Video - Forgotten Weapons

An Interview With Author Bin Shih

August 3, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

Today, we’re joined by author Bin Shih, an expert on Chinese firearms of the second Sino-Japanese War (aka World War 2). We discuss the state of Chinese weapons manufacture in the 1930s and 40s, as […]

Early Automatic Pistols

July 22, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

Let’s take a look at some of the early (but reasonably successful) automatic pistol designs, shall we? We have a Mauser and a Bergmann to compare – unfortunately a Mannlicher pistol was not available for […]

Mannlicher 1901 Carbine Video

July 11, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

The Mannlicher was one of the early automatic pistol designs, and like most such guns, a small number were made as carbine variants. This particular one is the first prototype 1901 carbine (you can see […]

Czech ZK-420S at the Range

June 24, 2011 Ian McCollum 13

Another video for you today – we took a Czech ZK-420S out to the range to try out. This rifle was designed towards the end of WWII by the Koucky brothers in Czechoslovakia, and marketed […]

Gerät 03 Disassembly Video

June 22, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

Today we have a disassembly video for you – we were fortunate enough to be given access to one of the very few Gerät 03 rifles ever made. The Gerät 03 was the first effective […]

A Type 2 Arisaka and an Interview with Duncan McCollum

June 15, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

Today we have an interview with Duncan McCollum, author of Japanese Rifles of WWII – you may also recognize him from the Japanese weapons episode of Tales of the Gun on the History Channel. Mr […]

ZH29 at the Shooting Range

June 8, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

This past weekend, we got to hit the range with a couple really neat forgotten weapons. I’m putting together separate videos for each one, and the first is a Czech ZH29. We have some information […]

RP46 Project Intro video

May 20, 2011 Ian McCollum 9

The first major project we will be putting together is going to be a reproduction of the Russian RP-46 conversion, which makes a DP28 or DPM light machine gun into a belt fed firearm. We’re […]

Fedorov video

May 13, 2011 Ian McCollum 2

When I first saw a Fedorov, I thought it would be a pretty sweet rifle to recreate as a ForgottenWeapons project. I made that suggestion, and was immediately shot down. As it turns out, the […]

Shop tour video

May 9, 2011 Ian McCollum 3

I’m very happy to announce the opening of our YouTube channel. We’ve got a bunch of videos planned, and I thought a good way to start would be with a tour of our shop, now […]