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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 6: Berdan II

December 21, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/berdan-2-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

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Steyrs for the Luftwaffe: The G29(ö) aka Gewehr 12/34

December 9, 2024 Ian McCollum 14

When the German government bought up the controlling interest in Steyr in 1938, they made use of its production facilities to start making rifles for the Luftwaffe. Steyr had tooling for the Mauser 98, but […]

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The Hungarian Alternative: G98/40 Rifles in German Service

December 2, 2024 Ian McCollum 5

The German Wehrmacht was always hungry for more rifles during World War Two, and adopted substitute designs made in friendly (or subservient) countries when possible. Almost all of these were minor variations on the Mauser […]

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G24(t): Germany’s Take on the Czechoslovakian vz24

November 25, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

When Germany took over Czechoslovakia, one of the things they did was buy out a controlling interest in what became known as Waffenwerke Brunn. Headquartered in Prague, the company had two factories; one in Brno […]

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Single-Rune bnz43 SS Contract K98k

November 18, 2024 Ian McCollum 17

In 1942, the SS devised a plan to rent out concentration camp labor to companies in the German armaments industry. Several different rifle production lines were set up to make use of this source of […]

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Spoils of War: French Occupation-Production Mauser K98k svwMB

November 11, 2024 Ian McCollum 9

Allied troops occupied the Mauser factory complex in Oberndorf in April of 1945, right at the end of the war. The factory was put under French administration and by May that same year production lines […]

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G33/40: Special Carbine for the Gebirgsjager

November 8, 2024 Ian McCollum 4

When the Germans took over control of the Czechoslovakian arms industry, they took some time to work out what out to be mass produced at the Brno factory. In the interim, they decided to restart […]

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New Imports: French MAS 49/56 and MAS 36/51 Rifles

October 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 35

Yeah, I’m a sucker for nice French rifles. So when Old Western Scrounger brought in another batch of them, I offered to do a video. These are rifles taken out of French long-term storage, having […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 4: The Mauser Gewehr 1871

October 26, 2024 Ian McCollum 11

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/black-powder-ep-4-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

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Romanian 1930s Mosin Carbine Conversion

October 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Romania had more than a million rifles in its inventory after World War One, but they were mused between Mannlicher 88/90, Mannlicher 95, Mosin Nagant, and Berthier patterns – and they were almost all rifles […]

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