Uncategorized - Forgotten Weapons

Machine Gun Terminology – LMG, MMG, SAW, LSW, HMG, GPMG

December 29, 2017 Ian McCollum 69

Today we will look at the various different categories of machine guns – what makes them, why they exist, and what their place in military history is. Specifically… Automatic Rifle: Shoulder or hip fired, […]

Book Review: Vom Ursprung der Selbstladepistole

December 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 16

Written by Josef Mötz and‎ Joschi Schuy, “Vom Ursprung der Selbstladepistole” (Origins of the Automatic Pistol) is an absolute gold mine of information on early manually operated and self loading pistols. It is limited to […]

Final Prices: James D. Julia Fall 2017 Auction

December 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 3

As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed form the most recent Julia auction (fall 2017). While there was the usual wide variety of guns in this […]

Patreon Update and New Perks

August 6, 2017 Ian McCollum 11

Patreon is what makes this channel possible, and I am greatly indebted to everyone who helps to support my work. I have added a selection of new perks for supporters: $1: Invites to face-to-face meetups […]

History of the FR-F1 and FR-F2 Sniper Rifles: Henri Canaple Interview

July 15, 2017 Ian McCollum 31

Henri Canaple is a former St. Etienne and GIAT gunsmith now in private practice, who has extensive experience rebuilding and tuning FR-F1 and FR-F2 sniper rifles for the French military and competitive teams. He […]

British EM-2: The Best Cold War Battle Rifle that Never Was

July 12, 2017 Ian McCollum 37

Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]

Why Does the Military Use .22 Rimfire Rifles for Training?

July 3, 2017 Ian McCollum 35

In a couple videos last month about American .22 LR rimfire training rifles, I got a surprising number of comments from viewers who did not understand why a military would train with a .22 caliber […]

A Patreon Thank-You and Pattern Room Teaser

June 29, 2017 Ian McCollum 8

The quantity of amazing guns in the NFC (it’s officially the “National Firearms Centre” and includes the original Pattern Room collection – whose name sounds much cooler) is just really overwhelming. I spend a week […]

Tour of a Dutch Gun Collection

May 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 18

One of the collectors who offered me access to video some of his guns during my recent trip to Europe said I should do an overview of his whole collection. There is a misconception in […]

Final Prices: RIA April 2017 Premier

May 18, 2017 Ian McCollum 6

Apparently, a lot of people really preferred the expended discussion of auction prices that I did with the recent James Julia auction, so I did the same for the recent Rock Island auction. This one […]