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Q&A December 2025: How I Write Books (and Much More)

December 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 30

Thanks to Kyrö for sponsoring this Q&A! Use the code HOLIDAYSPIRIT10 for 10% off their spirits at: https://kyrodistillery.com 0:03:34 – Gun design standing on the shoulders of others 0:08:08 – Swiss adoption of the SIG […]

Q&A November 2025: The 6.8×51 is Still a Bad Idea

November 22, 2025 Ian McCollum 80

Use code “FORGOTTENRYE10” for 10% off Kyrö Distillery spirits at their web store: https://kyrodistillery.com/ 00:00:20 – Aimpoint offering multi-reticle options? 00:01:55 – Blood lead levels from shooting 00:05:59 – Combining scuba with history and guns […]

Q&A October 2025: Weird Pistols & Future Plans

October 25, 2025 Ian McCollum 41

Use code “FORGOTTENWEAPONS10” for 10% off Kyrö Distillery spirits at their web store: https://kyrodistillery.com/ Personal questions 03:07 – How is Ian doing? 04:38 – Family firearms background 05:47 – Favorite Finnish firearm 08:22 – Am […]

September 2025 Q&A: All About Battle Rifles

September 20, 2025 Ian McCollum 30

NATO Battle Rifles book: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/cold-war-battle 00:30 – What is a “battle rifle”? 03:02 – What is the specific definition of “full power cartridge”? 07:59 – Will the US 6.8×51 lead to more widespread battle rifle […]

Q&A: Chinese Small Arms w/ Jason Clower from Type 56: The Story of China’s Army

July 26, 2025 Ian McCollum 7

My book “Pistols of the Warlords” is available through Headstamp Publishing: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/chinese-pistols Today I am very happy to welcome Jason Clower as our Q&A guest. Jason runs the channel “Type 56: The Story of China’s […]

YouTube & Guns Q&A Roundtable (Feat. Bloke, Ziga, and PSR)

June 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

This month I am excited to invite three other firearms YouTube channels to join me in the Q&A – Polenar Tactical, Bloke on the Range, and PrintShootRepeat. We all just finished shooting Lynx Brutality (put […]

Q&A: All About Submachine Guns (May 2025)

May 17, 2025 Ian McCollum 44

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! Join us to help support Forgotten Weapons, get videos without ads, and to submit your questions for future Q&A videos: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons This month’s […]

Q&A: Competition Firearms and Shooting

April 5, 2025 Ian McCollum 13

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! Join us to help support Forgotten Weapons and to submit your questions for future Q&A videos: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons This month’s Q&A theme is competition […]

Q&A: Finland and Finnish Small Arms (From Berdan to New Sako AR)

February 19, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! Join us to help support Forgotten Weapons and to submit your questions for future Q&A videos: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons I figured that Finland would be […]

Q&A: British Small Arms of World War Two

January 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 69

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon, and by Penguin Brutality: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/search?q=penguin http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons 01:11 – Was the Vickers .50 any good, and why did the British use 4 different heavy […]