Video - Forgotten Weapons

Dreyse 1907 Slow Motion Video

October 2, 2014 Ian McCollum 10

The 1907 Dreyse is an early automatic pistol whose design is attributed to Louis Schmeisser. It saw fairly extensive use by the German military during World War I, and was also used by various German […]

Austrian Rast & Gasser M1898 (Video)

September 29, 2014 Ian McCollum 46

The M1898 Rast & Gasser revolver was the last iteration of a series of revolvers, and was a standard Austro-Hungarian sidearm during WWI (despite the adoption of the Steyr M1912 selfloader). The M1898 an often […]

Slow Motion: PKM Machine Gun

September 25, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

The PKM is not exactly a forgotten weapon, but it is a very cool one, and I had the chance to do some 2000 fps video footage of one not long ago:

Type 94 Nambu in Slow Motion

September 18, 2014 Ian McCollum 11

The Type 94 Nambu is a much-maligned pistol used by the Japanese military from 1935-1945. It’s actually a better gun than people give it credit for, but we will address that in a later video. […]

New InRange Trailer and Madsen Catalog

September 17, 2014 Ian McCollum 30

First off, in the past few days we have had a number of people ask for a trailer for the first episode of InRange that actually provides a thorough idea of what is in the […]

Madsen M50 SMG (Video)

September 15, 2014 Ian McCollum 52

The Madsen M50 was one of a series of submachine guns developed and marketed by the Danish Madsen company after World War II. The first was the M46 (1946), followed by M50 and the M53. […]

Survival Rifles at RIA: Luftwaffe Drilling and USAF M6

September 9, 2014 Ian McCollum 20

Today we’re looking at a pair of military survival rifles at the Rock Island September auction. One is a Luftwaffe M30 drilling – the most finely finished and luxurious survival rifle ever issued by a […]

Gyrojet Pistol at RIA

September 8, 2014 Ian McCollum 24

The 13mm Gyrojet pistol was the closest thing to a commercially successful rocket pistol, although not many were sold before the company went out of business. This pistol version (the most common type of Gyrojet) […]

Prototype Dieckmann P66 Pistol at RIA

September 7, 2014 Ian McCollum 36

The P66 was a prototype .22LR semiauto pistol designed by a German immigrant to the United States by the name of Rolf Dieckmann. It never went into production, but had a number of interesting features, […]

Krummlauf Curved Barrel StG44 at RIA

September 5, 2014 Ian McCollum 18

Today’s Rock Island Auction item is a very cool piece – a German Sturmgewehr with a “krummlauf”, or curved barrel attachment. This is the 30 degree type, intended (as goofy as this sounds) for firing […]