@forgottenweapons Forgotten Weapons

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"SSG-69: Steyr's Cold War Sniper Rifle Make sure to also check out [--] Hole Reviews' field trial of the SSG-69 in military configuration out to [---] yards: https://youtu.be/v93_gge1ESI https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the 1960s Steyr Daimler Pusch developed a modern sniper rifle for the Austrian military (and also for commercial civilian sale). It was adopted as the SSG-69 (Scharfschtzen-Gewehr; sharpshooter's rifle) replacing the"
YouTube Link 2023-03-02T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 202.2K engagements

"Indonesian Air Force Collapsing-Stock G3 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] the German military first adopted the Spanish CETME as its standard infantry rifle because it was able to acquire a license to manufacture the guns domestically (something FN had been unwilling to grant for the FAL). The European rights to the CETME were at that time owned by NWM in the Netherlands and Germany negotiated a trade to allow its own production. That production was undertaken by two different firms - Rheinmetall and Heckler &"
YouTube Link 2017-08-12T11:27Z 3.2M followers, 303.9K engagements

"Print Gun Magazines are Dead (or are they) The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Print gun magazines used to be the standard way to stay tuned to the new scholarship in the world of collectible firearms. Then we got the internet. Today researchers paid to write articles for print magazines have been effectively supplanted by collectors posting equally detailed and well-researched pieces on free public forums. While this is obviously sub-optimal for the people who relied on printing magazines and selling writing services it has made information more available"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 75.5K engagements

"Nock's Volley Gun: Clearing the Decks in the 1700s The Nock Volley Gun was actually invented by an Englishman named James Wilson in [----] and presented to the British military as a potential infantry weapons. This was declined as impractical but the Royal Navy found the concept interesting for shipboard use. In [----] the Navy ordered two prototypes made by the British gunsmith Henry Nock and finding them suitable proceeded to oder a total of [---] of the guns (thus forever associating Nocks name with the gun instead of Wilsons). A further [---] or so were ordered in [----] and the guns were in fact"
YouTube Link 2018-03-03T13:13Z 3.2M followers, 682K engagements

"Tomiska's Czech Army Pistol: Empty Magazine Auto-Ejection #tomiska #forgottenweapons #pistol #prototype #czech history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-02T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"MAS [--] at the Range - Finally http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com My MAS [--] submachine gun is finally running properly and with the 7.65mm French Long ammunition now being made by Steinel Ammo I can finally take this out to the range What to shoot at A spinner naturally. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv smg sub gun machine gun submachine gun mas [--] French france vichy ww2 world war battle of France police army"
YouTube Link 2020-10-03T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 674.5K engagements

"Sunngrd Automatic Pistol: [--] Rounds in [----] http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Harald Sunngrd was Norwegian inventor in the early years of the 20th century who noticed a common perceived weakness of automatic pistols: reloads under stress were often bungled by shooters leaving them vulnerable to return fire without being able to shoot back. Doing the classic inventor thing Sunngrd figured out a solution to the problem a two-part solution in fact. The first part of his solution was to use a big magazine and a small cartridge to maximize magazine capacity. The second part of his solution"
YouTube Link 2018-07-30T11:52Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements

"America's First Assault Rifle: Burton [----] LMR http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://centerofthewest.org/explore/firearms/ America's first assault rifle Well it does meet all the requirements - select-fire intermediate cartridge and shoulder-fired. It was never actually fielded though. The Burton Light Machine Rifle was developed during World War One with the firing model completed in [----]. It was intended as an aircraft observer's weapon for attacking balloons - a role which required incendiary ammunition.With this in mind Winchester's Frank Burton adapted the .351 WSL cartridge"
YouTube Link 2016-07-04T10:17Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Why Yugoslavia waited until the 1990s to build a Krink style AK M70 M80 M90 M92 timeline The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 172K engagements

"America's Forgotten SMG: The Hyde/Marlin M2 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The United States went into World War Two with the Thompsons submachine gun - a weapon far too heavy and too expensive for its role. The British went to the other extreme with the Sten and while the US did not want a gun quite that crude the Sten did spur a desire for something cheaper than the Thompson. George Hyde (the working for the Inland Division of GM) had worked on submachine gun designs in the 1930s and he put together a weapon that would"
YouTube Link 2019-10-04T11:47Z 3.2M followers, 656.5K engagements

"Red Dots: How Cheap is too Cheap (featuring Mike Branson) I met up with Mike Branson of Gideon Optics at SHOT Show [----]. Today we are talking about red dot price and quality. It's easy to get a good red dot if you are willing to spend enough but how cheap can you go and still have a reliable product http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-02-07T12:29Z 3.2M followers, 267K engagements

"All the Blammo: HK51 at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Just how concussive is the HK51 And how hard is it to control Let's find out history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly hk51 mc51 h&k heckler kock range mag dump [---] [---] [----] nato concussion recoil muzzle blast sas sbs special forces attention getter machine gun class [--] transferrable sear pack g3 hk91 Fleming bill Fleming history development mccollum forgotten weapons design"
YouTube Link 2021-10-23T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 653.6K engagements

"German Sten Copy: MP [----] aka Gert Neumnster The MP [----] aka Gert Neumnster was one of two German efforts to copy the British Sten gun. The first was the Gert Potsdam ("gert" meaning device or project; basically project code name) which was a direct copy of the Sten distinguishable only by a marking details and a few differences in manufacturing processes. While [-----] of those were being manufactured by Mauser R&D engineer Ludwig Vorgrimmler was simplifying the Sten design even farther resulting in the MP-3008. This simplified design did away with the Sten's barrel shroud and used a vertical"
YouTube Link 2016-02-04T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 506K engagements

"Welrod .32 at the Range: British SOE's Silent Assassin's Pistol #forgottenweapons #welrod #oss #soe #assassin #pistol #silencer #silenced #suppressoir #ww2 #worldwar2"
YouTube Link 2024-10-24T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 3.1M engagements

"Taser X12 XREP: A Taser in a Shotgun Shell #forgottenweapons #12ga #shotgun #taser #x12 #riotcontrol #xrep history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-07-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements

"Combloc SAW: Chinese RPD at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I am excited to take an RPD out to the range today - I've wanted to try one for quite a while. The RPD is a very light and compact weapon for a squad automatic and I'm curious how it will actually handle. This particular example is a Chinese Type [--] with many of the improvements that were made over the course of Soviet adoption and field use of the gun. history development mccollum forgotten weapons"
YouTube Link 2021-07-31T10:00Z 3.2M followers, 380.4K engagements

"Denel NTW 20: A Multi-Caliber Anti-Materiel Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Created by noted South African gun designer Tony Neophytou the NTW-20 is a bolt action anti-materiel rifle made in 20x82mm 20x110mm and 14.5x115mm. The weapon began as idea to use the large quantities of surplus 14.5mm ammunition available at the time and a recognition that the 14.5mm Soviet cartridge was an excellent anti-armor round with a really remarkably high muzzle velocity. To widen the rifle's capabilities it was decided to incorporate an easily interchangeable barrel and also chamber it for the"
YouTube Link 2018-09-07T10:44Z 3.2M followers, 4.5M engagements

"How Is Ammunition Made A Tour of Sellier & Bellot's Factory Today I am in Vlaim in the Czech Republic where Sellier & Bellot has allowed me to film a tour of their ammunition plant. This is one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world and they start with basic raw material like lead copper and brass and ship out complete case ammunition. The machines involved in this process are really interesting - let's have a look http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development"
YouTube Link 2024-12-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 870.5K engagements

"The Worst AK I have Ever Seen http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv"
YouTube Link 2020-06-18T12:03Z 3.2M followers, 5.4M engagements

"Shooting the H&K MP5K Operational Briefcase http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Heckler & Koch's "Operational Briefcase" is a clever system for covert carry of a submachine gun without the need to conceal such a large type of weapon under bulky clothing. By putting the gun into a briefcase they gave security personnel a way to blend right into the business and executive type of environment. Of course the idea has become rather well known at least in some circles. It may not have quite the same element of surprise it once did"
YouTube Link 2018-12-22T12:37Z 3.2M followers, 3.1M engagements

"From Bespoke Showpieces to Surplus Collecting The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 39.8K engagements

"True Crime Collector Skulduggery: R.L. Wilson and the "Trade of the Century" http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com R.L. Wilson was a pillar of the firearms collecting community and especially the Colt collecting community in the 1970s and 80s. He wrote a slew of books on Colt and was a major broker dealer and appraiser. He also betrayed the trust people put in him as best exemplified by the "trade of the century" in which he swindled [---] firearms out of the Connecticut"
YouTube Link 2021-01-05T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 219.2K engagements

"Zip 22: Shooting the Worst Gun Ever #forgottenweapons #zip22 #worstgun #pistol #terrible #fail history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-28T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 588.9K engagements

"PGM Hecate II: A Battle-Hardened .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Courtesy of PGM Precision USA we have a chance to take a look at a Hecate II sniper rifle today. This rifle's story begins with the Ultima Ratio a classic-based 7.62mm precision rifle designed by Gilles Payen in France circa [----] for the French RAID police unit. The rifle was very well-received and Payen partner with colleagues Alain Gonnet and Franois Morier to form PGM"
YouTube Link 2020-05-08T12:11Z 3.2M followers, 747.3K engagements

"BE Meyers "MILR" Heavy Weapons IR Laser - SHOT Show [----] The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 374.7K engagements

