United States - Forgotten Weapons

“Ideal” Holster/Stock for the Luger

August 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

Stock Pistol Most automatic pistols of the early 20th century were offered with shoulder stock options, and the Luger had more than most. Probably the most interesting one I am aware of is the Ideal […]

Swedish Antiaircraft Artillery: Bofors 40mm Automatic Gun M1

August 24, 2018 Ian McCollum 20

Note: In the video I mistakenly describe this as a two-stamp NFA gun. It is actually deactivated, and thus does not require a tax stamp. Sorry for the mistake! RIA’s catalog page for this cannon […]

Thompson’s .30-06 1923 Autorifle: Blish Strikes Again

August 22, 2018 Ian McCollum 13

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle This is a Model 1923 Thompson Autoloading Rifle, one of a batch of 20 made by Colt for US military testing in 1924. The system is designed on the […]

Colt’s Camp Perry Model Target Single Shot

August 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 9

RIA’s catalog page for this pistol The Camp Perry Model was Colt’s top-end target pistol between the world wars. Based on the same frame and grip as the Officer’s Model revolver, it was designed to […]

The Original CETME Mars Importation

August 20, 2018 Ian McCollum 12

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The CETME Model C would be the basis for the wildly successful H&K 91 / G3 rifle, and a small batch of CETME rifles was brought into the United […]

The M9A1 Bazooka: Now With Optics and Quick Takedown

August 18, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

RIA’s catalog page for the live (NFA) destructive device The Bazooka – or rather the Launcher, Rock, 2.36”, M1 – was introduced by the United States in 1942, the result of a fast development by […]

Colt Prototype Self-Ejecting Revolver

August 16, 2018 Ian McCollum 30

RIA’s catalog page for this revolver Robert Roy was a career Colt employee, who began his work as an engineer in 1963 (including work on the 1971/SSP pistols and the CMG machine gun series) and […]

Garand Primer-Activated 1924 Trials Rifle

August 13, 2018 Ian McCollum 26

RIA’s catalog page for this rifle The first successful iteration of John Garand’s rifle was developed in 1921 and refined through 1924. A small batch were made for US military testing in 1924, where it […]

Mythbusting with the .30-06 American Chauchat: Reliability Test

July 28, 2018 Ian McCollum 46

Everyone knows, of course, that the Chauchat is the worst gun ever, and can’t normally get through an entire magazine without malfunctioning. Well, let’s try that out…and with an ever worse culprit; an M1918 Chauchat […]

Cobray Terminator at the Range: The Worst Shotgun Ever

July 21, 2018 Ian McCollum 34

Most of the guns made by Cobray are pretty awful, but one can at least understand the market they were made for. The Terminator is different, because it really is rather incomprehensible who would have […]