England - Forgotten Weapons

.455 Villar Perosa Photos

February 1, 2013 Ian McCollum 18

Italy has produced some fine guns, but they also have a pretty impressive collection of really poorly thought out ones, like the Fiat-Revelli M1914 and the 1915 Villar Perosa. The latter was basically a very […]

Paean to the Vickers Gun

January 2, 2013 Ian McCollum 22

I may be a bit biased here by my ownership of one, but I believe that the Vickers gun is one of the best all-around firearms ever made. It was designed during an era of […]

Gabbet-Fairfax Mars Automatic Pistol

November 14, 2012 Ian McCollum 26

The Mars pistol was a development of the turn of the century that would really be more at home in a Jules Verne novel (I would suggest the title “One Thousand Footpounds in a Handgun”) […]

Machine Gun Corps Monument

November 13, 2012 Ian McCollum 5

London has a whole lot of monuments, but there is one in particular that anyone into firearms history should visit, and that is the official monument to the Machine Gun Corps. The Corps was formed […]

Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver

November 12, 2012 Ian McCollum 9

The Webley-Fosbery was an early automatic handgun based on a revolver design. The top half of the frame was able to slide back under recoil, recocking the hammer and indexing the next round in the […]

Treeby Chain Gun photos

November 2, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

The Treeby chain gun was a .54 caliber percussion rifle that could fire 14 rounds in rapid succession. Designed in 1854, it was unlike anything else available at the time. Only two were ever made, […]

Hotchkiss Aerial Gun

October 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

We came across an interesting manual (in English, as a bonus!) for a variety of Hotchkiss machine gun which we have very little information on. It’s an aircraft gun, intended for use by the observer […]

British Breechloader Teaser Video

September 3, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

Unfortunately, when we visit great gun collections there is never enough time to do everything we would like to. We always have to leave great stuff undone, as much as we don’t like to. Well, […]

Vintage Saturday: Is It Us, Or Did Gravity Get Stronger?

August 18, 2012 Ian McCollum 10

At first glance you wonder, “Why are those British sailors crawling around with their ship’s anchor?” Then you realize that they’re not sailors, and it’s actually a Colt 1895. The distinction may be lost on […]

Vintage Saturday: For Queen and Country

August 11, 2012 Ian McCollum 13

I am not familiar with this style of handy card table Maxim mount.