"A Selection of Chinese Mystery Pistols During the 1920s and 1930s a combination of civil wars and international arms embargoes led to a lot of domestic firearms production in China. The size and quality of manufacturing facilities varied widely - everything from massive factories established with European technical assistance to one-man shops only a step or two above being blacksmiths. The weapons produced varied in quality to match. Among other weapons made during this period were handguns mechanically based on several European designs (the Browning [----] Mauser C96 and Mauser 1910/14"
YouTube Link 2015-04-11T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"Special Presentation: What is Gold Damascene Today were are going to do something a bit different than normal and take a detailed look at an intersection of arms and art: gold damascene. This is a type of art used to embellish a wide variety of objects including firearms. Gold damascene enjoyed a renaissance in Spain in the mid 1850s thanks to the work of a man named Placido Zuloaga and his father. During this time and at Placido's hands the form changed from a simple background to show off engraving into a technique of primary artistry. In this video we will look at: - What gold damascening"
YouTube Link 2017-06-24T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Ross [----] Cadet .22: Not Supposed to Auto-Eject The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 71K engagements

"How Does It Work: Direct Gas Impingement Interested in small arms history Make sure to pre-order a copy of my bookChassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles [----] - 2016: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-201ref=9kqy9c Direct gas impingement is an operating system that has been used only in a few production guns (all of them rifles). It is extremely simple although perhaps not well suited to adjustability. It is also not the operating system of the AR series of rifles - we will cover those in a separate video next month."
YouTube Link 2019-05-21T11:55Z 3.2M followers, 134.5K engagements

"S&W Pinto: The Wide World of Collecting https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Pinto is a name given to a specific sort of Smith & Wesson revolver by collectors. It refers to guns - typically J- K- and N-frame revolvers but all some semiauto pistols - produced with a mix of blued and nickeled parts. The name derives from the Pinto horse which has patches of white and color. The guns were generally old as a way to use up excess parts from"
YouTube Link 2022-11-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 147.2K engagements

"Germany Adopts the PPSh in 9mm: the MP-41(r) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com During World War Two both German and Russian soldiers often thought that the other side's weapons were better than their own. In particular both sides often preferred their opponents' SMGs. In late [----] a group of German officers formally requested that Germany simply copy and produce the PPSh-41. This led to the HWA formally studying the question of PPSh-41"
YouTube Link 2023-02-20T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 357.7K engagements

"Nazi Belt Buckle Pistol #forgottenweapons #beltbuckle #pistol #ww2 #germany #22 #rimfire #gun history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 8.8M engagements

"The M9A1 Bazooka: Now With Optics and Quick Takedown http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Bazooka - or rather the Launcher Rocket [----] M1 - was introduced by the United States in [----] the result of a fast development by two Army officers Captain Leslie Skinner and Lt. Edward Uhl. The US has no infantry antitank weapon at that point and it had become quite clear that such a thing was needed. The Bazooka offered a theoretical effective range of [---] yards throwing a [--] pound hollow-charge projectile capable of penetrating [--] inches of armor plate. The [----] inch bore measurement incidentally"
YouTube Link 2018-08-18T12:55Z 3.2M followers, 487K engagements

"PSS: Russia's Silent Captive-Piston Handgun The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The PSS is a semiautomatic pistol using captive piston ammunition to achieve a comparable level of sound suppression to a .22 pistol with a good normal suppressor. It was developed to replace a couple multi-barrel derringer style captive piston pistols in Soviet use with the semiautomatic action and (6-round) detachable magazines making it suitable for a wider variety of missions than the previous guns. It was given the GRU catalog designation 6P28 and entered service in [----]. It"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 221.8K engagements

"Coenders' Bolt-Less Last Ditch Bolt Action Rifle The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com When the German Army tested last-ditch Volkssturm rifles late in World War Two one of the particularly obscure submissions was August Coenders' Coenders-Rochling Volkssturmkarabiner. This was a bolt action rifle chambered for 8mm Mauser with a 5-round magazine. However instead of using a traditional bolt action system it had a fixed breechblock and the handle was attached tot he barrel. Cycling the action meant unlocking the barrel and sliding it forward while the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 245.1K engagements

"Knight's Assault Machine Guns at the Range Preorders now open for my book "Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016" Get your copy here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-201ref=exzymu Knights Armament introduced their "Assault Machine Gun" a couple years ago and I had a chance to take both versions (5.56mm and 7.62mm) out to the range recently. The gun is the spiritual descendant of the Stoner [--] but is more directly mades on Eugene Stoner's Model [--] light machine gun. It utilizes the content recoil principle with the"
YouTube Link 2019-05-11T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"The Last Lee Enfield: the L42A1 Sniper http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons When the British military adopted the FAL (L1A1 SLR) in [----] they adopted the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge along with it. While the Brens guns were converted to the new cartridge efforts at converting the Lee Enfield into a precision rifle were not successful t the time. However civilian target shooters and the British NRA would work on perfecting that conversion for use in competition and would ultimately produce very accurate 7.62mm rifles built on Lee Enfield actions - accurate enough that the military took notice."
YouTube Link 2018-08-31T11:40Z 3.2M followers, 352.7K engagements

"The Fitz Special: Art of the Gunfighter Circa [----] http://www.forgottenweapons.com/the-fitz-special-art-of-the-gunfighter-circa-1926 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons John Henry Fitzgerald was not the first person to cut down a revolver barrel nor the first person to bob the trigger guard or hammer. But he was the person who put all these modifications together as a package and popularized it as a self-defense piece. Fitz was a former NYPD police officer very successful competitive and exhibition shooter and a gunsmith and representative of the Colt company from [----] until [----]. He made"
YouTube Link 2018-06-02T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 582.8K engagements

"Panzerschreck: Germany Makes a Bazooka #forgottenweapons #ww2 #germany #panzerschreck #bazooka #antitank #history history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 3.5M engagements

"Colt LE-901 Modular Multi-Caliber AR: A Well-Designed Failure Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Best Korea Propaganda short available here: https://varusteleka.com/en-us/products/forgotten-weapons-best-korea-propaganda-t-shirt Colt originally developed the [---] as part of the US Army SCAR program with the intention being to create a 7.62x51mm rifle that could also use unmodified 5.56x45mm upper assemblies. This would allow special operations units to customize a single weapon to a variety of different"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 156.8K engagements

"Enjoying Black Powder Episode 9: [----] Swiss Vetterli For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-9-swiss-vetterli-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced and they are actually pretty easy to reload for. The unavailability of factory ammunition (for most although not so much for the Trapdoor) makes them seem like a daunting prospect but for a pretty simple investment in tools and time one can make up ammunition and have a"
YouTube Link 2025-03-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 89.1K engagements

"Swedish Antiaircraft Artillery: Bofors 40mm Automatic Gun M1 Note: In the video I mistakenly describe this as a two-stamp NFA gun. It is actually deactivated and thus does not require a tax stamp. Sorry for the mistake http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Swedish Bofors company developed their 40mm antiaircraft gun in the 1930s and it would go on to be one of the most successful weapon designs in modern history. Used by both sides in WWII and in all theaters improved versions of the 40mm Bofors gun continue to serve in military front lines to this very day. In the US they comprise part"
YouTube Link 2018-08-24T12:39Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements

"Type 56C: China's Last Military AK (And It's Totally Non-Standard) #forgottenweapons #china #type56 #56c #ak #kalashnikov #history #rifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"wz.88 Tantal: Poland's Alternative to the AK-74 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com As part of the Warsaw Pact Poland anticipated adopting the AK-74 after it was developed by the Soviet Union. However the eventual Soviet terms for license fees and export restrictions were too severe for Polish taste. Instead Poland opted to develop its own new rifle to use the 5.45x39mm cartridge. This would essentially be a 5.45mm version of the AKM. That sounds like an AK-74 but the 74"
YouTube Link 2021-07-16T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 371.6K engagements

"Soviet PPD-40: Degtyarev's Submachine Gun Degtyarevs PPD-40 was the first submachine gun adopted in a large scale by the Soviet Union. Its development began in [----] with a locked breech gun modeled after Degtyarevs DP light machine gun but evolved into a much simpler blowback system. It was accepted as the best performing gun of [--] different submissions in Soviet trials of 1931/2 and first entered production in [----]. In this form it used a [--] round curved stick magazine and was chambered for the 7.62x25mm cartridge. In [----] Degtyarev made a number of changes most importantly developing a drum"
YouTube Link 2017-08-28T11:56Z 3.2M followers, 574.7K engagements

"Makarov PB: Silenced KGB "Wet Work" Pistol In [----] the Tula arsenal introduced a specialized silenced version of the Makarov for covert use. This was a very effective pistol and its design was also very heavily changed from that of the regular pistol. With a two-part silencer surrounding the barrel the recoil spring had to be moved to a location inside the grip panels. It was still chambered for 9x18mm Makarov though and used standard Makarov magazines. Not much official information has been published on the PB - it may actually still be in production today - and so I don't have any good"
YouTube Link 2024-06-19T12:41Z 3.2M followers, 429K engagements

"PMM: Russia's Modernized Makarov (Now With 50% More Mag Capacity) EDIT TO ADD: I didn't realize the heavy-slide model was actually put into production - my mistake I will film one of those when I am able to find one - until then the civilian model in this video does correctly show the changes to the frame and magazine of the PMM. --------- Having served as the standard Soviet military sidearm for several decades the PM Makarov was getting a bit obsolescent by the late 1980s. More of the world was using locked breech 9x19mm service pistols but the Soviet Union still had essentially a domestic"
YouTube Link 2023-12-16T12:48Z 3.2M followers, 227.2K engagements

