Video - Forgotten Weapons

The DeLisle: Britain’s Silenced .45 ACP Commando Carbine

September 16, 2017 Ian McCollum 30

Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy, offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in […]

Shooting the RSC-1918 and RSC-1917 French Autoloaders

September 15, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

The day has come to do some shooting with an RSC-1918 – and an RSC-1917 as well! The 1917 was the first selfloading rifle to see substantial combat use, with just over 85,000 manufactured in […]

France’s Ultimate WW1 Selfloading Rifle: The RSC-1918

September 14, 2017 Ian McCollum 23

The French RSC-1917 semiauto rifle was a major step forward in arms technology during World War One, offering a reliable and effective self-loading rifle for issue to squad leaders, expert marksmen, and other particularly […]

The Swedish Suomi M-37/39 Submachine Gun

September 13, 2017 Ian McCollum 11

When the Swedish military decided that 1937 seemed like a pretty good time to be getting some new submachine guns, they arranged to purchase a version of the m/31 Suomi from their Finnish neighbors […]

Suomi M31: Finland’s Famous Submachine Gun

September 12, 2017 Ian McCollum 39

Designed by Finland’s most notable arms inventor, Aimo Lahti, the m/31 Suomi submachine gun is an iconic weapon of the Winter War and the Continuation War. It is a first-generation submachine gun with a […]

Q&A #13: Cameras, Surplus SMGs, Modern Rocket Balls, and More!

September 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 36

Today’s question topics:: 0:00:24 – Belt-fed ARs 0:02:13 – US Army and the .276 vs 7.62 NATO 0:06:20 – Finnish cartridge choices 0:08:11 – Guns with built-in recoil absorbing mechanisms 0:10:45 – Deep dive on […]

Book Review: Training Rifles of Third Reich Germany

September 10, 2017 Ian McCollum 13

Robert Simpson’s massive project of studying and documenting German training rifles has resulted in this much-anticipated reference tome. At 700 pages and full color, it a tremendous resource for understanding the chronology and features of […]

Shooting the Norinco QBZ/Type 97 NSR

September 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 27

Today it’s time to take the Norinco QBZ-97 – aka Type 97 NSR – out to the range for some shooting! This is the Canadian semiautomatic-only legal version of China’s new military rifle, and it […]

Mechanics and Disassembly of the Norinco QBZ-97 / Type 97 NSR

September 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 22

The Chinese military introduced a new 5.8x42mm cartridge in 1987, and then developed a new bullpup rifle to use it. The rifle was the QBZ Type 95, and it was a bullpup rifle with a […]

Stendebach Model 1936: Rotary Mag Toggle Delayed Experiment

September 7, 2017 Ian McCollum 12

There is very little documentation existing to explain the history of this rifle – all we really know is that per the receiver markings it is a Model 1936 Stendebach, and that it was brought […]