Handgun - Forgotten Weapons

Sturmtruppen Firepower: The Artillery Luger

April 4, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

This is lot #3569 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The lP08 (Lange […]

Colt’s Special Revolver for Airline Pilots

April 3, 2020 Ian McCollum 15

This is lot #462 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The 1970s were […]

Japan’s Interim Handgun: The “Papa” Nambu

April 1, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

This is lot #646 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The pistol colloquially […]

Engraved Tranter 577-Caliber Hand Cannon

March 28, 2020 Ian McCollum 25

This is lot #1347 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! William Tranter’s Model […]

USMC Force Recon & MEUSOC: the M45A1

March 26, 2020 Ian McCollum 52

This is lot #446 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! When the US […]

Pietro Venditti Copies the Volcanic Repeating Pistol

March 25, 2020 Ian McCollum 6

This is lot #11 in the upcoming April 2020 RIA Premier Auction. The Venditti pistols are copies of the Volcanic made in southern Italy in the mid to late 1870s – well after the rocket […]

Prototype Locked-Breech 9x19mm Mauser HSc

March 23, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

When Mauser began development of the HSc pistol, it was intended to be a pair of guns – a simple blowback gun in .32 or .380 caliber for civilian and police use and a larger […]

Blow-Forward Schwarzlose 1908 at the Backup Gun Match

March 21, 2020 Ian McCollum 9

The Schwarzlose 1908 is the only blow-forward firearm ever to see real commercial sale. It is a compact pocket pistol chambered for .32 ACP, with a 7-round magazine. They were sold by Schwarzlose in Germany […]

Military Trials Beretta 34 – Can You Make it More Walther?

March 9, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

When the Italian military was looking for a new sidearm in the early 1930s, they really liked the pistol submitted by Beretta – but they also really liked the Walther PP. During the development process, […]

FAMAS PGMP w/ EOTech in a Team 2-Gun Match

March 7, 2020 Ian McCollum 23

My book is now in stock and shipping! Order your copy today! The PGMP (Poignée Garde-Main Polyvalente) handguard assembly is the original modification to allow mounting of optics to the FAMAS rifle. The FAMAS handguard […]