United States - Forgotten Weapons - Part 6

Book Review: The U.S. Model 1917 Rifle – “America’s Enfield”

December 8, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Model-Rifle-Americas-Enfield/dp/1931464928 Available from the publisher, Mowbray: https://gunandswordcollector.com/product/us-model-1917-rifle-canfield/ Bruce Canfield is one of the most prolific and prominent authors on American military small arms today, with a bunch of excellent works in print. […]

French 1717 Rampart Musket from the American Revolution

December 7, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

American forces in the Revolutionary War took in a bunch of different types of surplus small arms, and one of the interesting ones was the French Model 1717 Rampart gun. When the French created the […]

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 5: The Remington Rolling Block

November 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 24

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/black-powder-ep-5-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

A DAO Service Revolver in the Civil War: the Pettengill Army

November 15, 2024 Ian McCollum 8

The Pettengill revolver is a 6-shot, muzzleloading double-action-only system designed and patented by C.S. Pettengill in 1856, and improved by Edward Raymond and Charles Robitaille in 1858. In 1859, the Rogers & Spencer company was […]

Colt Boa: Rarest of the Snake Revolvers

November 13, 2024 Ian McCollum 20

Of the seven revolvers Colt named after snakes, the rarest is the Colt Boa. Only a single production run of these were made totaling just 1,200 guns. They were made in 1985 as a custom […]

Legacy of the K5: Daewoo DP51 Through Lionheart Vulcan-9

October 23, 2024 Ian McCollum 19

The South Korean military was using old Colt M1911A1 pistols in the 1980s, and as they became worn out a new pistol was needed. This would be something designed and built domestically, and chambered for […]

Literary James Bond’s Best Pistol: the ASP

September 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 30

Licensed Troubleshooter: The Guns of James Bond is live on Kickstarter now – check it out for lots of super cool exclusive options! Today Caleb Daniels, author of “Licensed Troubleshooter”, is joining me to talk […]

Gothic Serpent: Shughart M14 Clone & Delta 1911 at the 2-Gun Match

September 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 9

This is your last chance to win this awesome (if malfunctioning) Shughart M14 Clone! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is TONIGHT 09/27/2024 @ 11:59 PM PST Today I decided to do a Gothic Serpent memorial 2-gun […]

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Creating my Shughart Black Hawk Down M14 Clone

September 19, 2024 Ian McCollum 11

Enter to win this awesome Black Hawk Down M14 Clone! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons Deadline to enter is 9/27/2024 @ 11:59 PM PST I figured it might be worthwhile to document the process of putting together my clone […]

Boring, Durable, Unsexy Bricks: The Remarkably Successful Ruger P85

September 18, 2024 Ian McCollum 14

The Ruger P85 – like so many of Ruger’s products – is not particularly attractive or exciting. It introduced no particular mechanical innovation besides the casting-based manufacturing that would actually probably be seen as a […]

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