Light MGs
Colt Potato Digger manual
As a followup to last week’s post on the Colt 1895 “Potato Digger”, we also have a US War Department manual on the gun, published in 1917. Lots of good information on those essential topics […]
Machine Guns
Belt-fed
Colt 1895 Potato Digger
The Colt Model 1895 was John Browning’s first foray into machine gun design, and based largely on his previous work with lever action rifles. The gun used a rather unique design, having a gas piston […]
Light MGs
Starting a DP28/DPM build
So if you’ve read the “About” page, you may have noticed that I claimed that we here at Forgotten Weapons are building (and selling) neat old guns. Well, the various folks here have all built […]
Manuals
Carl Gustaf manual
Some other projects are preventing me from having the time to write much this week, so I’ll be posting a few more manuals before we get back to some more photo sets. Today, I’ve got […]
German
German FG-42
The FG42 (Fallschirmjagergewehr, in the German tradition of making four little words into one big word) was a rifle ahead of its time, made in small numbers for German parachute troops during WWII. As a […]
Manuals
Madsen M50 manual
The Danish Madsen firm (Dansk Industri Syndikat) just never quite hit the big-time. They built lots of interesting, good firearms, but never quite came up with something that became really iconic. The M/50 is a […]
Manuals
PPSh Technical Manual
It’s a bit of a slow day here today – but we do have a new manual for you. It’s a 1956 edition of the Soviet armorer’s manual for the PPSh-41 and PPS-43. Everything you […]
Submachine Guns
Chinese Type 64 suppressed SMG
Ever since 7.62×25 Tokarev ammo showed up dirt cheap on the market here in the US, people have been hankering for a light, handy carbine to shoot it. We’ve seen a few such guns show […]
Light MGs
Vickers LMG
I almost feel bad posting these photos without a bit more information to go along with them, but they’re just too cool not to. So before I say more, take a look at this: Do […]
General Purpose MGs
Madsen-Saetter manual
Unfortunately, the Danish firm Madsen had a hard time getting many of its firearms to be widely accepted. The most successful was the early LMG, and also the M50 submachine gun. But many Madsen designs […]