Video - Forgotten Weapons

Swedish m/41B – Best Sniper Rifle of World War Two

June 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 30

The rifle in this video is coming up for auction here. Everything was going great in Sweden until 1940, when they looked up and realized that on one side they were next to a bunch […]

Olympic OA96 Pistol: A Loophole in the Assault Weapons Ban

June 15, 2018 Ian McCollum 39

The pistol in this video is up for auction here. In 1993, Olympic Arms introduced an AR-15 with a side folding stock, as well as a stockless – and buffer-tube-less – pistol version. They did […]

Astra 600/43: A Straight Blowback 9mm for the Wehrmacht

June 14, 2018 Ian McCollum 46

The Astra in this video is coming up for auction here… When Germany acquired a land border with Spain after the French capitulation in 1940, they took advantage of the opportunity to purchase Spanish firearms, […]

Mystery Mauser – Haitian? Czechoslovakian? Or Not?

June 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 26

This rifle is selling at the RIA auction on June 21. This Mauser is one that I simply have not been able to definitively identify. It is marked “Haiti 1957” and “CZ 29 – 53”, […]

Britain’s Only Repeating Trainer: the No7 Mk I

June 12, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

This rifle is coming up for sale at Rock Island on June 23. Developed by BSA immediately after World War Two, the No7 MkI training rifle was the only one of the British Enfield trainers […]

Republic Arms RAP-401: Compact South African Steel

June 11, 2018 Ian McCollum 11

This pistol is coming up for auction at Rock Island here. The Republic Arms 401 was originally designed as a compact pistol for the South African Police. The country was under international arms embargo, and […]

Gewehr 71/84: Germany’s Transitional Repeating Rifle

June 10, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

This rifle is coming up for auction at RIA here. In the ongoing arms race between France and Germany, the Mauser 71/84 was the first German repeating rifle. Paul Mauser began work on it in […]

Citadel Martini – British Guns Rebuilt in Cairo

June 9, 2018 Ian McCollum 5

This rifle is part of a lot coming up for auction at Rock Island here. In 1903, the British government shipped a load of spare/surplus Martini parts and tooling to Egypt, where it was set […]

10mm is the Best Millimeter: the Colt Delta Elite

June 8, 2018 Ian McCollum 14

This pistol is coming up for auction at RIA on June 23. Colt introduced the Delta Elite in 1987 to take advantage of the hype and publicity surrounding the 10mm Auto cartridge in the Bren […]

Origin of a Flare Pistol: Shpagin’s SPSh-44

June 7, 2018 Ian McCollum 2

This flare pistol is coming up for sale at RIA on June 23. After finishing his work on the PPSh-41 submachine gun, Georgiy Semyonovich Shpagin was tasked with creating a simplified flare or signal pistol […]