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Molotovs at the Range: Finnish Brutality 2025 Day 2

March 1, 2025 Ian McCollum 5

Varusteleka’s Patrol Coverall that I was using today is available here: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-l5-thermal-patrol-coverall/76574 Finnish Brutality 2025 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – by making it a true winter match. Run […]

Competition

Ice Baths and Skis: Finnish Brutality 2025 Day 1

February 28, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Varusteleka’s Snow Camo Anorak that I was using today is available here: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-tst-l7-camouflage-anorak/58285 Finnish Brutality 2025 took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again – by making it a true winter match. […]

Semiauto Rifles

Finland’s Next Service Rifle (Mostly): Sako ARG S 40

February 21, 2025 Ian McCollum 21

Finland and Sweden are both in the process of adopting AR-pattern rifles, and for the Finns this will be their first service rifle in 5.56mm NATO. It is a transition that has been anticipated for […]

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Q&A: Finland and Finnish Small Arms (From Berdan to New Sako AR)

February 19, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

Today’s Q&A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! Join us to help support Forgotten Weapons and to submit your questions for future Q&A videos: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons I figured that Finland would be […]

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Beretta M38A vs Suomi kp/31 (w/ John Keene)

November 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 64

If you had to pick one, would you take an early Beretta 38A (with bayonet), or a Finnish kp/31 Suomi? Both have semiauto selectors, although the Beretta’s its easier to use. The Suomi has a […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Hunting in Communist Romania: Nicolae Ceaușescu’s Finnbear 61

August 9, 2024 Ian McCollum 5

Nicolae Ceaușescu ruled România through much of its communist period, from 1967 until 1989. Ceaușescu was a passionate hunter, and owned more than 100 firearms, mostly for hunting. These included some gifts from foreign dignitaries, […]

General Purpose MGs

Finland’s Prototype Belt-Fed GPMG: L41 Sampo

May 13, 2024 Ian McCollum 25

During the 1930s, there was interest in Finland in replacing the Maxim heavy machine gun with something handier and more mobile. There were experiments with large drum magazines for the LS-26 light machine gun, but […]

Semiauto pistol

Two World Wars: Finnish C96 “Ukko-Mauser”

March 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

A decent number of C96 Mauser pistols were present in Finland’s civil war, many of them coming into the country with the Finnish Jaegers, and others from a variety of sources, commercial and Russian. They […]

Accessories

Suomi Noisemaker Training Magazine

February 11, 2024 Ian McCollum 21

No blank-firing adapter? No money for practice ammo? What you need is a wooden clicky-clacky noisemaker that locks into your Suomi!

Accessories

My Low-Profile Plate Carrier and Lynx Brutality AAR (w/ Jari Laine)

June 20, 2023 Ian McCollum 0

I’m joined today by Jari, the CEO of Varusteleka to talk about one of the pieces of gear we both used in Lynx Brutality: Varusteleka’s new Low Visibility Plate Carrier. It’s designed to keep the […]

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