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Financing a couple projects…
Do you need a project? We’re raising some money for a couple of our own shop projects here, and are selling a couple nice parts kits to do it. Specifically: #1 – A gorgeous Russian […]
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Reising light rifle prototype
We have some more information to add to the page on the Reising light rifle prototype today. A reader in Brazil send us a series of color photos of an example of this design, slightly […]
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Forgotten Weapons is hiring field researchers!
Yes, we have an intrepid team of freelance agents out in the field, bringing back all manner of interesting guns… Okay, so he’s not actually working for us (but if any Libyan rebels are reading […]
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Looking for a couple things…
Sorry, guys – we were out shooting this weekend and I got back a lot later than expected. I don’t have anything written up for you this morning, but I’ll be cutting video together this […]
Semiauto pistol
1907 US Pistol & Revolver Trials
When the US began its engagement in the Philippines at the close of the 19th century, the standard service sidearm was a .38 caliber double-action revolver. This was found to be insufficient for serious combat […]
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Russian MSP silent pistol manual
Today’s material comes thanks to our friend Hrachya in Armenia – a 1975 manual for the Russian MSP silent pistol. As Hrachya describes it: This is the manual of Russian MSP pistol (Malogbaritniy Spetsialniy Pistolet […]
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Ross manual
The Ross was a straight-pull bolt action rifle used by the Canadian military in the early stages of World War I. It had several interesting features and strengths, despite ultimately being a failure as a […]
Light MGs
Starting a DP28/DPM build
So if you’ve read the “About” page, you may have noticed that I claimed that we here at Forgotten Weapons are building (and selling) neat old guns. Well, the various folks here have all built […]
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Kubynov hopper-fed DP28
During the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in the late 30s, there were numerous border skirmishes with Russian troops, and one result was the Russian capture of a number of Japanese Type 11 machine guns. Those […]
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Gas Piston Lineup
Now here’s a wall decoration for your gun room – cartridge boards are just so passe nowadays. Bonus points is you can identify them all without resorting to Google (click the image for a larger […]