Video - Forgotten Weapons

Japan’s Type 90 3-Barreled Naval Flare Pistol

November 14, 2017 Ian McCollum 3

The Japanese Navy used several different types of flare pistols during World War Two (and in the decades before), but the most impressive looking of the bunch was the three-barreled Type 90 (not to be confused […]

The Good Idea Fairy Strikes: American Trowel Bayonets

November 13, 2017 Ian McCollum 27

The United States first experimented with a combination trowel and bayonet in 1868, producing 200 experimental examples made from standard socket bayonets. This was immediately followed by an additional 500 Model 1869 trowel bayonets made […]

Lindsay’s “Young American” Martial Two-Shot Pistol

November 12, 2017 Ian McCollum 14

J.P. Lindsay was a former Springfield Armory employee when he designed and patented an idea for a two-shot, single-barrel pistol. The apocryphal story is that Lindsay’s brother was killed in a firefight against two Indians, […]

“Double Deuce” 2-Bore Rifle: A Gunsmithing Spectacle

November 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 20

Double Deuce rifle Lil’ Deuce pistol The largest sporting rifles ever actually used in the field as more than an exhibition were 4-bore stopping rifles, firing roughly 1″ in diameter (25mm) projectiles. These were intended […]

Shooting the Cameron Yaggi 1903 Trench Rifle Conversion

November 10, 2017 Ian McCollum 24

The Cameron-Yaggi conversion was an experimental American trench rifle that was never put into service. However, this one example has survived, and today we are going to put a few rounds through it. The literature […]

John Martz Custom Luger Pistols – Babies, Carbines, and .45 ACP Conversions

November 9, 2017 Ian McCollum 31

Guns in this video: DWM 1917 Baby Luger American Eagle Baby Luger P08 .45ACP Luger Navy .45ACP Luger Luger Carbine John Martz was a WWII US Navy veteran who spent a career in metalworking before […]

The Greene Carbine: Too Tricky for the Cavalry

November 8, 2017 Ian McCollum 18

James Greene patented this unusual breechloading carbine design in 1854, and arranged to have it manufactured by the Massachusetts Arms Company of Chicopee Falls. He managed to sell 300 of them to the US military, […]

Valmet M62/S: The AK in Finland

November 7, 2017 Ian McCollum 25

After the Winter War and Continuation War, Finland settled a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, and started looking to modernize its infantry rifles – something semiautomatic was needed to replace the Mosin Nagants it […]

Shooting the Czech vz61 Skorpion: Machine Pistol or PDW?

November 5, 2017 Ian McCollum 33

In the US, the commonly accessible version of the vz.61 Skorpion is the stock-less semiauto pistol – and in that configuration the gun is really nothing like the intentions of its designers. The Skorpion was […]

Shooting the .950 JDJ: The Largest Sporting Rifle Made

November 3, 2017 Ian McCollum 45

Made by SSK Industries on a McMillan action, the .950 JDJ is the largest sporting rifle made. The cartridge began as a 20mm Vulcan round, cut down to 70mm case length and necked up to […]