Handgun - Forgotten Weapons

AMT Automag IV – A Browning in .45 Winchester Magnum

June 3, 2018 Ian McCollum 25

The pistol in this video is coming up for auction here. The Automag series of pistol introduced by Arcadia Machine & Tool in the late 1980s and early 1990s were produced by the same man […]

The Fitz Special: Art of the Gunfighter, Circa 1926

June 2, 2018 Ian McCollum 29

This revolver is coming up for auction at Rock Island here. John Henry Fitzgerald was not the first person to cut down a revolver barrel, nor the first person to bob the trigger guard or […]

Ordnance Research SSP-91, aka the Lone Eagle

May 30, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

This pistol is coming up for sale here. Designed by John Foote (of MAC/Cobray fame), the SSP-91 is a single shot rifle-caliber pistol intended for silhouette competition shooting and handgun hunting. It was introduced by […]

Astra 300 – A Pocket Pistol Bought Mostly By Germany

May 29, 2018 Ian McCollum 25

The pistol in this video is coming up for auction here. The Astra 300 was introduced in 1923, copying the layout, mechanics, and handling of the Astra 400 military pistol in a much more convenient […]

Development of the SIG P220, aka the Swiss P75 Army Pistol

May 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 7

The SIG 210, aka the P49, was a magnificent pistol, but really too expensive for a modern military sidearm. In the 1960s, the Swiss military began looking for a new service sidearm that would be […]

Testing 7.65mm French Long Ammo (Reed’s and Buffalo Arms)

April 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 36

I am on the search for suitable ammunition for the Mle 1935A and Mle 1935S French pistols, as well as my MAS-38 submachine gun. They are chambered for the 7.65mm French Long cartridge, aka […]

Polish and German Police Silenced CZ-27 Pistols

April 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 19

Today we are looking at two suppressed CZ-27 pistols, one Polish and one German. The Polish one was issued by the Ministry of Public Security, an agency which only existed from 1945 until 1954. It […]

Lahti L-35: Finland’s First Domestic Service Automatic Pistol

April 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

When Finland decided to replace the Luger as its service handgun, they turned to Finland’s most famous arms designer, Aimo Lahti. After a few iterations, Lahti devised a short recoil semiautomatic pistol with a vertically […]

LugerMan Reproduction of the 1907 .45 Test Trials Luger

April 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 19

Eugene Golubtsov, aka LugerMan, is manufacturing reproduction .45ACP caliber Luger pistols, based on the original blueprints of the 1907 pattern US Army trials guns. When he offered to send me one to try out, how […]

Colt Tries To Make a Service Pistol: The Model 1971

April 10, 2018 Ian McCollum 23

In the early 1970s, Colt wanted to develop a new military pistol so that it could offer a modern replacement for the venerable 1911. Colt Engineer Robert Roy designed the new gun in 1971, and […]