Video - Forgotten Weapons

The RK 62 M3 Clone I Used for Finnish Brutality 2024

September 8, 2024 Ian McCollum 25

This year at Finnish Brutality 2024, I was able to use a semiauto clone of a Finnish military RK 62 M3 rifle. This is the latest upgrade to the Finnish issued RK 62 rifle. Starting […]

Balloons, Bombs, and Sandbags: Finnish Brutality 2024 Day 2

September 7, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Finnish Brutality 2024 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka, a Finnish military […]

HK21 or Portuguese m/968: The H&K G3 Grows into a Light Machine Gun

September 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 27

When Heckler & Koch produced the iconic G3 rifle, it was intended to be a parts of a complete small arms package. The G3 was the infantry rifle, and it was paired with the MP% […]

SR3 Vikhr: Russian 9x39mm PDW

September 2, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

The SR-3 Vikhr is mechanically based on the AS-VAL and VSS Vintorez rifles, but built to be a very compact personal defensive weapon instead of a silenced rifle. Still chambered for 9×39, the Vikhr is […]

Spanish JoLoAr One-Handed Pistol at the BUG Match

August 31, 2024 Ian McCollum 9

Today for the monthly BackUp Gun Match I am using a Spanish JoLoAr pistol in .380 ACP. It’s an interesting piece designed with a lever on the side that allows it to be cocked one-handed. […]

Estonian R20L DMR Clone at the Range

August 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

Today we are out at the range with a semiauto clone of the Estonian R20L “Rahe” designated marksman’s rifle. These rifles are based on the LMT MARS-H platform, with a few tweaks requested by the […]

Type 63: China Makes an AK/SKS Hybrid

August 28, 2024 Ian McCollum 22

Starting in 1960, China ran a program to develop an infantry rifle that would combine the accuracy of the SKS with the firepower of the AK. The result was the Type 63, which used the […]

wz.35: Poland’s Remarkably Misunderstood Antitank Rifle

August 26, 2024 Ian McCollum 19

Polish wz. 35 ATR by Leszek Erenfeicht In 1929 Maj. Tadeusz Felsztyn [TADEUSH FELSHTEEN], Scientific Director of the Central Shooting School in Torun (a chief firearms research and instruction institution in Poland between 1919 and […]

Estonian R20L Designated Marksman’s Rifle in 7.62x51mm

August 24, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

Alongside their new 5.56mm R20 infantry rifles, Estonia has recently adopted the LMT 7.62x51mm MARS-H as its new designated marksman’s rifle; the R20L. These rifles were part of a single rifle contract, with the vast […]

WF-54: The Swiss FG-42 Scaled up to 7.5×55

August 19, 2024 Ian McCollum 20

After World War Two the Swiss needed a new self-loading military rifle to replace their K-31 bolt actions. Two major design tracks followed; one being a roller-delayed system based on the G3 at SIG and […]