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Forgotten SIGs: SIG Pro SP2009 & SP2022

October 10, 2025 Ian McCollum 1

In 1998, SIG released the SIG Pro SP2340, essentially a polymer framed P226 chambered for .40S&W. This was followed the next year by the SP2009; the same gun but in 9x19mm. These pistols proved quite […]

Larry Thorne Biography Part 2: Green Berets in Vietnam

October 4, 2025 Ian McCollum 0

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]