Finland - Forgotten Weapons

Drone Chaos & an Epic Pool Party: Finnish Brutality 2026 Day 2

August 29, 2026 Ian McCollum 2

See all my kit here: https://varusteleka.com/en/collections/ian-mccollum-brutality-loadout Use code FIRETOTHEBALLS26 for 15% off your whole order at Varusteleka! Today we have stages 6-10 from Finnish Brutality 2026. I ran the match in pseudo contractor type kit, […]

Sicario Hunting and Mölkky: Finnish Brutality 2026 Day 1

August 28, 2026 Ian McCollum 0

See all my kit here: https://varusteleka.com/en/collections/ian-mccollum-brutality-loadout Use code FIRETOTHEBALLS26 for 15% off your whole order at Varusteleka! Today we have stages 1-5 from Finnish Brutality 2026. I ran the match in pseudo contractor type kit, […]

Prototype SAKO Boy’s Rifle Version of the m/39

July 20, 2026 Ian McCollum 3

My Finnish guns book “Forged in Snow” is available for preorder here: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/forged-in-snow In 1944, SAKO made two prototype boy’s rifles. They were intended to be used by essentially Boy Scout type organizations for both […]

Sako M92S: Finland’s Last Civilian AK (now being imported to the US)

June 5, 2026 Ian McCollum 19

My book on Finnish small arms is available for preorder: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/forged-in-snow The M92S is the semiautomatic civilian version of the Finnish military rk95 rifle. The rk95 was intended to be a modernization of the Finnish […]

Adventures in Surplus! Type 38 Arisaka Carbine in World War One

March 4, 2026 Ian McCollum 8

“Forged in Snow”, my book on Finnish small arms, is available for pre-order right now along with all the other cool options at: https://www.headstamppublishing.com In the fall of 1914 it became apparent that the minor […]

TKIV-85: Finland’s Ultimate Mosin Nagant Sniper Rifle

November 24, 2025 Ian McCollum 6

Join the Kickstarter for “Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025” here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snow?ref=desl1o Finland’s final iteration of Mosin Nagant sniper was adopted in the 1980s to replace a mix-and-match assortment of m/39-43, m/27-66, and m/28-76 […]

Pienoiskivääri m/91 Finnish .22 Mosin Trainer

November 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

This and all the other Finnish Mosins are detailed in my new book “Forged in Snow”: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snow?ref=b8ft1r In the 1920s the Finnish Defense Forces wanted a reduced-power training rifle to allow low-cost marksmanship practice and […]

m/27PH aka m/37: Finland’s First Standard Sniper Rifle (and it’s really bad)

November 14, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Join the Forged in Snow launch here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snow?ref=55a9yv The m27PH, aka the m/37, was the first standardized Finnish sniper rifle. It was developed as part of the plan to make a whole family of m/27 […]

Adventures in Surplus! Finnish M28 “Ski Trooper”

November 10, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

Get your exclusive preorder copy of Forged in Snow today! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snow?ref=3xnziv Today we are going to take a look at just how much historical be read from the features and markings of an individual rifle. […]

Drum-Fed LMG for Chinese Warlords: the Finnish LS-26/31

November 8, 2025 Ian McCollum 29

Join the Forged in Snow launch here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snow?ref=2sw39d After the Finnish Defense Forces adopted the LS26 light machine gun, Aimo Lahti and the Tikkakoski factory continued to work on further developing it. They designed a […]