Video - Forgotten Weapons

CZ Makes a 45 for the Americans: the CZ-97B

June 19, 2018 Ian McCollum 34

This pistol is up for auction at RIA on June 23. Introduced in 1997, the CZ-97B is a .45ACP caliber addition to CZ’s line of globally popular handguns. However, the 97 has some substantial mechanical […]

Britain Goes From Trainer to Competition: the No 8 Mk I

June 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 25

This rifle is coming up for sale at RIA on June 21. Initially intended to be used only by the British Army (the Land Service), in 1950 the No8 rifle’s role was expanded to cover […]

Franchi LAW12 – Like the SPAS-12, but Semiauto Only

June 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 16

The shotgun in this video is coming up at auction here. The LAW-12 was a sister product to the much better-known SPAS-12 shotgun made by Franchi in the 1980s. The SPAS was a selectable pump […]

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 […]