Rifles - Forgotten Weapons

More Mexican Mondragon rifle photos

December 16, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

This may come as a surprise to some folks, but the first semiautomatic rifle adopted for military use was the M1908 Mondragon rifle designed in Mexico by Manuel Mondragon. He was granted a US patent […]

Shooting the British Farquar-Hill rifle

December 13, 2011 Ian McCollum 9

Today we have some video of a British 1918 Farquhar-Hill rifle at the range. This rifle was an early semiauto design that was accepted by the British army too late to see service in World […]

SAR West 2011 Review and NFA stats

December 5, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

Well, it’s been another yet and another SAR West gun show. As I mentioned before, this is the only gun show around here that I attend – because you’ll find more great stuff at it […]

Farquhar-Hill rifle

November 30, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

The Farquhar-Hill rifle was developed by Colonel Moubray Farquhar and gunsmith Arthur Hill in England, and initially patented in 1908. The original design was a recoil-operated system, but this proved unreliable and was replaced in […]

Get your own Forgotten Weapon!

November 29, 2011 Ian McCollum 1

Looking for a way to really take your own collection to the next level? Well, here’s a way you can get into the Forgotten Weapons club and the NFA club at the same time: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=262385694 […]

Mauser Selbstlader manual

November 28, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

We recently added a much better writeup on the early Mauser semiauto rifle designs, and while searching through some material I realized that we have a copy of an original Mauser Selbstlader manual. The Mauser […]

Early Mauser Semiauto Rifles

November 18, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

We’ve had a few photos of early Mauser semiauto rifles in the Vault for a while, accompanied by a very brief blurb I wrote up. Well, I got a somewhat disgusted-sounding email from a reader […]

Smith & Wesson Light Rifle, Model 1940

November 9, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

Some forgotten weapons are lost gems, and some are designs that really never should have gotten off the drawing board. The S&W Model 1940 Light Rifle is the latter, and a company with as much […]

Beretta AR-70

November 4, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

There was a period in the 80s when a lot of new evil black rifles were being developed and manufactured around the world, and import laws changed just as they were beginning to be imported […]

FN FNC Disassembly

October 21, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

We have another video for you today, this time on the FN FNC carbine. These were developed in the 70s and 80s, and saw some limited military and commercial success. We have a civilian US-imported […]