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So Many Ways to Fail at Making a Pistol

December 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

Get Entered to win this very rare Mamba! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is 12/20/2024 @ 11:59 PM PST Making a successful and popular new handgun requires doing a whole lot of things right…today we are […]

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, […]

Bolt Action Rifles

The Hungarian Alternative: G98/40 Rifles in German Service

December 2, 2024 Ian McCollum 5

The German Wehrmacht was always hungry for more rifles during World War Two, and adopted substitute designs made in friendly (or subservient) countries when possible. Almost all of these were minor variations on the Mauser […]

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, […]

Antiques

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 […]

Submachine Guns

Berettas With Bayonets: The Very Early Model 38A SMG

November 29, 2024 Ian McCollum 1

The initial model of the Beretta 38A had a number of features that were dropped rather quickly once wartime production became a priority. Specifically, they included a lockout safety switch for just the rear full-auto […]

Select-fire Rifles

The First Sturmgewehr: The MKb42(H)

November 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 16

The first iteration of the iconic German Sturmgewehr was developed by Haenel starting in 1938. It was a select-fire rifle chambered for the short 8x33mm cartridge, developed by the Polte company. It used a long-stroke […]

Bolt Action Rifles

G24(t): Germany’s Take on the Czechoslovakian vz24

November 25, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

When Germany took over Czechoslovakia, one of the things they did was buy out a controlling interest in what became known as Waffenwerke Brunn. Headquartered in Prague, the company had two factories; one in Brno […]

Semiauto pistol

“Grey Ghost” – The French Occupation Production P38 Pistol

November 23, 2024 Ian McCollum 34

When the French took over control of the Mauser factory complex in May 1945, the plant had some 85 tons of pistol parts on hand – 7.3 million individual components in various stages of production. […]

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The Unique Challenges of Self-Loading Shotgun Design

November 22, 2024 Ian McCollum 45

This is your last chance to win this iconic SPAS-12! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is TONIGHT 11/22/24 @11:59 PM PST I think a lot of people under appreciate the difficulty of making a reliable self-loading […]

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