"Dragunov Variations: Military SVD Izhmash Tiger Chinese NDM-86 The SVD Dragunov was the Soviet marksman's rifle that finally replaced the failed attempt to issue the SVT-40 as a precision rifle. It was introduced in [----] after about [--] years of development and its scarcity in the United States has led to the development of a loyal and dedicated group of admirers. This of course has led to much spirited debate about the relative merits of the different variations of the SVD which have been imported into the US. Today we will look at three in detail: a genuine Soviet military-issue SVD a"
YouTube Link 2017-04-20T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.9M engagements

"US WW2 Springfield Sniping Rifles Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons The primary sniper rifle used by the United States in World War II was the M1903A4 Springfield a version of the exisiting 1903A3 with the iron sights removed and replaced with a Weaver 330C scope (adopted by the military as the M73B1). This was a low-power optic but was centrally mounted on the rifle to avoid and of the windage issues caused by prismatic scopes. The 1903A4 was the US' first truly mass-produced sniper rifle with more than [-----] being manufactured during just two"
YouTube Link 2016-09-16T11:56Z 3.2M followers, 636.7K engagements

"Remington EtronX: Electrically Primed Ammunition One of the more mainstream attempts at incorporating electronic into firearms technology on the civilian market was the Remington EtronX introduced in [----]. It consisted of a standard Remington [---] bolt action rifle with the trigger and firing mechanisms replaced by electric versions. The firing pin itself became an insulated electrode the trigger operated an electronic switch instead of a mechanical sear and a 9V battery feeding a capacitor provided the energy to ignite the new type of primer - basically a resistor that would generate heat to"
YouTube Link 2017-02-13T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"H&K's Middle Child: The HK33 and HK53 in 5.56mm http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Introduced in [----] the HK33 was Heckler & Koch's adaptation of their roller-delay operating system to the 5.56mm / .223 Remington cartridge. In addition to the standard full-length rifle (with a [-----] inch barrel) a shorter version was made as the HK33K (with a collapsing stock and [----] inch barrel) as well as a "submachine gun" variant the HK53 (with an [---] inch barrel). While it was"
YouTube Link 2020-03-18T12:24Z 3.2M followers, 551K engagements

"Bren Ten: The Most Tactical Pistol http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Bren Ten is an interesting story of handgun development and business failure. The gun was first developed by Dornaus & Dixon with the consulting help of the iconic Col. Jeff Cooper. It was intended to be a handgun to improve upon the venerable [----] in every way. To satisfy the adherents to the theory of large-caliber handgun cartridges the gun was designed around a new 10mm cartridge designed by Norma. This cartridge would propel a [---] grain bullet at [----] fps from a [--] inch barrel making it the most powerful"
YouTube Link 2015-09-30T12:06Z 3.2M followers, 2M engagements

"Bren MkI: The Best Light Machine Gun of World War Two http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the years after World War One the British military wanted a new machine gun and they wanted it to replace both the Lewis and the Vickers. Through the 1920s the British would tinker with most of the light machine guns that became available but it was not until the early 1930s that a serious formal trial was conducted. The initial trials found three particularly encouraging guns;"
YouTube Link 2021-02-24T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2M engagements

"Beretta 93R: The Best Machine Pistol The Beretta 93R ("Raffica") was developed in the 1970s by Beretta engineer Paolo Parola at the request of Italian military special forces. It took the basic Beretta [--] pistol design and added a well-thought-out burst mechanism under the right-side grip panel. It does not have a plain full-auto setting but only semiauto and 3-round burst. To help keep the gun controllable it has a heavier slide to reduce cyclic rate a detachable shoulder stock and a folding front grip to help control the muzzle. It uses extended 20-round magazines and is actually remarkably"
YouTube Link 2024-12-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 346.9K engagements

"Schmeisser's MP-18I - The First True Submachine Gun #forgottenweapons #submachinegun #mp18 #ww1 #wwi #germany #smg history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T12:45Z 3.2M followers, 548.8K engagements

"Late-Production Degtyarev PPD 34/38 at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com A crash program to produce the PPD 34/38 after the initial battles of the Winter War even as the improved PPD [--] was being rapidly developed. These are very rare gun today and we have the chance to take the example out to the range and see how it handles. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum"
YouTube Link 2022-10-22T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 177.1K engagements

"The Blanchard lathe and the secret behind massproducing millions of identical wooden gun stocks The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-31T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 243.2K engagements

"Winchester's Liberator Shotguns #forgottenweapons #winchester #liberator #12ga #weird #shotgun #guerilla history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-05-04T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.4M engagements

"Rogers & Spencer .44 Army: Possibly the Best Civil War Revolver https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Amos Rogers and Julius Spencer ran a company making mostly farm equipment in the 1840s and 1850s. In [----] they took on a firearms manufacturing contract (as mechanical fabrication companies often do) to make Pettengill revolvers. The Pettengill was not a fantastic design but it was good enough that after the Civil War broke out the Union"
YouTube Link 2022-10-26T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 315.3K engagements

"How to Identify a Real M1A1 Carbine vs a Fake Looking for a light and compact weapon to equip its new Airborne units the US military adopted the M1A1 Carbine in May of [----]. This was mechanically identical to the existing M1 Carbine but with a wire-frame side folding stock in place of the standard wooden stock. This allowed the M1A1 to fit into a very handy leg bag for paratroops. Deliveries began in October [----] with all of the guns being manufactured by the Inland company. A total of [------] were made in two batches (71000 between October [----] and October [----] and another [-----] between April"
YouTube Link 2018-02-10T13:40Z 3.2M followers, 723K engagements

"AVS-36: The First Soviet Infantry Battle Rifle The AVS-36 was the first self-loading rifle adopted by the Soviet Union to be a standard infantry rifle and it was not just semiautomatic but also capable of fully automatic fire. Designed by Sergei Simonov over the course of about ten years it would only last a short time in service before being replaced by the Tokarev SVT-38 and then SVT-40. The AVS-36 uses a short stroke gas piston system that remains popular to this day and a quite unusual locking system incorporating two asymmetrical locking flaps and a vertically traveling locking block. It"
YouTube Link 2019-04-05T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 792.2K engagements

"Mateba MTR-8 #forgottenweapons #revolver #automaticrevolver #mateba #mtr8 history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-08-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 325.8K engagements

"The Iconic "Burp Gun" - Shooting the PPSh-41 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun is most distinctive for its very high rate of fire - approximately [----] rounds/minute - and large drum magazine. What may come as a surprise to those who have not tried it is how this very high rate of fire does not actually make the weapon difficult to control or hold on target. In fact the PPSh-41 is an easier SMG to shoot effectively than the later PPS-43 at leas tin my opinion. The Soviets and the Germans make"
YouTube Link 2017-12-16T11:41Z 3.2M followers, 2.9M engagements

"History of the PK PKM and Pecheneg w/ Max Popenker My first book is available for pre-order; check it out https://www.headstamppublishing.com/french-rifle-book http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I'm happy to be joined once again by Russian small arms historian Max Popenker for a discussion of the development of the Kalashnikov PK machine gun. This is universally regarded as one of the best general-purpose machine guns ever designed. We will look at the Soviet machine gun systems at the end of World War Two the development of"
YouTube Link 2019-07-09T12:42Z 3.2M followers, 207.9K engagements

"Weirdly Late "Buck-N-Ball" - Standard Arms [--] Caliber "Camp" Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Standard Arms was an early (circa 1909) manufacturer of self-loading hunting rifles in the US. The made the Model G a rifle which could function either as a self-loader or a pump action manual repeater. Unfortunately is was tremendously unreliable and prone to breakage. In an effort to salvage something of use the company introduced the Model M - a pump-only version. It"
YouTube Link 2021-10-25T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 329.4K engagements

"Almost Adopted: The H&K XM-8 Family #forgottenweapons #xm8 #hk #heckler #koch #army #rifle #future history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 817.1K engagements

"Really Not an M16 at All: Colt's M231 Port Firing Weapon The M231 Port Firing Weapons was developed in the 1970s as a part of the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Project. A modern relative of the WW2 Krummlauf the weapon was intended to provide close-in firepower against infantry that might attempt to overrun the M2. It has no sights or buttstock and fires from an open bolt only as 1100-1200 rounds/minute. It is intended to be used with M196 tracer ammunition to aim. Early versions were issued with rudimentary sights and a wire collapsing stock (akin to that of an M3A1 Grease Gun) but the weapon"
YouTube Link 2017-10-06T11:36Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements

"Taurus Curve: My Worst Backup Gun Match Yet http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com A little while back during the summer I went to our monthly Backup Gun Match with of all things a Taurus Curve. Why do I even own one of those Well I found one new in the box at a local gun show for less than $200. Because it is such an unusual gun in a bunch of ways I figured it really deserved a place in the Forgotten Weapons Collection. So I bought it and just left it in the box. Several"
YouTube Link 2020-09-26T11:52Z 3.2M followers, 434K engagements

"CZ-531: A Czech Browning in 7.62mm Tokarev The CZ-531 was developed as a replacement for the vz.52 pistol in [----]. Even as the vz.52 was being adopted the Czech military knew that it wasnt a great gun and they wanted a long-term replacement based on the TT33 Tokarev design. There were two pistols put into development for this; the CZ [---] here and the ZKP-524. This was chambered for 7.62x25mm and like the Tokarev it has no manual safety. Testing took place in February [----] and the gun had some issues. After about [----] rounds the recoil spring wore out and at [----] rounds the frame cracked. At"
YouTube Link 2025-10-24T12:32Z 3.2M followers, 110.6K engagements

""NATO Burp Guns" - Winchester's 1950s Experimental SMGs http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the mid 1950s the Winchester company designed a compact 9mm submachine gun for military use. It was internally called the. "NATO Burp Gun" and according to Winchester historian Herbert House was developed in part (or with the assistance of) Melvin Johnson. The design was a simple tubular receiver with a folding stock that doubled as a vertical front grip when folded. Instead of"
YouTube Link 2021-01-11T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 358.4K engagements

