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Samopal vz 38: Czechoslovakia’s Interwar Drum-Fed SMG in .380

June 25, 2025 Ian McCollum 25

Military interest in a submachine gun was late in Czechoslovakia, but by the late 1930s a development program was put into place. Interestingly, the main use case for an SMG was seen as being a […]

Galand de Guerre Model 1872: Too Good for the Military

June 23, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

Charles François Galand is best known for his simultaneous-extraction Model 1868, but he also developed a very good solid-frame revolver. This was specifically for the French 1871 military trials, which specifically required a solid frame. […]

YouTube & Guns Q&A Roundtable (Feat. Bloke, Ziga, and PSR)

June 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 10

This month I am excited to invite three other firearms YouTube channels to join me in the Q&A – Polenar Tactical, Bloke on the Range, and PrintShootRepeat. We all just finished shooting Lynx Brutality (put […]

Swedish Kulspruta m/36 Double Browning MGs

June 18, 2025 Ian McCollum 17

Despite being a neutral power during World War Two, Sweden had a variety of very interesting small arms – like their dual-mount Browning m/36 machine guns. These were originally adopted because the Swedes wanted a […]

Prodynamic II: A New High-End Competition Pistol

June 16, 2025 Ian McCollum 46

Proarmis is a Slovenian pistol manufacturer that has introduced a new high-end competition pistol (priced at approximately €4000). The first example has arrived in the US, and I had the chance to borrow it for […]

Trip Mines and Sisyphus’ Kettlebell: Lynx Brutality 2025 Day 1

June 16, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Polenar Tactical has done it again, setting the bar for Brutality matches with this year’s Lynx Brutality. Held at the Lynx Pro Training Center outside Kočevje Slovenia, this year’s match was 10 stages over two […]

Car Park Gunfight & Hostage Escape: Lynx Brutality 2025 Day 2

June 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 19

Polenar Tactical has done it again, setting the bar for Brutality matches with this year’s Lynx Brutality. Held at the Lynx Pro Training Center outside Kočevje Slovenia, this year’s match was 10 stages over two […]

AR-1 “Parasniper” – The First Armalite

June 11, 2025 Ian McCollum 19

The first rifle produced by Armalite began in 1952 as a project between the brothers-in-law, Charles Dorchester and George Sullivan (no relation to later Armalite engineer L. James Sullivan). Sullivan is the chief patent attorney […]

Modern Stocked Pistol: B&T’s Universal Service Weapon (USW)

June 9, 2025 Ian McCollum 31

The genesis of the B&T USW was a two and a half hour car ride home from a youth hockey game, when Karl Brugger and a friend were thinking about how to improve police effectiveness […]

H&K MG4: Germany’s New 5.56mm Squad Machine Gun

June 7, 2025 Ian McCollum 27

Full video including range footage is available on the History of Weapons & War streaming app: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/mg4-4k Heckler & Koch released the MG4, a new 5.56mm squad machine gun in 2001. It was adopted by […]