Video - Forgotten Weapons

French Winchester 94: A Backup Arm for Fliers and Drivers

July 4, 2017 Ian McCollum 38

https://utreon.com/v/1XpVR79nvl8 The French military during World War One used a number of American-made small arms, including both the Winchester Self-Loader and the Winchester Model 1894. A total of 15,100 Model 94s were purchased by France […]

Book Review: Paul Mauser – His Life, Company, and Handgun Development 1838 – 1914

July 2, 2017 Ian McCollum 9

https://utreon.com/v/5lMqQfnQLQc The new book on Paul Mauser from Mauro Baudino and Gerben van Vlimmeren is an excellent exploration through the labyrinthine corners of the Mauser Archives. Written with an assumption that the audience will already […]

PSM Shooting: 5.45x18mm vs 7.62x25mm on Soft Armor

July 1, 2017 Ian McCollum 32

https://utreon.com/v/Ny6RP3cjs1s Following up on yesterday’s history and disassembly of the PSM, today we are taking it out to the range for some shooting. In addition, wehave some generic Level IIIA soft body armor to test. […]

Soviet PSM Pistol History: Really a KGB Assassination Gun?

June 30, 2017 Ian McCollum 37

https://utreon.com/v/-kL-xraGWjI The PSM is a Soviet pistol from the late 1970s which has gotten itself quite the fanciful reputation here in the US, thanks to extreme rarity and some imaginative magazine articles. Common lore would […]

Lewis Short Recoil .45ACP Prototype Pistol

June 28, 2017 Ian McCollum 15

https://utreon.com/v/gLhhTOrojBk Isaac Newton Lewis is best known for the Lewis light machine gun, but that was not his only foray into firearms design. He also patented two different types of handguns – one gas operated […]

Shorty EM2 with regular EM2 and early FAL

Q&A #11: Rockin’ Like It’s 1950!

June 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 54

Today’s questions: 0:00:35 – Least pleasant gun I have ever shot 0:02:51 – Favorite gun to have showcased on the channel 0:03:46 – Why did large militaries have .30 cal at the turn of the […]

The Korsac EM1 – a British/Polish Bullpup FG-42

June 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 22

https://utreon.com/v/cR3JkFAqXgc 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 […]

Book Review: Deadly Beauties – Rare German Handguns

June 25, 2017 Ian McCollum 5

https://utreon.com/v/QTgfZ__2TGY Deadly Beauties is a photographic collection of rare and collectible German pistols from 1871 through 1945, split into two volumes. The written sections are quite brief, and the photography is beautiful. More importantly, […]

Special Presentation: What is Gold Damascene?

June 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 12

https://utreon.com/v/PL5LCabj2io Today were are going to do something a bit different than normal, and take a detailed look at an intersection of arms and art: gold damascene. This is a type of art used to […]

The Ching Sling – A Simpler Shooting Sling Compromise

June 22, 2017 Ian McCollum 7

https://utreon.com/v/s83ToqH-AlA The Ching Sling is an answer to the question, “how can one have a sling that is both a useful shooting aid and also quick to get in and out of?” The formal shooting […]