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Type 85: China’s Special Forces SMG (Regular and Silenced Versions)

October 8, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

Jason Clower’s video on the development and use of the Type 85: The Type 85 was a submachine gun developed in the 1980s in China to replace the failure that was the Type 79. It […]

Soldier of Three Armies: Lauri Törni Biography Part 1 – Finland

October 3, 2025 Ian McCollum 3

Törni/Thorne shirts & patches: https://varusteleka.com/products/forgotten-weapons-lauri-torni-t-shirt-cotton “Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry Thorne” by J. Michael Cleverley; recommended English language book on Thorne: https://amzn.to/3ZUjni4 Kari Kallonen’s book in Finnish is available here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50744551-lauri-t-rni—mannerheim-ristin-ritari-ja-usa […]

Bommarito: America’s First Toggle-Locked Battle Rifle

October 1, 2025 Ian McCollum 20

Designed by Giuseppe Bommarito, this was one of the many independent rifle designs submitted to the US War Department in the 1910s hoping for military adoption. It is a short recoil operated, toggle-locked system chambered […]

An Interesting Silenced Bulgarian Makarov

September 29, 2025 Ian McCollum 3

Today we are taking a look at an interesting silenced Bulgarian Makarov with a mechanism added to lock the slide. This sort of feature is usually thought of as a sneaky way to avoid ejecting […]

BUG Match: Serbu Super Shorty vs MIL Thunder 5

September 27, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

Today at the Back-Up Gun Match we have a showdown between shotguns. But not proper shotguns; oh no – we are using only tiny shotguns! Friend of the channel (and regular BUG Match enjoyer) Matt […]

Hotchkiss Model 1886 3-pounder Quick Firing Gun

September 26, 2025 Ian McCollum 15

Small fast boats with torpedos (or other explosives) have always been a threat to large warships. One of the weapons the British Royal Navy adopted to counter that threat was the Hotchkiss Model 1886 “Quick […]

M1918A2 MOR: How to Make a Non-NFA BAR

September 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 18

Check out Headstamp Publishing’s extensive catalog of excellent firearms books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Prior to 1986, Group Industries imported BAR parts kits and then manufactured and registered full-auto receivers for them. This produced transferrable guns which were […]