Video - Forgotten Weapons

M1909 Benet Mercie – American’s First LMG

October 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 35

This Benet-Mercie is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. The first light machine gun adopted by the United States was the M1909 Benet-Mercie, made by the Hotchkiss company in France. The gun was […]

Webley WG Single Shot Not-A-Revolver

October 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 18

This pistol is being sold by Morphys on October 31, 2018. This is a really interesting and probably unique Webley – a single shot, flat sided version of the WG Target revolver. It has a […]

German U-Boat Line-Thrower Rifle Conversions

October 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 19

These two line throwing conversion are being sold by Morphys on October 31, 2018 (first one and second one) These two Gewehr 98 rifles were converted by the Mauser factory to be used as naval […]

Shooting the S&W Model 76 – the Original!

October 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 3

This S&W 76 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. I have long been told that the Smith & Wesson Model 76 is a very nice submachine gun to shoot, despite its rather […]

Smith & Wesson 76: American’s Vietnam 9mm SMG

October 19, 2018 Ian McCollum 49

This S&W 76 is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Early in the Vietnam War, the US Navy acquired a quantity of Swedish M/45B submachine guns (“Swedish K”) for special forces use. By […]

Solothurn 20mm S18-1000 Wheeled Carriage

October 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

This Solothurn with its carriage is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Before they became obsolete, antitank rifles were a way to bring substantial firepower to small infantry teams – but they were […]

Shooting the Thompsons: Comparing the 1921, 21/28, and M1A1

October 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

These Thompsons are all being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018: Model 1921 (transferrable), Model 1921/28 overstamp (transferrable), and M1A1 (pre-86 dealer sample). Having gone through the whole series of Thompson submachine guns, not […]

Strange History: A Remington Rolling Block From the USS Niagara

October 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 35

This rifle is being sold at Morphys on October 31, 2018. The story of the USS Niagara is quite an odd little corner of history. It was a ship built in 1877 and acquired by […]

The Iconic American WW2 Thompson: the M1A1

October 15, 2018 Ian McCollum 34

This Thompson is being sold by Morphys on October 30, 2018. Note that I refer to the M1A1 in this video as a transferrable gun; it is actually a pre-May dealer sample. Sorry! While the US […]

The First Browning 1919: The Automatic Tank Machine Gun

October 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 10

This transferrable 1919 tank MG is being sold at Morphys on October 30, 2018. In 1918 the United States began manufacturing tanks for the war effort in Europe, and these tanks naturally required armament. The […]