"Rare & Unique Sightings From [---] French FR-F2 Sniper Rifles The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Today I had a chance to dig through no less than one hundred FR-F2 snipers brought in by Navy Arms. I found a number of interesting and unusual things in the process including a number of three-digit serial numbered very early production examples and some renumbered guns. We'll also be looking at the Scrome J8 the modern picatinny scope mounts for the FR-F2 and things like depot refurbishment markings. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons"
YouTube Link 2026-01-12T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 85.6K engagements

"Which Customer Are You (w/ Mike Branson of Gideon Optics) Suit from Grayman & Co: https://grayman.co Today I'm speaking with Mike Branson from Gideon Optics at SHOT Show [----] about what he sees in the industry. Specifically the three categories that customers fall into. The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 58.8K engagements

"WF-51: A Swiss Intermediate-Cartridge Copy of the FG-42 After World War Two the Swiss needed a new self-loading military rifle to replace their K-31 bolt actions. Two major design tracks followed; one being a roller-delayed system based on the G3 at SIG and the other being a derivative of the German FG-42 at Waffenfabrik Bern. Bern under the direction of Adolph Furrer had been experimenting with intermediate cartridges since the 1920s and they used this as a basis to develop an improved FG-42 using an intermediate cartridge (7.5x38mm). The program began in [----] and went through about a half"
YouTube Link 2024-08-05T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 221.1K engagements

"Hotchkiss Universal: The Most Folding Gun Made http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Hotchkiss Universal was a closed-bolt submachine gun submitted to French military trials in the late 1940s to replace the MAS-38. The French were looking for a compact SMG in 9mm Parabellum and tested guns form the state arsenals as well as the Hotchkiss and Gevelot companies. The Universal (also designated the Model [---] by Hotchkiss) really doubled down on the compact elements with a"
YouTube Link 2020-07-31T11:30Z 3.2M followers, 958K engagements

"ZB26: The Best of the Light Machine Guns The ZB-26 stands as one of the best magazine-fed light machine guns developed during the 1920s and 30s - it was a very popular gun for small military forces and many countries which did not directly buy it were strongly influenced by it. The Japanese Nambu Type [--] and [--] were heavily based on the ZB the the British Bren was a direct evolution licensed from Brno. The design dates back to [----] when the Czech government began searching for a modern light machine gun. They tested pretty much all the guns available on the market at the time and also"
YouTube Link 2017-10-26T12:54Z 3.2M followers, 696.3K engagements

"Springfields SAR-4800 FALin 5.56mm http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the early 1990s the Brazilian Imbel factory made a small run of FAL rifles converted to 5.56mm using AR magazines. They used standard FAL receivers and bolt carriers with a boltface cut for 5.56x45mm and a magazine well insert with a new magazine release compatible with the AR magazines. About [---] were imported by Springfield under the designation SAR4800 5.56mm Sporter. These were all post-ban configuration rifles with fake solid flash hiders and"
YouTube Link 2019-11-20T12:32Z 3.2M followers, 202.6K engagements

"Techno Arms MAG-7: Shooting History & Disassembly http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons The MAG-7 is an unusual shotgun made in South Africa in the 1990s and imported to the US in small numbers. The idea of the gun was to offer maximum firepower in the smallest package possible and to this end the gun had no buttstock and a [----] inch (320mm) barrel. It was chambered for 60mm [--] gauge shells feeding from a 5-round detachable box magazine in the grip of the gun. Unfortunately importation into the US required"
YouTube Link 2016-03-16T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements

"ZB47: A Truly Weird Czech SMG #forgottenweapons #history #zb47 #p90 #czech #cz #smg #weird #strange history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2024-12-23T12:41Z 3.2M followers, 3.4M engagements

"OVP 1918: Italy's first WW1 Submachine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The original Villar Perosa machine gun was a rather odd combination of features; a double-barreled gun in 9mm Glisenti with spade grips and a blistering rate of fire. This proved to be of limited practical utility and the Officine Di Villar Perosa went back to the drawing board in response to an Italian military desire for a true submachine gun. The result was the OVP-1918 which utilized a number of parts from the [----] guns including the bolts magazines and magazine locking system. The OVP-1918 retained the"
YouTube Link 2018-07-07T13:38Z 3.2M followers, 317.1K engagements

"Small Arms History of the Falkland Islands Defense Force Apparel in this video: Srm Henley Shirt Merino Wool: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-henley-shirt-merino-wool/33118 Srm Merino Wool Hoodie: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-merino-wool-hoodie/30651 Various militias existed on the Falkland Islands since its earliest settlement but the Falkland Islands Defense Force of today traces its roots to the [----] Falkland Islands Volunteer Corps. This force was equipped with Martini Henry rifles. With the outbreak of World War One the Falklands were a strategically"
YouTube Link 2025-02-12T12:13Z 3.2M followers, 130.2K engagements

"The Italian Workhorse: Carcano M91 Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Today we start a series looking at the evolution of the Carcano series of rifles. Starting with the M91 rifle adopted in [----] the Carcano would be the workhorse of the Italian military through two world wars and many colonial expeditions. The rifle is a simple but durable and reliable system with a Mauser type bolt split bridge Mannlicher magazine/clip system and Salvatore Carcano's safety design. It was designed around a 6.5x52mm cartridge the first 6.5mm"
YouTube Link 2020-05-05T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 420.1K engagements

"H&K G3: The Very First Import (3/62) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons We have all seen plenty of sporter CETME rifles and civilian HK-91s but when the G3 was new to the Germany military there was already an interest in bringing semiauto versions into the US. The Golden State Arms Corporation was the first to do so with three batches of imports in [----] (just [--] years after the G3 was adopted). The first of these came into the US in March and was basically identical to the military G3 except with a two-position semiauto-only fire control pack. Later imports had to be made more and more"
YouTube Link 2016-03-06T11:36Z 3.2M followers, 483.1K engagements

"M240 Bravo: America Replaces the M60 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] the US military adopted the FN MAG as the M240 in vehicular configuration to replace the less-than-successful M73/M219 machine guns. The USMC would get an early start adapting the [---] to ground configuration (the M240G) but it wasnt until [----] that the Army formally replaced the M60 with the MAG in M240B layout. The M240B has a number of differences from the"
YouTube Link 2022-11-07T13:28Z 3.2M followers, 498.6K engagements

"The Jager Pistol and its Complex Reassembly The German military used a lot of different small-caliber pistols during World War One and the Jager is one of the most interesting of them. Its unique design was the result of needing to build pistols for the war effort on machines and tooling that were not suited for pistol production. The answer Replace the single milled frame with a combination of simpler parts that would be pinned and screwed together into a frame equivalent. Quite ingenious. Now I have don a previous video on the Jager and Othais & Mae at C&Rsenal recently published an"
YouTube Link 2016-06-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.1M engagements

"P90: FN's Bullpup PDW http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com FN began developing the P90 in the late 1980s actually preceding the NATO requirement that it would eventually compete for. The idea of the P90 was to develop a weapon for secondary troops to replace 9mm pistols and SMGs. There was an anticipated threat of Russian paratroops wearing armor that could defeat 9mm ball. The P90 was intended to be a light and handy weapon that was easily controllable without a"
YouTube Link 2021-07-02T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.2M engagements

"Czech ZK-383 Transferable Submachine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Czech-made ZK-383 submachine gun is a bit of an oddball in the world of submachine guns. It has several design features typically associated with rifle-caliber light machine guns - an integral bipod and a quick-change barrel. In fact the ZK-383 was designed to be a hybrid gun usable as either a standard SMG or in a support role off the bipod. Another interesting mechanical feature of the ZK-383 is the removable weight in its bolt which allows the shooter to choose between fast and slow rates of fire by"
YouTube Link 2016-03-05T12:12Z 3.2M followers, 689.9K engagements

"Walthers Forgotten SMG: The MPK (and MPL) The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Walther began developing a modern stamped sheet metal SMG in the late 1950s and it entered production in [----]. It was an open-bolt simple blowback gun available in a short (MPK; [----] barrel) and long (MPL; [-----] barrel) version. It was cheap and simple but well thought out with a number of quite good features. The standard design was just safe/full but a semiautomatic selector position was available if desired by the client. An excellent safety sear prevented the bolt from bouncing"
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T12:58Z 3.2M followers, 163.7K engagements

"Hitler's Zipper: The MG-42 Universal Machine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The MG42 was developed to be a more reliable and easier to manufacture replacement for the MG34 although both would serve side by side until he end of World War Two. Designed by Grossfuss company engineer Werner Gruner with no previous military or small arms design experience the MG42 used heavy stampings for its main assemblies thus reducing German need for expensive and difficult to"
YouTube Link 2020-11-04T11:58Z 3.2M followers, 3.8M engagements

""Double Deuce" 2-Bore Rifle: A Gunsmithing Spectacle The largest sporting rifles ever actually used in the field as more than an exhibition were 4-bore stopping rifles firing roughly 1" in diameter (25mm) projectiles. These were intended to not simply kill a dangerous animal but to stop it immediately in a charge which might require shooting through thick bone or horn protection. For that purpose the 4-bore could have some value - assuming you had an assistant to carry it when danger was not imminent However there have been a number of gunsmiths who have built 2-bore rifles like this example"
YouTube Link 2017-11-11T12:51Z 3.2M followers, 2.1M engagements

