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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 6: Berdan II

December 21, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/berdan-2-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

Semiauto Rifles

SVD Dragunov: The First Purpose-Built DMR

December 3, 2024 Ian McCollum 27

The development of the Dragunov designated marksman’s rifle was spurred by the NATO adoption of the 7.62x51mm cartridge. The Red Army had standardized on a new suite of infantry weapons using the intermediate-sized 7.62x39mm round, […]

Accessories

Gear for Carrying DP27 Pan Magazines

December 1, 2024 Ian McCollum 11

Today we are taking a look at three different pieces of kit developed to carry Degtyarev DP pan magazines. These mags are really inconveniently shaped, and traditional magazine pouches just don’t work for them. Instead, […]

Conversion

RP-46: The Rarely Seen Belt-Fed Degtyarev

October 16, 2024 Ian McCollum 36

Enter to win this awesome Semiauto DPM! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is 10/25/2024 at 11:59 PM PST After World War Two, the Red Army moved from a full power infantry rifle cartridge to an intermediate […]

Light MGs

Degtyarev Upgrades: DP27 vs DPM

October 9, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Enter to win this awesome Semiauto DPM! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is 10/25/2024 at 11:59 PM PST The full version of this video, including range footage and no giveaway segments, and in 4K resolution, is […]

Select-fire Rifles

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 […]

bullpup

OTs-14 Groza: Russia’s Over-Hyped 9x39mm Spetznaz Bullpup

July 22, 2024 Ian McCollum 26

The 9x39mm cartridge was introduced in the final days of the Soviet Union as a subsonic round intended specifically for suppressed weapons. The first weapons developed for it were the AS Val and VSS Vintorez. […]

Semiauto pistol

Makarov PB: Silenced KGB “Wet Work” Pistol

June 19, 2024 Ian McCollum 6

In 1967, the Tula arsenal introduced a specialized silenced version of the Makarov for covert use. This was a very effective pistol, and its design was also very heavily changed from that of the regular […]

Heavy MGs

Kord: Russia’s New .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun

June 10, 2024 Ian McCollum 23

The Kord was developed to replace the Soviet NSV heavy machine gun. The NSV was developed in 1969 to replace the DShK, and it was a pretty good gun – but it was manufactured in […]

Semiauto pistol

Arsenal Strike One: Russian Police Pistol Comes to the West

May 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 21

The Strike One pistol originated around 2011 as a collaboration between Nicola Bandini and Dimitry Streshinskiy as a pistol to replace the Makarov in Russian police use. By 2014 is was progressing very successfully through […]

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