work. There are two different types; Mannlicher-style and Mauser-style. Mannlicher clips were introduced circa 1885, and are also known as en bloc or packet loading clips. […]

Forgotten Weapons Field Test: 90-Round AK Magazine

December 25, 2017 Ian McCollum 30

Today I am joined by Forgotten Weapons Field Research Assistant Clay to test out one of those super-extended 90-round AK mags that are so often seen at the junk tables of gun shows. How bad […]

Biography: James Paris Lee

March 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 37

James Paris Lee was a firearms designer whose inventions had a far greater historical significance than even most firearms enthusiasts realize. Where Lee is recognized at all, it is generally for the rifles that bear […]

Unusual Chinese ZB/Bren Magazine

December 27, 2011 Ian McCollum 1

I was visiting Apex Gun Parts just the other day, and while poking through a box of magazines I came across something pretty unusual: The body is clearly that of a Czech ZB26/30 twenty round […]