Accessories
Great New FW Merch from Varusteleka
I’m really excited to have this merchandise available from my friends at Varusteleka – check it out!
Commentary
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What Are Some of the Best Investment Handguns?
Today I’m joined by Len Antaris of Historic Investments to discuss, well, historic investments. I maintain that firearms are better bought for their historic value than as speculative investments, but there are certainly plenty of […]
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Utreon: Good Video Hosting for Both Viewers & Creators
https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ I have mentioned Utreon before, but I want to take a moment to do so again. The site continues to grow and improve, and it has a bunch of features that are actually better […]
Commentary
Anti-Gun Partisan Lawfare? GWACS Sues KE Arms et al.
There have been a lot of questions raised about the ongoing lawsuit between GWACS Armory LLC and KE Arms (plus Brownells, Russell Phagan, Sinistral Shooting Technologies, and Shawn Nealon) – so I figured I ought […]
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Historical Comparison: Finland’s Winter War vs Russian Invasion of Ukraine
I have been reading about the Winter War in past few months as part of my work on a book about Finnish small arms, and I have been really struck by the similarity in images […]
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What Does the Invasion of Ukraine Mean for European Private Firearms Ownership?
Help support Ukraine: National Bank of Ukraine armed forces account National Bank of Ukraine humanitarian account Come Back Alive One of the interesting implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the potential for expanded […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Nordic Cooperation: The Swedish M96 in Finnish Service
One of the significant foreign rifles in Finnish service during the Winter War and Continuation War was the Swedish M96 Mauser. These rifles began arriving in Finland even before Finland’s independence, and in 1919 the […]
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What is UTREON? The Best Place to Watch Forgotten Weapons…
Utreon is a growing video platform that combines the functions of both YouTube and Patreon, without the problems of either one. I have no plans to stop using either of those, but I think Utreon […]
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Investing in Guns: Some Tips (But It’s a Bad Idea)
A lot of people see the constantly-increasing price of collectible firearms, and assume that guns must be a pretty good investment. Well, they really aren’t. The stock market outperforms collectible firearms with ease. But if […]
Ammunition
What Are All These 9mm Cartridges, And Why?
Why do we have so many different 9mm cartridges, and what are they all? Why are 9mm Steyr and 9mm Largo virtually identical and yet different, while 9×18 Ultra and 9×18 Makarov are completely different? […]