Video - Forgotten Weapons

SA80 History: L98A1 Cadet Manually-Operated Rifle

May 27, 2017 Ian McCollum 26

https://utreon.com/v/8KiU7EPWoUM 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 […]

Webley 1913 Semiauto Pistol: Shooting

May 26, 2017 Ian McCollum 62

https://utreon.com/v/lAuvDCFSvAY Following up on yesterday’s history and disassembly of the Webley 1913, today I am taking one of them out to the range. Courtesy of Mike Carrick from Arms Heritage magazine, I am shooting original […]

Webley 1913 Semiauto Pistol: History and Disassembly

May 25, 2017 Ian McCollum 60

William Whiting and the Webley company had high hopes for their self-loading pistols being adopted by the British military – but they never got the success they were hoping for. After the poor performance of […]

SA80 History: L22A2 and Experimental L85 Carbines

May 24, 2017 Ian McCollum 24

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 […]

SA80 History: L85 A1 vs A2 (and the coming A3)

May 20, 2017 Ian McCollum 105

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 […]

SIG KE7 Light Machine Gun

May 19, 2017 Ian McCollum 33

The KE-7 was the product of two Swiss designers, Pal Kiraly and Gotthard End, and was introduced in 1929 by the Swiss manufacturer SIG. It was a recoil operated design and fired from an open […]

SA80 Series: The Pre-Production XL85 and XL86

May 17, 2017 Ian McCollum 12

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 […]

1891 Salvatore-Dormus: The First Automatic Pistol

May 15, 2017 Ian McCollum 16

The Salvatore-Dormus has the distinction of being the world’s first semiauto pistol, being patented in 1891. It is chambered for the 8mm Dormus cartridge, and holds 5 rounds in a Mannlicher type clip. Only about […]

SA80 History: XL70 Series Final Prototypes (Individual Weapon and LSW)

May 13, 2017 Ian McCollum 23

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 […]

Kiraly 43M: Hungary’s Overpowered Submachine Gun

May 12, 2017 Ian McCollum 37

The 43M submachine gun was developed by Pal Kiraly, based on the MKMO and MKPS series of submachine guns he had worked on for SIG in Switzerland before returning to Hungary (we would go on […]