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Book Review: French Tanks of the Great War

October 27, 2019 Ian McCollum 13

Having recently finished guiding a WW1 battlefield tour in France and Belgium, I found myself curious to learn more about the details of French tank development and service. We are used to seeing and hearing […]

Star Model 1914 at a Backup Gun Match

October 26, 2019 Ian McCollum 16

This didn’t come out as well as I was hoping (one of the stage videos got corrupted and the others don’t show the shooting stages as well as I’d anticipated), but I will do better […]

Three Variations of Party Leader PPK Pistols

October 25, 2019 Ian McCollum 25

Today, courtesy of Tom from Legacy Collectibles, we are taking a look at “party leader” PPK pistols. There are three different versions of these, and we will look at all of them in sequence. They […]

Japanese WW2 Training Machine Gun

October 25, 2019 Ian McCollum 15

This is Lot 2086 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphy Extraordinary auction. Before and during World War Two, the Japanese used a variety of training rifles and machine guns in both formal military instruction and […]

Q&A 34: Brought to you by Scotch

October 24, 2019 Ian McCollum 28

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the Patrons who make Forgotten Weapons possible! Not actually by Scotch (although maybe that’s why it went longer than normal). Our questions this month are: 0:00:50 – Why […]

Bill Ruger’s Prototype WW2 Light Machine Gun

October 23, 2019 Ian McCollum 21

In April 1940, the US Ordnance Department circulated a request for a new light machine gun to replace the Browning M1919A4. It was to be shorter and lighter than the Browning, and was not to […]

Martyr of Verdun: Émile Driant’s Command Post

October 22, 2019 Ian McCollum 42

Émile Driant was a French army officer who served originally as an aide to General Boulanger (and married his daughter). This connection would tarnish his career when politics forced Boulanger to resign (and shortly afterward […]

Papers Behind the Pistol: Mauser’s Archives on the Model 1910

October 21, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

Courtesy of the Paul Mauser Archive, we have a very cool opportunity to look at the documentation and paperwork behind a production pistol design, from beginning to commercial sales. This sort of documentation is rare […]

Transferrable? Pre-May? Post-86? Dewat? John Keene Explains…

October 20, 2019 Ian McCollum 3

Today I am speaking with retired Master Sergeant John Keene, who is the NFA specialist for the Morphy Auction Company. Specifically, we are discussing the terminology and categories of legal machine guns in the United […]

Origins of Constant Recoil: The Ultimax Mk3 (feat. Mae & a Yeti)

October 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 46

This is Lot 2052 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphy Extraordinary auction. The Ultimax light machine gun was developed by James Sullivan for the Singaporean military, and it is the first mass-production machine gun to […]