Uncategorized - Forgotten Weapons

Vintage Saturday: A Modern-Day Samurai

February 4, 2012 Ian McCollum 7

I wouldn’t want to run into this guy in a dark alley…

Dror Anecdote – and Upcoming Events

January 31, 2012 Ian McCollum 1

The Forgotten Weapons reference library has a lot of books in it, on a variety of topics. We have machine gun books, muzzleloader books, gunsmithing books, bayonet books, machining books, and more. But I think […]

Sad News

January 28, 2012 Ian McCollum 7

We are saddened to learn that Kent Lomont passed away last night after a year long fight against cancer. Kent was a friend of ours and a well known and respected machine gun expert. He […]

Israeli Dror LMG

January 27, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

I’ve always been interested in Israeli firearms, because that nation has had more need to actually use their arms in combat in the past 50 or 60 years than almost any other nation. Couple that […]

SHOT Show Wrapup

January 23, 2012 Ian McCollum 4

Well, we arrived back home from Las Vegas and the SHOT Show last night. SHOT ended on Friday, but we took advantage of the weekend in Vegas with several more stops. Friday, of course, was […]

SHOT Show Roundup (Thursday)

January 20, 2012 Ian McCollum 15

The SHOT Show has been running for a couple days already, but we only arrived late Thursday morning. We spent Thursday mostly in the lower level, so we only saw about half the show (we’ll […]

Mystery bolt!

January 19, 2012 Ian McCollum 0

Okay, guys – I know we have a pretty well-informed bunch of readers, but let’s see how good you really are. 🙂 We found this at a show – can you identify it? [nggallery id=118] […]

Vintage Saturday: 1904 Maxim in action

January 14, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

Very flat hat brims? Springfield rifles? Lots of yucca? Oversized muzzle booster? Yep, that’s an American 1904 Maxim in action in Mexico!

Upcoming Martini Project

January 10, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

We haven’t done much (anything, actually) in the way of gunsmithing here on the site, and I think that should change. We’re always going to focus on spreading knowledge about interesting and unusual firearms, but […]

Light a Candle to Stop Violence

January 8, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

For every tragedy perpetrated by a lunatic, there are a thousand people who arm themselves and refuse to be made victims – in recognition of those people and in support of our innate human right […]