United States - Forgotten Weapons

MAC Operational Briefcase

April 21, 2019 Ian McCollum 11

This MAC briefcase, gun, and suppressor are lot #1063 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. If a swanky outfit like H&K can make an “Operational Briefcase” with a submachine gun hidden inside it, then you can […]

Hotchkiss 1914: A French and American WWI Heavy MG

April 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 30

This Hotchkiss machine gun and its tripod are lot #2027 in the upcoming April 2019 Morphy auction. The gun that became the Hotchkiss 1914 and served as the bulwark of French and American forces in […]

S&W 3566: An IPSC Game-Changer that Didn’t

April 18, 2019 Ian McCollum 49

This pistol (and its ammunition) is lot #2401 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. In 1994, Smith & Wesson began shipping the Model 3566, a double-stack, single action pistols tuned for high-level USPSA competition. It was […]

Lee Carbine: Gunmaking is not for Sissies

April 16, 2019 Ian McCollum 19

This rifle is lot #1386 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. James Paris Lee is known today as the inventor of the detachable box magazine, and the “Lee” in the “Lee Enfield” rifle system – a […]

Silent Destroyer: Reimagining the DeLisle Commando Carbine

April 10, 2019 Ian McCollum 16

This suppressed carbine is lot #1079 in the upcoming April 2019 Morphy’s auction. Tom Denall’s “Silent Destroyer” (originally built on surplus Sanish “Destroyer” carbines) is a Ruger 77/44 bolt action rifle with a large integral […]

Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon from San Juan Hill

April 9, 2019 Ian McCollum 34

This Hotchkiss and its accessories are lot #1116 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction: Benjamin Hotchkiss was an American artillery designer who moved to Paris in 1867 in hopes of building a business for his improvements […]

Ingram M10 & M11 SMGs: The Originals from Powder Springs

April 3, 2019 Ian McCollum 41

These Ingram SMGs are selling in the April 2019 Morphy’s auction: M10/45 (lot 1069), M10/9 (lot 1070), and M11 (lot 1067) After the commercial failure of Gordon Ingram’s M6 submachine gun in the early 50s, […]

Armstrong & Taylor Carbine – Too Little Too Late

April 2, 2019 Ian McCollum 9

This carbine is lot #1416 at Morphy’s April 2019 auction. The Armstrong & Taylor carbine is a neat single shot breechloading carbine patented in 1862. It operates by way of a button on the top […]

North & Skinner Wedge-Lock Revolving Rifle

March 25, 2019 Ian McCollum 5

This rifle is lot #1237 in the upcoming May 2019 Rock Island auction. Patented in 1852 by Henry North and Chaucey Skinner, about 700 of these revolving rifles were made by 1856. The design used […]

Swing and a Miss: The Joslyn Army Revolver

March 19, 2019 Ian McCollum 8

Benjamin Joslyn patented this .44 caliber, 5 shot, side-hammer revolver in 1858. He initially contracted with one W.C. Freeman to act as manufacturer and sales agent, but Freeman was unable to actually fulfill the first […]