Video - Forgotten Weapons

Russian 1895 Nagant Revolver (Video)

May 20, 2013 Ian McCollum 32

One of the mechanically interesting guns that is really widely available in the US for a great price (or was until very recently, it seems) is the Russian M1895 Nagant revolver. It was adopted by […]

Book Review: The Devil’s Paintbrush

May 16, 2013 Ian McCollum 6

One of my favorite books to just flip through at random is Dolf Goldsmith’s The Devil’s Paintbrush: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Gun. Every time I open it, I find another detail of information that I had […]

Savage 101 “Revolver” (Video)

May 13, 2013 Ian McCollum 29

A little nostalgia for today – I was out at the range with some friends, and this came out of a range bag. It’s a Savage Model 101, in .22 LR, and I thought it […]

Forgotten (Thankfully) Training Practices

May 12, 2013 Ian McCollum 9

Steve G sent us this video, a digitized copy of a training film made in 1936 by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. It’s a bit long at 15 minutes (and originally silent, now with a […]

Book Review: A Gun For All Nations

May 9, 2013 Ian McCollum 3

I ran across a mention of this book while trying to find some information on this 37mm Hotchkiss machine gun – and this book was the only reference I could find any mention of it […]

Scaled-Down Arisaka Trainer (Video)

May 6, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

In many countries prior to WWII, it was not uncommon to begin preparing children for military service at fairly young ages, and several countries produces small-scale rifles for training boys who could not yet handle […]

Czech CZ-52 Pistol Video

April 29, 2013 Ian McCollum 32

The CZ-52 really isn’t a forgotten weapons yet, but it is a pretty interesting gun mechanically, and well worth taking a look at. About 200,000 of them were made in Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1954, […]

Schwarzlose Followup – and the More Things Change…

April 23, 2013 Ian McCollum 8

When we went to the range to do our video on the Schwarzlose 1908 that you saw yesterday, we didn’t have our slow-motion-capable camera along. I knew it would be great to get some slow […]

Book Review: French Military Weapons

April 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 6

Today’s book we have courtesy of Luc (thanks, Luc!) – French Military Weapons 1717-1938, by Major James Hicks. Originally written in 1938, it was reprinted by Flayderman’s in 1964. It’s tough to find today, but […]

Dolf Goldsmith on $5 Finnish Mortars

April 8, 2013 Ian McCollum 4

We have another piece today from our interview with Dolf Goldsmith, this time on the subject of $5 Finnish mortars used for fun and profit. Well, actually just for fun. To clarify one of Dolf’s […]