"ZK 381: Czech Pre-War Prototype Battle Rifle The ZK-381 was designed by Josef Kouck his first design of [----] (hence 381). This is one of the last of the Czech pre-war self-loading rifle projects of which there were quite a lot. It uses a tilting bolt and a short-stroke gas piston with ZB26 machine gun magazines and chambered for 7.92mm Mauser (although they would have been happy to offer a model in any other modern rifle cartridge). It was tested in the spring of [----] by the Soviet Union which liked it enough that they requested a model in 7.62x54R - and those were tested in November 1938."
YouTube Link 2025-07-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 129.9K engagements

"Gordon Ingram's Westarm .308 Battle Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the late 1970s and early 80s Gordon Ingram came close to producing a military rifle in one of the most convoluted international arrangements Ive yet heard of. Prototypes were made in Italy using British raw castings to be tested in Somalia as part of a project to build a rifle factory there with Dominican Republic expertise from the San Cristobal armory. Somalia actually ordered a large"
YouTube Link 2021-04-02T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 429.9K engagements

"Reproduction GX-607 and XM-177 Moderators: Do They Work The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com When the first carbine variants of the AR-15 were developed by Colt (the Model [---] initially and later the XM-177E1 and XM-177E2) one of the complaints was that they were painfully loud. This should not be surprising given the blast and concussion created by 10.5" and 11.5" 5.56mm barrels. Colt's solution was to design a muzzle device that acted as a very limited-capacity suppressor which reduced the blast and noise of a carbine to the same level as a regular"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 154.4K engagements

"The Erma EMP at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Having taken a close look at this original Erma EMP submachine gun yesterday we are out at the range with it today. Like several of the interwar SMGs the Erma was designed with a magazine well long enough to accommodate 9mm Steyr (9x23mm) ammunition and it was offered in several different calibers. The 9mm Parabellum magazines have a spacer at the rear to hold the rounds forward for proper feeding. In addition"
YouTube Link 2020-10-24T12:18Z 3.2M followers, 236.1K engagements

"M79: The Iconic "Bloop Tube" 40mm Grenade Launcher http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Combat experience with the bazooka rocket launcher in World War Two and its larger versions in the Korean War convinced the US military that a better weapon was needed to give front-line troops a direct-fire way to attack enemy strong points. The bazooka was bulky not particularly accurate and created a lot of backlist signature when fired. This led to a multi-part development effort"
YouTube Link 2020-12-04T12:39Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"Mauser M80SA: Actually a High Power and Actually Hungarian Our book on Hungarian AKs "Rifles on the Danube" is available here: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/danube-book In the 1980s the Mauser company was completely adrift without any real plans or goals or good leadership. They had been trying to get by on relaunched old designs and not been very successful. By the late 80s they move on to just buying guns from other companies (like Renato Gamba) and relabelling them as Mauser. One of these partnerships was with FEG in Hungary. In [----] Mauser contracted with FEG to buy Browning High"
YouTube Link 2026-01-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 72.5K engagements

"10mm is the Best Millimeter: the Colt Delta Elite http://www.forgottenweapons.com/10mm-is-the-best-millimeter-the-colt-delta-elite http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Colt introduced the Delta Elite in [----] to take advantage of the hype and publicity surrounding the 10mm Auto cartridge in the Bren Ten pistol. When the Bren Ten became such an ignominious failure it left Colt in an excellent position as one of the first companies to actually have a viable offering in the caliber. However the gun never sold particularly well despite its cult following and it was removed form production in"
YouTube Link 2018-06-08T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"MSBS Grot: The Complete History of Poland's New Army Rifle https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The MSBS Grot is Poland's current military service rifle and has gone through several iterations in the many years of its development that led to its current 2nd generation form. It is best known in the US as a rifle designed to be interchangeable between standard and bullpup layout although that capability was dropped when the Polish Army opted"
YouTube Link 2022-12-07T14:28Z 3.2M followers, 842.2K engagements

"Colt Tries DA/SA: The Colt Double Eagle (in 10mm) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Double Eagle was Colts foray into the DA/SA pistol market in the 1990s. It was effectively just a standard [----] with a Seecamp-type double action trigger mechanism and a modernized (for the time) trigger guard profile. Available in .45ACP 10mm 9mm .40 S&W and .38 Super it never did sell well and was discontinued in [----] (having been introduced in 1990). history development mccollum"
YouTube Link 2020-12-03T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 208.7K engagements

"H&K VP-70M on the Range: How Useful is the Burst Fire http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons After looking at the history and mechanics of the VP-70 yesterday we are heading out to the range to try it out (and thanks to Trijicon for generously offering use of their range). I am curious to see just what that [----] rpm rate of fire is like to shoot and whether the awful trigger is as much of a hindrance to effective burst shooting as it is to simple semiauto. So in addition to some shooting of the VP-70M I will also be comparing it to an MP5. Thanks to H&K for providing access to bring you this"
YouTube Link 2018-12-01T11:46Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements

"Rearming West Germany: The G1 FAL https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are taking a look at a German G1 pattern FAL. The initial purchased of the G1 were actual made by the German Border Guard (the Bundesgrenschutz). In the aftermath of World War Two the western Allies decided to perpetually disarm Germany and German security was provided by French British and American forces. As the Iron Curtain fell across Europe that attitude"
YouTube Link 2023-06-19T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 436.6K engagements

"Engineer's Delight: Stemple 76/45 Becomes the Stemple Takedown Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The saga of how the original Stemple 76/45 became the Stemple Takedown Gun is a fantastic story of engineering design choices. Essentially John Stemple began by building a rather crude copy of the Swedish K in .45 ACP in the mid 1980s called the Stemple 76/45. He produced and registered [----] transferrable receivers for the gun (pre-1986) but only built them slowly a few"
YouTube Link 2021-09-17T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 755K engagements

"Cobray Lady's Home Companion The Ladies Home Companion was a pistol (technically) made by the Cobray company on the same frame as their 12ga "Street Sweeper" shotgun. It had no stock or front grip and was chambered for the .45-70 rifle cartridge carrying [--] rounds in its fixed drum magazine. It's kinda like watching a train wreck.you know you shouldn't but you kinda want one anyway. These sold even worse than the Streetsweeper but they at least didn't have an egregiously offensive name and thus were never the target of a major lobbying campaign. Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch"
YouTube Link 2015-02-08T17:46Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"The Schmeisser MP41: A Hybrid Submachine Gun Most people think that the MP41 is simply an MP40 in a wooden stock but this is actually not the case - and unlike the MP40 the MP41 can be accurately called a Schmeisser - because it was Hugo Schmeisser who designed it. The MP41 is actually a combination of the upper assembly of an MP40 with the lower assembly of an MP28 - the gun which was Schmeisser's improved version of the MP18 from World War One. Where the MP40 fires only in fully automatic mode the MP41 has a push-through selector switch located above the trigger which allows either semiauto"
YouTube Link 2017-09-02T11:45Z 3.2M followers, 242.4K engagements

"Marlin [----] Bicycle Rifle Marlin's [----] lever action rifle in .22 rimfire caliber proved to be a very popular firearm and so the company released an improved version in [----] offered only as a rimfire takedown model. The [----] would also prove very popular and the same basic design would continue later as the Model [--]. One interesting variant of the [----] offered was a Bicycle Rifle. While the rifle was generally available only with fairly long barrels the bicycle version had a 16" barrel and full-length magazine tube. This was sized specifically to fit in a special case (disassembled)"
YouTube Link 2016-02-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 323.4K engagements

"The test that never happened - why Germany never ran a formal study on G36 accuracy Full video: https://youtu.be/MfPHZFsw40M The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 204.4K engagements

"BSD's VSS Vintorez Reproduction: Beyond the Hype The reproduction VSS Vintorez announced and shown by BSD Fabrication & Works at SHOT Show [----] has garnered a tremendous amount of excitement and attention. This is understandable as the VSS is a very cool rifle and there are a lot of people who would love to have one. However I the coverage from SHOT is seriously lacking in any sort of realistic assessment. So as a guy who has been badly burned once by a reproduction rifle preorder and has seen lots of other people also burned I wanted to give this project a bit of a reality check. To"
YouTube Link 2025-01-26T12:38Z 3.2M followers, 324.7K engagements

"wz.96 Beryl: Poland's 5.56mm Military AK http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com With Poland's entry into NATO in the 1990s a new service rifles was needed chambered for the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. Initial development work had been done in 1990/91 to adapt the wz.88 Tantal to 5.56mm and this project was dusted off in [----] to create the Beryl. Essentially a Tantal in 5.56mm the Beryl includes an improved folding stock a shorter muzzle device (and correspondingly longer rifled"
YouTube Link 2021-07-26T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 333K engagements

"Born in the Heart of Besieged Leningrad: the PPS-42 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com One would think that the Shpagin PPSh-41 was as simple as a submachine gun could get but that wasnt the case in World War Two USSR. Barely had the PPSh gotten into real production than the Army was looking for something even simpler. An answer came from young designer Aleksey Sudaev with a completely-stamped gun that used about half the raw material and"
YouTube Link 2022-11-11T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 526.4K engagements

"G150: Swiss Silenced Guerrilla Anti-Materiel Rifle The G150 is a rifle specifically assembled by and for the Swiss P-26 organization: a very secretive stay-behind group intended to fight foreign occupiers of Switzerland. It was one of a series of such organizations that began with a concern during World War Two the Germany might invade and continued during the Cold War with the threat of Soviet occupation in the aftermath of nuclear war. The P-26 group specifically was formed in [----] and disbanded in [----] under a cloud of controversy over its political leanings. P-26 was armed with an"
YouTube Link 2025-07-21T12:54Z 3.2M followers, 783K engagements

