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New Site Sponsor: Fiocchi USA

November 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

I am very happy to announce that we have a new sponsor of Forgotten Weapons: Fiocchi. Founded in Italy in 1876, the company has been making cartridge ammunition for basically as long as cartridges have […]

2015 Calendar Preorder!

October 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 26

I am happy to announce that I will be making another Vintage Photo calendar for 2015! Last year’s calendar was a big hit, and I’ve been using one myself to track and plan posts for […]

Tactical and Technical Trends #50: September 1944

October 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 6

Today I have another issue of Tactical and Technical Trends – this time #50, from September 1944. As usual, most of the material herein will be of interest to folks who like to study WWII, […]

7.62 mm PSG LANO Sniper Rifle

October 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 12

Today’s post is more modern than most of what we usually cover, but it is about a rifle for which very little information is available. It is a Swedish report translated by Arne Bergkvist – […]

Another Great Video Channel – CapAndBall.eu

October 21, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

One area I have very little coverage of here on Forgotten Weapons is that of black powder muzzleloading firearms. I would like to get more into these at some point, but right now I am […]

Tactical and Technical Trends #49: August 1944

October 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 13

A little while back, I got my hands on a number of copies of Tactical and Technical Trends booklets – this was a bulletin published by the US Military Intelligence Service during WWII to keep […]

PTRD in Ukraine

October 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 41

Sviatoslav sent us this photo of a 1941 PTRD in recent use in Ukraine… Note the empty 14.5mm cartridge case under the gun.

Rieder Automatic Rifle

October 1, 2014 Ian McCollum 28

I had a reader send me a link to this article, which was written in 1981 by Lt. Cdr. W.M. Bisset and published in Scientia Militaria – the South African Journal of Military Studies (vol […]

(e)Book Review: Handfuls of History

September 26, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

A dilemma that has always existed for book authors and publishers is that adding information makes a book physically larger, and more expensive to produce. Editors have always had to make decisions balancing the added […]

Nazi Belt Buckle Pistol Background

September 24, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

Sometimes when I write a post of make a video on a particularly unusual firearm, it will result in my being contacted by someone who has a surprising amount of experience with that gun, and […]