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Announcing Headstamp Publishing!

March 26, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

I am very excited to announce Headstamp Publishing! This is a small arms and military technology focussed publishing company I have founded with my friends and collaborators Nic Jenzen-Jones and James Rupley. Between us, we […]

M37: The Ultimate Improved Browning 1919

March 8, 2019 Ian McCollum 8

In November of 1950, the US Ordnance Department requested an improved version of the Browning 1919 air cooled machine gun for use in tanks. The new version was to be able to feed from either […]

Dig Hill 80: Presentation of Findings

February 26, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

More than a year ago, viewers of Forgotten Weapons stepped up and were instrumental in successfully funding the Dig Hill 80 project – an archaeological excavation of a remarkably intact series of trenches from Wrold […]

Project Lightening Episode 01: Introduction

February 15, 2019 Ian McCollum 13

I am excited to introduce Project Lightening! This is a collaborative 8-part series with Othais and Mae of C&Rsenal in which we test all seven light machine guns and automatic rifles of World War One […]

Project Lightening: The World’s Best Collaboration

January 13, 2019 Ian McCollum 24

You have asked for it for years, so we made it happen. The two hardest-working gun channels on the ‘net have joined forces in the best collaboration in all history. Coming February 14th (because we […]

State of the Channel 2019

January 1, 2019 Ian McCollum 19

We’ve got a pretty cool year planned for 2019…

CZ-2000 “Lada” – AK Czechnology in 5.56mm

December 31, 2018 Ian McCollum 28

Development of the CZ-2000 began in the 1970s as a replacement for the vz.58 rifle. The project was named “Lada”, and was essentially an improved AK-74 rifle chambered for the 5.45x39mm cartridge. The new rifle […]

Join me for a WW1 battlefield tour in September 2019!

December 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 8

I am excited to announce that I will be leading a WW1 battlefield tour in Belgium and France (mostly France) September 7-15 of 2019. It is being run by Military History Tours, who have more […]

Shooting the MAS-38 Submachine Gun: Second Try

September 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 17

Take 2! I have some ammunition loaded up for me by awesome viewer Cameron, and we’re going to try it out in the MAS-38 submachine gun. This is loaded hot enough to properly cycle Mle […]

Q&A 21: French Edition

September 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 14

Today’s Q&A is all about French guns, because I am getting close to being finished writing a book on French military rifles – the first book to cover this subject in English from the Chassepot […]