Machine Guns - Forgotten Weapons

The Owen SMG: Looks Bad; Shoots Good

October 15, 2019 Ian McCollum 15

This is Lot 2012 in the upcoming October Morphy Extraordinary auction. The Owen Gun is one of the really good submachine guns fielded during the Second World War, but is a very scarce gun to […]

SMG Comparison: Bernardelli VB vs Beretta Model 4

October 12, 2019 Ian McCollum 3

These are Lots 1069 (Bernardelli) and 2034 (Beretta) in the upcoming October 2019 Morphys Extraordinary auction. Yesterday we looked at the short-lived Bernardelli VB submachine gun made a few years after World War 2, and […]

Bernardelli VB: Not Actually a Beretta 38 Copy

October 11, 2019 Ian McCollum 24

This is Lot 1069 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphys Extraordinary auction. The Bernardelli company, known mostly for sporting arms, made an effort to break into the law enforcement/military/security market in the year after World […]

The WW2 Double-Magazine MP40/I

October 9, 2019 Ian McCollum 20

This is Lot 2051 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphys Extraordinary auction. The MP40/I was an experimental modification of the MP-40 submachine gun developed by the Erma company (we think) in late 1942. It was […]

At the Range with the Marlin UD-42 SMG

October 8, 2019 Ian McCollum 13

This is Lot 1106 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphys Extraordinary auction. The Marlin / United Defense US-42 submachine gun was not used by the American military, but it did see service in World War […]

Marlin M2 at the Range: A Remarkably Nice SMG

October 5, 2019 Ian McCollum 7

This is Lot 1037 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphy Extraordinary auction. After yesterday’s history and disassembly, I had a chance to take the Hyde/Marlin M2 submachine gun out to the range today for some […]

America’s Forgotten SMG: The Hyde/Marlin M2

October 4, 2019 Ian McCollum 21

This is Lot 1037 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphy Extraordinary auction. The United States went into World War Two with the Thompsons submachine gun – a weapon far too heavy and too expensive for […]

State of the NFA Collecting Community 2019, with John Keene

October 2, 2019 Ian McCollum 9

When I film at the Morphy Auction Company, I always enjoy taking time to chat with Master Sergeant (retired) John Keene, who is their NFA expert. He always has some very interesting insights into the […]

Turkish Vickers: A Gun With All the Widgets!

October 1, 2019 Ian McCollum 15

This is Lot 1127 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphys Extraordinary auction. During World War One, the Ottoman Empire would join the war on the side of the Central Powers, in part because of a […]

CETME C2, aka CB-64: Spain’s Version of the Sterling SMG

September 30, 2019 Ian McCollum 6

This is Lot 2068 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphy’s Extraordinary auction. Developed by CETME in the 1960s, the C2 (aka CB64) submachine gun was clearly inspired b y the Sterling, but includes several clever […]