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Estonian Snipers: Enfields in 7.62x54R and Arisakas in .303 British

February 26, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

In the early 1930s, the Estonian military and Estonia Defense League had a rather eclectic mix of small arms. The Army had three divisions, and split different types of weapons between them to simplify logistics. […]

Semiauto Rifles

A Beautiful Factory Semiauto SIG MKPO

February 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 20

During the 1930s, SIG Neuhausen made a series of really beautiful submachine guns. They were the MK series, offered in either 500mm / 19.7 inch barrels for military use or 300mm / 11.8 inch for […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 8: Mauser 71/84

February 22, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-8-71-84-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

Semiauto Rifles

Finland’s Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40

February 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

Finland and Sweden are both in the process of adopting AR-pattern rifles, and for the Finns this will be their first service rifle in 5.56mm NATO. It is a transition that has been anticipated for […]

Prototype

Aimpoint’s Only Gun: The PC-80 Symmetrical Action

February 15, 2025 Ian McCollum 56

Today we are looking at the entire scope of Aimpoint’s firearms development division…which is actually just this one firearm. Aimpoint was founded in 1975 as a partnership between Arne Ekstrand (a Swedish inventor with an […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Latvia’s Unique Charger-Loading Lee Enfield (CLLE) Cavalry Carbine

February 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 16

During the Latvian War of Independence, the nationalist forces receiver a fair bit of support form the British, including some 20,000 P14 Enfield rifles. These were great for the Latvian infantry, but the Latvian cavalry […]

Semiauto Rifles

Small Arms History of the Falkland Islands Defense Force

February 12, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Various militias existed on the Falkland Islands since its earliest settlement, but the Falkland Islands Defense Force of today traces its roots to the 1892 Falkland Islands Volunteer Corps. This force was equipped with Martini […]

Select-fire Rifles

India’s FAL: The 1A1 Inch/Metric Hybrid

February 5, 2025 Ian McCollum 13

For political reasons, India decided to adopt the 7.62mm NATO cartridge when it needed to replace its No1 MkIII SMLE bolt action rifles with a modern self-loader. They chose the FN FAL as the rifle […]

Conversion

Ljungman Updates: the AG-42 vs AG-42B

January 31, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

In 1953, the Swedish military launched a program to refurbish and refit all of the Ag m/42 rifles in inventory. Aside from replacing broken parts and worn barrels, the program also made a number of […]

Semiauto Rifles

AG42 Ljungman: Sweden Adopts a Battle Rifle in WWII

January 29, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

Sweden developed, adopted, and produced a new self-loading rifle during World War Two. The process began in 1938, with an attempt by the state rifle factory to convert Swedish Mauser bolt actions into semiautomatic; that […]

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