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FNA Brescia’s Last Project: The X4 and X5 SMG and Machine Pistol

August 10, 2026 Ian McCollum 1

FNA (Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi) Brescia was a factory in the Val Trompia in northern Italy, the same valley that is home to Beretta and many other, smaller Italian arms shops. During World War Two the […]

Steyr M1912/16 Automatic “Repetierpistole”

December 8, 2025 Ian McCollum 7

In the latter half of World War One the Austro-Hungarian military experimented with a number of select-fire pistol type weapons. One of these was the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/16, an automatic adaptation of the regular M1912 […]

Beretta Tries a Machine Pistol: the Model 951A

March 10, 2025 Ian McCollum 9

Beretta’s first machine pistol was actually a full-auto variant of the Model 1923, complete with shoulder stock – but that did not sell well. They tried again in the 1950s with an automatic model of […]

Glock 18 & 18C Machine Pistols: How Do They Work?

March 3, 2025 Ian McCollum 54

After the success of the Glock 17 in Austrian military trials, the company chose two specific markets to target for expansion. One was competition shooters, for whom the Glock 17L was released. The other was […]

Beretta 93R: The Best Machine Pistol?

December 13, 2024 Ian McCollum 14

The Beretta 93R (“Raffica”) was developed in the 1970s by Beretta engineer Paolo Parola at the request of Italian military special forces. It took the basic Beretta 92 pistol design and added a well-thought-out burst […]

MP9 and TP9: A Complete History From Steyr to B&T

October 21, 2024 Ian McCollum 9

Steyr introduced their TMP (Tactical Machine Pistol) and its semiauto SPP counterpart in 1989, but it was never a very popular item. After the company was purchased, the new ownership decided to scrap the TMP […]

Full Auto Glock 18 at the Range: Can I Hit…Anything?

May 11, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/glock-18-range I’ve fired a number of different machine pistols, but until today never a Glock 18. So, we’re going to give it a try! This is an original factory example, not a conversion.

Mauser Schnellfeuer: The Official Full Auto C96 Broomhandle

November 3, 2023 Ian McCollum 14

Contrary to what you might expect, Mauser was actually the last company to produce a fully automatic model of the C96 “broomhandle” pistol. The C96 was very popular in China (Mauser sent hundreds of thousands […]

Marko Vukovik’s Prototype Machine Pistol: the V.M.18

January 11, 2023 Ian McCollum 24

Today we continue our series on the development of Croatian pistols towards the XD line. Last week we saw Marko Vukovic’s first design, and today we are looking at his second. This was the V.M.18, […]

Jatimatic on the Range

June 25, 2022 Ian McCollum 20

How well do the Jatimatic’s recoil-controlling features work? Will the front grip snap off while firing? Can I actually get the progressive trigger to work? Let’s find out!