Handgun - Forgotten Weapons

Browning 1897 Rotating-Barrel Pistol

January 24, 2012 Ian McCollum 4

In 1897, John M. Browning was awarded four consecutive patents, which covered a big swath of possible automatic pistol designs. The one we’re looking at today (pointed out to me by Rufus at SHOT – […]

Frommer 1910 pistol

January 6, 2012 Ian McCollum 9

One of our readers on the Facebook page asked if we had any information on the Frommer Stop pistol a couple days ago. We don’t (at the moment) – but we do have a couple […]

Another SAR find – Chinese Browning 1900 pistol

December 9, 2011 Ian McCollum 7

You might recall our friend Bin Shih from the series of interviews we did with him a while back. Well, he met up with us at the show last weekend, and found a neat pistol […]

Stechkin Automatic Pistol

November 21, 2011 Ian McCollum 12

The Stechkin automatic pistol was adopted by the Soviet military in 1951, alongside the Makarov pistol. Both are chambered bot the 9x18mm Russian cartridge, and both use simple blowback mechanisms. The Stechkin is a heavier […]

The Parabellum Story – Mauser’s Luger

November 16, 2011 Ian McCollum 8

The Luger Pistole Parabellum is one of the most iconic handguns ever designed, and has been enchanting shooters and collectors for many decades. This was no different in the late 1960s, during the golden age […]

Steyr 1912 Video

November 14, 2011 Ian McCollum 27

We have another video to post today – this time about the Steyr 1912 handgun, aka the Steyr-Hahn. We have one in the Reference Collection that we are going to disassemble and discuss, so please […]

The Astra 903 – Nothing New in Advertising

November 2, 2011 Ian McCollum 8

Maybe it’s just me, but I always get a kick out of really over-the-top vintage advertising. I think that we can agree that the Astra 900 series is (and always has been) a nifty family […]

Bergmann-Bayard disassembly video

October 5, 2011 Ian McCollum 4

Today we’re disassembling and explaining the Bergmann-Bayard M1910/21 self-loading pistol. This particular one is a very nice example of the Danish-made late variant of the design. You can see our other Bergmann videos (one of […]

Luger automatic pistol

September 28, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

Ok, so the Luger isn’t exactly a Forgotten Weapon. In fact, it’s one of the most recognizable handguns ever made. But it traces its lineage directly so some much more obscure models (namely the Borchardt […]

How to Shoot a Sistema 1927 (or Colt 1911)

June 29, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

We have an old manual and a new(ish) one today. The older is a 1914 version of an official US Army 1911 manual. Not the 1911A1, but the original first variant. Need a ballistics chart […]