"The Ching Sling - A Simpler Shooting Sling Compromise Sold for $1955. The Ching Sling is an answer to the question "how can one have a sling that is both a useful shooting aid and also quick to get in and out of" The formal shooting sling was a part of US military training for many decades and is still a staple of long range marksmanship competition. However it is a complicated process to set up a shooting sling and in World War Two it proved thoroughly impractical in combat conditions. The idea of using a sling for a support aid was not necessarily a bad one though. Eric Ching devised this"
YouTube Link 2017-06-22T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 308.3K engagements

"SHOT 2025: New South Korean Rifles; K2 K2C1 K13 and More S&T Motiv a large South Korean manufacturer that produces small arms for military use has decided to open a uS manufacturing company called S&T Defense. They are planning to introduce a remake of the classic Daewoo K2 as well as its more current modernized iteration the K2C1. They are also bringing out the DP51 pistol and their take on the short-stroke-pistol AR platform with an eye to eventually offering their full line made in the US. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum"
YouTube Link 2025-01-22T17:00Z 3.2M followers, 347.5K engagements

"Zip 22: Shooting the Worst Gun Ever http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Today may the good lord help me I am taking the Zip [--] out to the range for some shooting. Note that while it actually worked remarkably well right up until it jammed solid on the second range trip when we went back to get the high-speed footage we literally could not get two rounds in a row. We did get a couple neat high-speed malfunctions though. A big thanks to viewer Matt for generously loaning me the gun to film zip zip [--] zip22 worst gun worst pistol shooting shoot fire firing high speed slow motion forgotten"
YouTube Link 2018-09-15T12:16Z 3.2M followers, 3.9M engagements

"All About the FAL http://weaponsandwar.tv Use code "L1A1" for 25% off your first month"
YouTube Link 2023-10-01T16:31Z 3.2M followers, 777.2K engagements

"South Africa's Berettas: The Vektor Z88 and SP1 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the 1980s the South African military and police were using substantial numbers of different handguns and began looking for a way to consolidate to simply maintenance and logistics. Studying the different guns they had they decided to pursue a copy of the Beretta Model [--]. No foreign manufacturer was willing to undertake production for them because of the international sanctions then in force against South Africa so instead Musgrave and"
YouTube Link 2019-02-25T12:44Z 3.2M followers, 356.6K engagements

"Biggest Revolver Yet A 10-Gauge Colt [----]. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com This ludicrously huge handgun is actually a 10-gauge Colt [----] Revolving Shotgun with a cut-down barrel and a newly made grip frame. The backstop and trigger guard of the shotgun were handily reshaped into a grip frame and the finished product actually looks nicely proportional - until you try to actually pick it up of course. .The grip is filled with brass inlay about a third of which are missing (possibly from the recoil of actually firing)."
YouTube Link 2019-10-17T11:42Z 3.2M followers, 340K engagements

"Steyr's New Modular Pistols: AT-C Competition and AT-D Defense #forgottenweapons #steyr #austria #atc #atd #new #release #pistol #competition #carry #defense #servicepistol #modular #customizable history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-06T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 123.8K engagements

"Israeli Light-Barrel FAL (from DS Arms) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Israel was one of the very First Nations to adopt the FN FAL rifle - after Canada but before many actual NATO nations. Israel made its first purchases of the rifles in [----] and delayed them almost immediately in the [----] Suez Crisis. The first rifles were wholly made by FN in Belgium but over time IMI in Israel would produce almost all parts except receivers (they had a good working relationship with FN which had licensed production of the Uzi"
YouTube Link 2019-03-23T12:11Z 3.2M followers, 365.5K engagements

"Canadian 8mm Sterile Bren Gun The John Inglis company in Toronto first opened in [----] as a metalworking shop and grew steadily over the decades under first John Inglis and then later his sons. Inglis did substantial amounts of military work during World War One but the Great Depression hit it hard and both William and Alexander Inglis died in [----] and [----] respectively. The company went into receivership but was purchased by one Major James Hahn (DSO) and a group of business partners in November of [----]. Hahn and his associates saw an opportunity to use this large manufacturing facility to"
YouTube Link 2019-04-12T12:35Z 3.2M followers, 305.8K engagements

"Stamm-Saurer Model [----] Short-Recoil Light Machine Gun The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s and today we are looking at a Model [----] light machine gun. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer company where he headed its small arms division. Stamm's prior straight pull manual rifle and long-recoil semiautomatic rifles had failed to win any commercial or military interest and so in his last major design he turn to yet another new action type: short recoil. He developed"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 160.5K engagements

"Hovea M44: Husqvarna Makes a Submachine Gun The Hovea M44 was tested by the Danish and Swedish militaries in [----] competing agains the Carl Gustaf M45. It was designed and produced by Husqvarna (yes the chainsaw company) and just [--] of them were made for testing. It was designed around the Suomi quad-stack magazine which was also originally a Swedish design. Sweden chose the Carl Gustaf but Denmark preferred the Hovea - but with a couple modifications. Specifically they wanted the grip and stock from the Carl Gustaf and that ended up becoming the Hovea M49 which was adopted into Danish"
YouTube Link 2025-09-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 140.6K engagements

"Drum-Fed LMG for Chinese Warlords: the Finnish LS-26/31 Join the Forged in Snow launch here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snowref=27wgnx After the Finnish Defense Forces adopted the LS26 light machine gun Aimo Lahti and the Tikkakoski factory continued to work on further developing it. They designed a 75-round drum for antiaircraft use and built [--] trials examples in [----]. The design used a specially cut receiver of fit the drums but also had an adapter to allow use of the original LS26 box magazines. The Finnish military turned down the new design but there was"
YouTube Link 2025-11-08T12:42Z 3.2M followers, 134.7K engagements

"US M2/M2A1 Flamethrower http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons After a dismal first attempt at designing a flamethrower (the M1) in [----] the US Chemical Corps along with several universities and industrial partners put in a lot of research to develop a more usable and effective flamethrower. The result was the M2 which went into production in early [----]. It would prove to be an exceptionally effective weapon in the island-hopping campaign towards the end of the war. The M2 was arguably the best flamethrower fielded by any military during the war with a number of excellent design features."
YouTube Link 2016-05-12T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.2M engagements

"You Can Copy Anything: Chinese Bolt Action M1 Carbine #forgottenweapons #chinese #mystery #copy #clone #m1carbine #30carbine #wauser How to pronounce "carbine": https://youtu.be/Vg2fSD2Vl58 history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-06T12:45Z 3.2M followers, 3.2M engagements

"Sudayev's PPS-43: Submachine Gun Simplicity Perfected #forgottenweapons #smg #pps43 #sudayev #russia #ussr #soviet #ww2 #wwii #history #sudaev history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-16T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 2.5M engagements

"Ask Ian: Single Feed vs Double Feed Pistols https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Asked by Tyler on Patreon: "Why are there so few double stack/double feed handguns I can only think of a couple off the top of my head. It makes the worst part of handgun shooting (loading the magazines) a complete non-issue." There are a series of interacting considerations when choosing between single feed and double feed. Single Feed: - Magazines are less"
YouTube Link 2022-07-05T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 508.1K engagements

"How William Fairbairn Created the Modern SWAT Team in Warlord Era Shanghai The Kickstarter for my new book "Pistols of the Warlords" is live here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/pistols-of-the-warlordsref=6p67mz William E. Fairbairn is best know for his work with Eric Sykes and their ""Commando" knife design during World War Two. However Fairbairn spent some [--] years in the Shanghai Municipal Police working his way up from a beat constable to Assistant Commissioner. There he was responsible for the SMPD adopting truly forward-thinking fighting methods and he essentially"
YouTube Link 2021-06-01T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 336.5K engagements

"Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS This rifle will be sold at Rock Island in their Spring [----] Premiere auction - it was moved after this video was filmed. Sorry http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons One of the rarest patterns of the SKS is the East German type - the Karabiner-S. Total production quantity is not known but their survival rate is quite low and most of the examples in the US are Vietnam War bring backs. At any rate the Karabiner-S is not quite an exact copy of the standard SKS. While it does share all the same mechanical features the East Germans opted to leave out the"
YouTube Link 2018-11-08T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 648.9K engagements

"Negev LMG: The Israeli Take on the SAW My first book is available for pre-order; check it out https://www.headstamppublishing.com/french-rifle-book http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com When the Israeli Defense Forces tested the FN Minimi they found it to be lacking in a few areas and decided that they could develop a better SAW domestically. Developed in the 1980s the result was the Negev. Like the Minimi the Negev is a 5.56mm light machine gun that can feed from either belts or box magazines (Galil mags or AR mags with an"
YouTube Link 2019-06-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements

"Where to put your money - gun optic ammo or training Full video: https://youtu.be/GSdi7z964ac The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 52.6K engagements

"SPAS-12: Franchi's Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun Franchi introduced the Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun (SPAS-12) for Italian military and police agencies in [----] and it quickly because popular worldwide. Based originally on the gas-operated Franchi [---] that SPAS-12 was robust reliable and designed as a semiautomatic action with a backup pump action operation for use with underpowered ammunition (like beanbags or other less-lethal loads). In [----] they began to be imported into the US through FIE which was replaced by AAI as the importer in [----]. Eventually the [----] Assault Weapons Ban"
YouTube Link 2024-11-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 450.4K engagements

"Cordova Estandar: Colombia's Domestic Service Pistol Javier Traba Pistolas: https://www.youtube.com/@TrabaPistolas/videos When the Colombian government wanted a locally produced service pistol for its military and security services it turned to Indumil - the government-owned small arms factory. Indumil already had a license from IMI to produce Galil rifles (both the older AR and the new Ace) and they leveraged the tools and materials from the Galil into the new pistol. Named "Crdova" after Jos Mara Crdova a young military hero from Colombia's (and Bolivia's and Peru's) fight for independence"
YouTube Link 2026-02-02T12:45Z 3.2M followers, 147.5K engagements

