Video - Forgotten Weapons

Slow Motion: Remington Model 11 Shotgun

January 8, 2015 Ian McCollum 29

Sporting shotguns are not normally something to catch my eye, but the Remington Model 11 is a bit different. It’s the first mass-produced semiauto shotgun in the world, it’s a John Browning design, and it’s […]

US M3 37mm Antitank Gun (Video)

January 5, 2015 Ian McCollum 45

The M3 was the first real anti-tank gun adopted by the US military, and it was not formally adopted until 1940 – and was thoroughly obsolete in Europe by 1942. The initial design was based […]

Slow Motion: .303 Lewis Gun

January 2, 2015 Ian McCollum 30

A Lewis Gun, in .303 British, at 2000 frames per second: The Lewis Gun was developed by American Isaac Newton Lewis shortly before WWI, but the US military was not interested in it (in part […]

Assessment of a ZF-41 Optic

December 31, 2014 Ian McCollum 21

The ZF-41 was a tiny 1.5x optic made in large numbers by Germany during WWII. It is a long eye relief design, mounting over the rear sight of a K98k, and allowing unimpeded up for […]

Martini-Henry I.C.1 Carbine (Video)

December 29, 2014 Ian McCollum 33

Formally adopted in 1877, the I.C.1 Martini Henry was formally designated the “Arms Interchangeable, Carbine Breech loading Rifled, with clearing rod Martini Henry Mk1”. The word “interchangeable” refers to its use for both the artillery […]

Savage Prototype .25ACP (Video)

December 23, 2014 Ian McCollum 10

So, this is a video I took over a year ago, and then lost track of – a prototype .25ACP Savage pistol. It is plain blowback, not using the rotating-barrel mechanism of the mainstream .32 […]

Luftgekühltes Maschinen Gewehr 08/15 (Video)

December 22, 2014 Ian McCollum 22

I recently had a chance to do some shooting with a friend’s luftgekühltes maschinen gewehr 08/15 – the air cooled, lightened version of the German MG08 Maxim gun. These were one of the standard armaments […]

Slow Motion: VG1-5

December 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 40

This particular rifle is a prototype of the reproduction VG1-5 (or more correctly called the Gustloff MP-507) rifles that are available for sale from Chuck at GunLab.net. I will take some slow motion footage of […]

1852 Slant-Breech Sharps

December 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 23

Reader Kymm was kind enough to load me this rifle to video, with a particular interest in seeing the amount of gas leakage (or lack thereof) on high-speed footage. This early model of Sharps featured […]

Slow Motion: lMG 08/15 Maxim

December 11, 2014 Ian McCollum 16

Today we’re looking at a luftgekühlt maschinengewehr 08/15 in slow motion – a lightened and mair-cooled version of the Maxim used on German WWI aircraft. This particular example is set up as a Zeppelin gun, […]