Uncategorized - Forgotten Weapons

Benelli CB-M2 Caseless SMG

June 20, 2012 Ian McCollum 4

The Benelli CB-M2 was a submachine gun designed in the early 1980s around an experimental semi-caseless 9mm cartridge developed by Franchi. The gun itself looks fairly typical, with conventional controls, a bottom-mounted magazine, and polymer […]

Forgotten Weapons Going to Orlando!

June 13, 2012 Ian McCollum 0

Yep, we’re heading to Orlando next month, and we’re looking for something to do on Friday and Saturday the 27th and 28th. If you know of (or are) a fellow enthusiast in the area who […]

Craftsmanship or Bubbafication?

June 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 7

The other day I saw a post on a gunsmithing forum from a fellow who had picked up a somewhat rough but otherwise intact Argentine Mauser to modify into a hunting rifle for his wife. […]

Forgotten Weapons Visits the Pattern Room

June 11, 2012 Ian McCollum 12

We took part of our recent European excursion in England, and part of that time was spent at the National Firearms Centre in Leeds, formerly known as the Pattern Room. The gun collection there was […]

Chinese C96 Mauser Stock/Bayonet

June 4, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

Here’s an interesting item we ran across recently – a combination bayonet and shoulder stock made by the Chinese for the C96 “Broomhandle” Mauser (and also the TT33 Tokarev, I believe). This design is relatively […]

X8E1 & X8E2 SLR Manual

June 1, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

Before the British adopted the FAL as the L1A1 rifle, batches of several different variants were made for extended troop trials. The first two were the X8E1 and X8E2 – the X8E1 used standard FAL […]

Book Review: The Dutch Mannlicher M.95

May 31, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

In the 1880s, the Dutch decided that their single-shot Beaumont rifles were obsolete and needed replacement. They started a program to modify them with 4-round magazines, and simultaneously set about finding a more modern rifle […]

Sjogren Shotgun Photos

May 30, 2012 Ian McCollum 17

Thanks to reader David, we have several photos of a Sjogren 12ga shotgun. The Sjogren was a very early Swedish semiauto design using a recoil action with a fixed barrel. Most recoil orated firearms function […]

Cutaway Oerlikon Cannon

May 29, 2012 Ian McCollum 7

So a funny thing happened on the way back from the Naval training faciliity… We were at a museum in Europe looking around with a guide, and noticed a nice Oerlikon cannon on a naval […]

Cutaway AK kits available at Apex

May 28, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

I have been a bit remiss, and didn’t notice the cutaway Polish AK kits that Apex Gun Parts has had for a while. Well, they went on sale today, and I just took the opportunity […]