"Colt [----] 10-Gauge Revolving Shotgun #forgottenweapons #antique #colt #1855 #revolvingrifle #10ga #shotgun #revolver history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Sheet Metal and Wood: The Polish Sudayev PPS 43/52 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Poland was one of the states which manufactured the Soviet PPS-43 submachine gun under license but they decided to make a change to is in [----]. Where the original PPS-43 used a top-folding metal stock the Poles decided to instead add a fixed wooden buttstock. This made the gun substantially more comfortable to shoot and also less compact to transport. Was the tradeoff worthwhile Let's see how it shoots. Thanks to Marstar for letting me"
YouTube Link 2018-02-17T13:19Z 3.2M followers, 429.7K engagements

"Czech ZH29 early semiauto rifle The Czech ZH29 was among the first modern battle rifles. It is a very well made semiauto design in 8x57 caliber. Unfortunately they were too expensive to attract many buyers - the only sales were to China Ethiopia and Siam (this particular rifle came back from China). ZH29 czech rifle battle rifle semiauto 8mm 8x57 experimental prototype rifle forgotten weapons ZH29 czech rifle battle rifle semiauto 8mm 8x57 experimental prototype rifle forgotten weapons"
YouTube Link 2011-06-08T04:34Z 3.2M followers, 139.7K engagements

"Romanian ZB-30 LMG: Improving the Already-Excellent ZB-26 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Brno's ZB-26 was one of the best light machine guns of the 1920s and it was widely adopted by countries that did not have domestic arms design and production capacity (and it would eventually become the British Bren gun as well). It was designed for the 8mm Mauser cartridge and had a simple fixed gas system that ran very well - until countries"
YouTube Link 2023-08-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 170.4K engagements

"L4: The Bren in 7.62mm NATO http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com When the British military transitioned form the .303 British cartridge to 7.62mm NATO in the 1950s it replaced the Enfield rifles with the new L1A1 SLR (the FAL) but retained the Bren gun as a support weapon. The Bren was updated to use 7.62mm in a process more complicated than most people would think. Ultimately about [-----] thousand L4 series Brens were made as they were rather quickly supplanted by the FN"
YouTube Link 2021-03-10T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 425.2K engagements

"Gideon Pebble Direct-Mount Bodyguard [---] Red Dot - SHOT Show [----] The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T20:00Z 3.2M followers, 110.9K engagements

"MAS 44: The French Adopt a Semiauto Rifle Preorders now open for my book "Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016" Get your copy here: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/french-rifle-book The French Army had been planning a semiauto infantry rifle since [----] but indecisiveness and bureaucracy delayed its development. A major trial was held in [----] and elements of two experimental rifles were chosen to be combined into what would eventually become the MAS [----]. It was put through field trials in late [----] and passed with flying colors - but too late to get into production before"
YouTube Link 2019-05-17T12:17Z 3.2M followers, 530.2K engagements

"Enfield L85A1: Perhaps the Worst Modern Military Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The L85A1 (part of the SA80 small arms family) was adopted by the British military in [----] as a new generation of small arms to replace the L1A1 FAL (one quick note where "A1" indicates a revision in American designations it is simply the first iteration in British ones - there was no "L85"). As a bullpup rifle the L85A1 was intended to replace both the FAL and Sterling SMG similar to the French replacing the MAS 49/56 and MAT [--] with the FAMAS. Unfortunately the L85A1 had massive problems of both"
YouTube Link 2016-12-29T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 7.5M engagements

"Shooting the H&K MP7 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Thanks to H&K and Trijicon I have a chance to do some shooting with an MP7A1 PWD today. The MP7 is unusual for a gun of its size and configuration in having a fully locked operating system; essentially a G36 scaled down to 4.6x30mm. This allows the gun to be lighter as the action is not dependent on bolt mass to delay the breech from opening. I was expecting the MP7 to be extremely soft shooting and was rather surprised to find it with more pronounced recoil than I"
YouTube Link 2019-03-30T10:55Z 3.2M followers, 2.7M engagements

"Beretta 57: Italy Makes a .30 Carbine SMG for Morocco #forgottenweapons #smg #carbine #model57 Beretta57 #Beretta #Morocco history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 178.6K engagements

"Poland's WW2 Battle Rifle: the Maroszek wz.38M The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-11T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 142.2K engagements

"France's Ultimate WW1 Selfloading Rifle: The RSC-1918 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The French RSC-1917 semiauto rifle was a major step forward in arms technology during World War One offering a reliable and effective self-loading rifle for issue to squad leaders expert marksmen and other particularly experienced and effective troops. No other military was able to field a semiauto combat shoulder rifle during this was in anything but very limited numbers. However the RSC-1917 definitely had some shortcomings: - It"
YouTube Link 2017-09-14T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 622.2K engagements

"Literary James Bond's Best Pistol: the ASP Licensed Troubleshooter: The Guns of James Bond is available for preorder: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/licensed-troubleshooter Today Caleb Daniels author of "Licensed Troubleshooter" is joining me to talk about one of the best guns used to arm the literary James Bond: the ASP. Designed by one Paris Theodore the ASP was a heavily modified Smith & Wesson Model [--] intended to incorporate all the best elements of a custom fighting pistol. It had all melted corners transparent grips an improved trigger press reshaped trigger guard and many other"
YouTube Link 2024-09-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 248.8K engagements

"Light Fifty: the Barrett M82A1 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The story of the development of the Barrett M82 .50 BMG semiauto rifle is really a neat story - much more interesting than most people probably expect and reminiscent of many firearms development stories of the 1800s. Ronnie Barrett was working as a photographer in the late 70s and became interested (perhaps obsessed) with the idea of a semiauto .50 caliber rifle after a photo session with a Vietnam War jungle patrol boat (which was armed with a pair of M2 .50 caliber machine guns). At the time the only civilian options"
YouTube Link 2016-08-10T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.9M engagements

"Perdition to Conspirators Magnificent 14-Barrel Flintlock http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Colonel Thomas Thornton was a wealthy and somewhat flamboyant character in England in the late 18th and early 19th century. He commanded a militia unit with which he had some disagreement and which mutinied against his comment at Roborough Camp in [----]. Some years later he commissioned this quite unique firearm from Dupe & Company of London. The gun is a single stock with two"
YouTube Link 2020-05-29T12:05Z 3.2M followers, 1.9M engagements

"A Modern Integrally Suppressed Pistol for Everyone: The SilencerCo Maxim [--] Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten SilencerCo announced the Maxim-9 pistol in late [----]. Having gone through some huge growth of the past few years the company wanted to expand its capabilities and thought that the time was right for a modern integrally suppressed pistol. It was a unique new design of modern semiautomatic pistol build from the ground up to be integrally suppressed. The action is a proprietary delayed blowback system"
YouTube Link 2025-08-20T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 235.3K engagements

"LMG-25: The Swiss Toggle-Locked Light Machine Gun The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-12-29T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 370.9K engagements

"The American FAL: Harrington & Richardson T48 (w/ Larry Vickers) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Today I am joined by Larry Vickers to take a look at his original H&R T48 FAL. The Harrington & Richardson company was awarded a contract to produce a pre-production series of [---] of these rifles in the mid 1950s when the United States was conduction trials to choose a new combat rifle. The Belgian-designed FAL (built by H&R with technical assistance from Canada who was the first to formally adopt the FAL) was designated the Rifle T48. By this time it's only competition was the"
YouTube Link 2018-09-24T11:42Z 3.2M followers, 392.9K engagements

"Communist Heresy: Norinco's M305A M14 in 7.62x39mm The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"FN M249S Semiauto for Military Collectors In [----] FN USA introduced a Military Collector product line - semiautomatic versions of their military contract small arms. These were the M4 M16 and - most interestingly - the M249 SAW. The SAW is a version of FN's Minimi light machine gun developed in [----] and adopted by the US in [----]. The semiauto version designated M249S is exactly the same as the military M249 but adapted to fire from a closed bolt in semiautomatic only making it a non-NFA item like any other semiautomatic rifle. The semiauto conversion as done by essentially chopping off the"
YouTube Link 2024-07-10T12:52Z 3.2M followers, 197.7K engagements

"Why the M7 and 6.8x51mm are Bad Ideas: Welcome to my TED Talk NATO Cold War Battle Rifles and much more: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Cappy Army video on the SIG M7A1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=n06vpf-vaSg CBJ Armor Piecing ammunition: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=90ECrL_4GPc The plan to replace the 5.56mm M4 Carbine with the 6.8mm M7 as the US Army's standard infantry rifle is a bad idea and today I will try to explain why. In short both of the justifications used for the switch (long range engagements and armor penetration) are better solved by other options. Modern FPV drones"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"H&K P8A1: The Bundeswehr's USP http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Thanks to my friends at Bear Arms in Scottsdale we have an H&K P8A1 to take a look at today - the current Bundeswehr issue version of the USP. Chambered for 9x19mm and adopted in [----] only a few things differentiate the P8/P8A1 from the standard commercial USP. Most notably is the safety which operates in the opposite direction as the commercial guns - up is fire and down is safe. This was specified by the German government to duplicate the operation of the"
YouTube Link 2019-01-07T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 772.7K engagements

