Video - Forgotten Weapons

Pair of Rigby Triple-Barrel Percussion Derringers

August 27, 2018 Ian McCollum 6

RIA’s catalog page for this pair of pistols John Rigby founded his unmaking company in 1775, and it continues to exist making fine rifles and shotguns to this day. He himself died in 1818, passing […]

“Ideal” Holster/Stock for the Luger

August 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

Stock Pistol Most automatic pistols of the early 20th century were offered with shoulder stock options, and the Luger had more than most. Probably the most interesting one I am aware of is the Ideal […]

Valmet’s Bullpup: The M82

August 25, 2018 Ian McCollum 11

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The Valet M82 is a bullpup conversion of the Valmet M76 rifle, originally designed in the hopes of attracting Finnish military interest for paratroopers. These initial military rifles were […]

Swedish Antiaircraft Artillery: Bofors 40mm Automatic Gun M1

August 24, 2018 Ian McCollum 20

Note: In the video I mistakenly describe this as a two-stamp NFA gun. It is actually deactivated, and thus does not require a tax stamp. Sorry for the mistake! RIA’s catalog page for this cannon […]

Enfield MkI Revolver: Merwin Meets Webley (Sort Of)

August 23, 2018 Ian McCollum 12

RIA’s catalog page for this revolver Adopted in 1880 to replace the Adams revolver, the Enfield MkI was based on an extraction system patented in the 1870s by Owen Jones of Philadelphia. This was similar […]

Thompson’s .30-06 1923 Autorifle: Blish Strikes Again

August 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 12

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle This is a Model 1923 Thompson Autoloading Rifle, one of a batch of 20 made by Colt for US military testing in 1924. The system is designed on the […]

Colt’s Camp Perry Model Target Single Shot

August 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

RIA’s catalog page for this pistol The Camp Perry Model was Colt’s top-end target pistol between the world wars. Based on the same frame and grip as the Officer’s Model revolver, it was designed to […]

The Original CETME Mars Importation

August 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 12

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The CETME Model C would be the basis for the wildly successful H&K 91 / G3 rifle, and a small batch of CETME rifles was brought into the United […]

Classic Imperial British Revolvers: the Webley WG Army and Target

August 19, 2018 Ian McCollum 21

RIA’s catalog pages for these revolvers: WG Model of 1889 WG Army Model WG Target Model The Webley company used the “WG” (Webley Government) nomenclature in its literature starting in 1883, but the first revolver […]

The M9A1 Bazooka: Now With Optics and Quick Takedown

August 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

RIA’s catalog page for the live (NFA) destructive device The Bazooka – or rather the Launcher, Rock, 2.36”, M1 – was introduced by the United States in 1942, the result of a fast development by […]