Video - Forgotten Weapons

Video Book Review: Textbook of Automatic Pistols

December 30, 2011 Ian McCollum 4

Every pile of dusty old books you find at a gun show has a zillion reprints of Cartridges of the World and how-to pamphlets on stock refinishing from 1960. But occasionally you’ll find a real […]

Mauser Showdown at the Range – C96, Carbine, and Schnellfeuer

December 23, 2011 Ian McCollum 9

I’ve been promising this range video for a while now, and here it is. We took all three configurations of the C96 Broomhandle Mauser – a pistol, a carbine, and a machine pistol – out […]

Book Review: AK47 – The Grim Reaper by Frank Iannamico

December 15, 2011 Ian McCollum 1

Frank Iannamico’s recently published AK47 – The Grim Reaper is an excellent resource for AK collectors and enthusiasts. It covers all the production AK variants from about a dozen countries, which include virtually every type […]

Shooting the British Farquar-Hill rifle

December 13, 2011 Ian McCollum 9

Today we have some video of a British 1918 Farquhar-Hill rifle at the range. This rifle was an early semiauto design that was accepted by the British army too late to see service in World […]

Forgotten Weapons on Home Defense

December 12, 2011 Ian McCollum 4

I spent a bunch of time out at the range this weekend, and we got some great footage for you guys. As promised, I’ll be posting a video of the Farquhar-Hill rifle in action, as […]

Steyr 1912 Video

November 14, 2011 Ian McCollum 27

We have another video to post today – this time about the Steyr 1912 handgun, aka the Steyr-Hahn. We have one in the Reference Collection that we are going to disassemble and discuss, so please […]

Sig AMT disassembly video

October 17, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

The Sig AMT is one of the orphans of the .308 autoloader world here in the US. They were imported in small numbers many years ago, and then the supply dried up.Lots of folks have […]

Bergmann-Bayard disassembly video

October 5, 2011 Ian McCollum 4

Today we’re disassembling and explaining the Bergmann-Bayard M1910/21 self-loading pistol. This particular one is a very nice example of the Danish-made late variant of the design. You can see our other Bergmann videos (one of […]

Bergmann-Bayard M1910/21 video

September 7, 2011 Ian McCollum 12

Today we have some video from a range trip earlier this summer, with a Bergmann-Bayard M1910/21 pistol. There’s a bunch of wind noise (sorry), but I hope the video is still worth watching. As I […]

Lewis Gun at the Range

August 29, 2011 Ian McCollum 6

We’re back at the range again today, this time with a 1914 Lewis Gun. The Lewis is a fairly distinctive gun, with a its large radiator shroud for air cooling. These guns were used primarily […]