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RP-46: The Rarely Seen Belt-Fed Degtyarev

October 16, 2024 Ian McCollum 36

Enter to win this awesome Semiauto DPM! https://www.fanathem.com/forgottenweapons DEADLINE to ENTER is 10/25/2024 at 11:59 PM PST After World War Two, the Red Army moved from a full power infantry rifle cartridge to an intermediate […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Romanian 1930s Mosin Carbine Conversion

October 4, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

Romania had more than a million rifles in its inventory after World War One, but they were mused between Mannlicher 88/90, Mannlicher 95, Mosin Nagant, and Berthier patterns – and they were almost all rifles […]

Conversion

Colt Service Model Ace: Carbine Williams Makes a .22 1911

July 17, 2024 Ian McCollum 20

“Carbine Williams”, aka David Marshall Williams, has a reputation as the designer of the M1 Carbine, and a very colorful history. He was a moonshiner who pled guilty to second degree murder of a sheriff’s […]

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Shooting Shaved Webley Revolvers (w/ Steinel Ammo)

June 8, 2024 Ian McCollum 14

Steinel Ammunition has started making a rather niche new product, but one that I think is quite convenient: .45 ACP downloaded to .455 Webley pressure. This is for use in Webley revolvers that were shaved […]

Conversion

McCann Industries MAS 49/56 in the Elbonian Royal Air Service

May 20, 2024 Ian McCollum 38

Elbonian Royal Air Service merch: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/forgotten-weapons-royal-air-service-elbonia-t-shirt-cotton/78756 In the early 2000s, the Elbonian Royal Air Service was looking for an aerial interdiction rifle – something to arm snipers in dirigibles, for shooting down light aircraft and […]

Conversion

Modernizing Le Clairon: the FAMAS Valorise

May 20, 2024 Ian McCollum 1

The FAMAS was the best bullpup rifle of its era, but it was a difficult platform to modernize with optics. In 1995, the “FELIN” (Fantassin à Équipement et Liaisons INtégrés; Integrated Infantry Equipment and Communications) […]

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How to Avoid the Legal Pitfalls of a Transferrable H&K Auto Sear

April 29, 2024 Ian McCollum 2

One of the particularly popular transferrable machine guns out there is the H&K auto sear. Since H&K grip and trigger assemblies are interchangeable between 9mm, 5.56mm, and 7.62x51mm guns (ie, MP5, HK33, and G3) a […]

Conversion

A Guns to Save Lives: Winchester 1886 Line Thrower

April 14, 2024 Ian McCollum 5

Line-throwing devices have long been an important part of maritime safety, and many different have been guns adapted to launch ropes from shore to ship or ship to ship. Usually they are inexpensive obsolete surplus […]

Conversion

Electrolux Charlton: Washing Machine Company Converts Bolt Action to Semiauto

March 25, 2024 Ian McCollum 17

The Charlton was a conversion of a bolt action Lee rifle into a light machine gun, designed by New Zealander Phillip Charlton. Some 1500 were made in New Zealand, but a bit later it appears […]

Bolt Action Rifles

Romanian Berthier Carbine Conversions

March 22, 2024 Ian McCollum 10

Romanian had more than a million rifles in its inventory after World War One, but they were mused between Mannlicher 88/90, Mannlicher 95, Mosin Nagant, and Berthier patterns – and they were almost all rifles […]

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