"Shooting the EM-2 in .280 British Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in this video don't miss the ARES companion blog post: http://armamentresearch.com/british-janson-e-m-2-automatic-rifle I had [--] rounds of .280 British ammunition to work with today so I opted for several rounds in semiauto (including some slow motion shots) and then one burst at the end. The .280 cartridge is less powerful than"
YouTube Link 2017-07-13T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements

"SIG AK-53: A Truly Weird Forward-Operating Rifle #forgottenweapons #ak53 #weird #strange #prototype #experimental #swiss #sig #switzerland #battlerifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-18T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 169.2K engagements

"The Bolt-Less Coenders Bolt Action Rifle The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 264.5K engagements

"The Official American Boy Scout Rifle: Remington 4-S #forgottenweapons #boyscouts #scouting #rollingblock #rifle #history #Remington history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T09:59Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements

"AK4: Sweden's Beefed-Up Take on the G3 Order your copy of Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO today: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/cold-war-battle Or if you are in Europe please order through our European site: https://www.headstampbook.com/cold-war-battle When Sweden decided to replace its bolt action Mausers and Ljungman semiautomatic in the 1960s it had four main choices to pick from. One was the domestic GRAM-63 a modernized version of the Ljungman the FAL and the G3. They ended up choosing the G3 but not without a number of changes. Mechanically the Swedes insisted on"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 376.2K engagements

"Why this AK suppressor has a rubber baffle at the back The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T12:29Z 3.2M followers, 307.8K engagements

"Bommarito: Americas First Toggle-Locked Battle Rifle Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Designed by Giuseppe Bommarito this was one of the many independent rifle designs submitted to the US War Department in the 1910s hoping for military adoption. It is a short recoil operated toggle-locked system chambered for .30-06 and using detachable 20-round magazines. It was tested (without much success) at Springfield and remained in development until [----]. See a more complete article including original disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-01T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 178.1K engagements

"ArcFlash Labs' GR-1 Anvil Portable Gauss Rifle #forgottenweapons #arcflash #anvil #gr1 #gaussrifle #coilgun #railgun history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2024-10-29T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 69.5K engagements

"Winchester Lever Action Development: [----] Henry The Henry Repeating Rifle was a truly revolutionary development in firearms technology. It was not the first repeating rifle but it was the best of a emerging class of new arms reliable in function and very fast to shoot (much faster than the contemporary Spencers). The Henry used a simple toggle lock locking system with a single throw of its lever performing all the elements necessary to reload and recock the action. The Henry's quick action was coupled with a 15-round magazine more than double what the Spencer offered. It fired the .44 Henry"
YouTube Link 2017-06-05T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 720.7K engagements

"Only [--] Made [--] Known SurvivorsHunting the Rarest Mauser C96 Variant The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 629.3K engagements

"Would WWI buckshot be effective at [-----] yards Full video: https://youtu.be/q0m-3eP38JE The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-15T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 541.1K engagements

""Fat Mac" - SSK Industries' .950 JDJ Rifle JD Jones .950 JDJ cartridge is a generally described as the largest sporting rifle cartridge ever produced producing more energy than even the 4-bore cartridges that match it in bore diameter. Only three of these rifles were made and the original loading was a [----] grain (168g) cast bullet moving at [----] fps (670m/s) for a whopping [-----] foot-pounds of muzzle energy (38kJ). There are some antitank rifles that produce more but nothing comparable in both energy and bore diameter in the sporting realm. The rifle is built on a McMillan stock and action"
YouTube Link 2017-11-17T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 2.4M engagements

"Steyr Hahn Variants The Steyr-Hahn is one of the less glamorized pistols used in WWI despite being made in quite large numbers (250000-313000 depending on who you read). The gun is an interesting mix of features including bits from the Roth-Steyr M1907 and the early Colt/Browning 1900/1902/1903 pistols. The gun was the standard pistol for the Austro-Hungarian Empire (albeit supplemented with M1907s M1898 Rast-Gassers and more) during the Great War. It was also purchased in quantity by Romania Chile and Bavaria. We will look at a couple of these variants today and also an example of the guns"
YouTube Link 2016-06-02T14:09Z 3.2M followers, 183.4K engagements

"M134 Minigun: The Modern Gatling Gun Minigun in slow motion: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=XeyVrLK03mc The General Electric M134 "Minigun" is essentially an electrically-powered Gatling gun - the conceptual operation of the gun is identical to Dr. Gatling's original creation. What has changed however is the chambering (it's in [----] NATO) the power source (an electric motor) and the feed mechanism (belt-feed using M60 links instead of the Gatling's Accles Broadwell or Bruce feeds). The weapon was a scaled down version of a 20mm rotary powered cannon devised for aircraft armament after WW2"
YouTube Link 2016-12-22T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 13.2M engagements

"The Bosnian Full-Auto SKS with AK Mags During the Balkan Wars a great many oddball guns were built and used. One of them was a Bosnian conversion of the Yugoslav M59/66 SKS to have a select-fire trigger and to use modified detachable AK magazines. These are extremely rare today as only a few of them (probably a dozen at most) came into the US with the bulk of Yugoslav SKS imports. The ones that did arrive came with regular trigger assemblies and regular 10-round fixed magazines (and are not legally considered machine guns by ATF). Today we will take a look at two examples and go over the"
YouTube Link 2024-03-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 276.8K engagements

"Leningrad's Emergency-Production PPS-42 at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Yesterday we looked at the history of the PPS-42 and how it was developed into the much more common PPS-43. Today we are taking it out to the range - the only time one of these very scarce gun has been filmed in recent history. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design"
YouTube Link 2022-11-12T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 261.9K engagements

"At the Range with the Marlin UD-42 SMG The Marlin / United Defense US-42 submachine gun was not used by the American military but it did see service in World War Two. Its 9mm chambering made it inconvenient for the US but ideal for agencies like the OSS and SOE to drop to resistance organizations within occupied Europe. So let's take this one to the range and see what those resistance fighters were actually getting. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda"
YouTube Link 2019-10-08T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 160.3K engagements

"AMT Automag IV - A Browning in .45 Winchester Magnum http://www.forgottenweapons.com/automag-iv-a-browning-in-45-winchester-magnum http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Automag series of pistol introduced by Arcadia Machine & Tool in the late 1980s and early 1990s were produced by the same man as the original Auto Mag Pistol - Harry Sanford - but they share nothing mechanical with that first generation gun. The later Automags (note the single word spelling instead of two words) are mechanically Browning pistols with tilting barrels as opposed to the rotating bolt of the original. Four"
YouTube Link 2018-06-03T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 596.6K engagements

"The M1 Garand's Mysterious 7th Round Stoppage http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The M1 Garand ran great in testing but as soon as Springfield began to crank out production-line guns a mysterious problem appeared. If the top round in the clip was on the right-hand side the 7th round in the clip would often run askew and malfunction. Where did this very odd problem come from and why the connection to how the clip was loaded In a classic example of "guns are hard" going"
YouTube Link 2021-06-10T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 873K engagements

"The Swiss Almost Adopted a Czech Roller-Locked Pistol The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 70.8K engagements

"Between SMG and PDW: Sweden's CBJ-MS The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T12:49Z 3.2M followers, 1.9M engagements

"Does the Boberg/Bullpup9 Design Reduce Recoil #forgottenweapons #history #boberg #bullpup9 #bondarms history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-04-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Mauser C98: The System That Cost Paul Mauser an Eye http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons One of Paul Mauser's lifelong projects was the design of a semiautomatic rifle for the German military. He would go through a multitude of different designs searching for something that would be sufficiently reliable durable and simple - and ultimately he would never fulfill the goal. But his efforts left us a trail of very interesting prototypes In [----] he conceived this sort of flapper-locked system on a short recoil action. It is actually a pretty clever system mechanically but apparently lacked"
YouTube Link 2018-10-01T12:17Z 3.2M followers, 271.8K engagements

""Rosalie": Trench Art SMLE with a Most Improbable Story http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Henri Lecorre was a French immigrant to Canada who enlisted in the 22nd Regiment of the Canadian Army in April [----]. He had a knack for carving things in his rifles which he started right in basic training with a Ross rifle he named "Josephine". That got him sternly rebuked by his Colonel but he would take up the habit again in [----] when he arrived in France and began to see"
YouTube Link 2020-12-21T12:28Z 3.2M followers, 274.7K engagements

"G150: Swiss Silenced Guerrilla Anti-Material Rifle #forgottenweapons #g150 #swiss #guerrilla #silenced #antimateriel #covert #p26 #staybehind history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-07-21T12:54Z 3.2M followers, 5.2M engagements

"Shooting a DShK Heavy Machine Gun Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons We're still working on an extended write-up on the DShK heavy machine gun but thanks to our friend Leszek in Poland we have some nice HD video of one firing. The Russian counterpart to to Browning M2 the DShK uses the same flapper-locking system as the DP and RPD machine guns and is chambered for the 12.7x108mm cartridge (9mm longer than the .50 BMG cartridge). This particular gun is the updated 38/46 version which has the distinctive wheel-shaped muzzle brake. DShK machine gun"
YouTube Link 2013-02-11T01:34Z 3.2M followers, 8.7M engagements

"Fenian Needham Conversion: Just the Thing for Invading Canada The Fenian Brotherhood was formed in the US in [----] a partner organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The groups were militant organizations looking to procure Irish independence from the British and they found significant support among the Irish-American immigrant community. In November [----] they purchased some [----] [----] and [----] pattern muskets left over from Civil War production and used them to invade Canada in April [----]. The idea was to capture the country and then trade it to the British in exchange for Irish"
YouTube Link 2025-05-10T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 200.7K engagements

"LAR Grizzly: A [----] on .45 Winchester Magnum Steroids Developed in the early 1980s by Perry Arnett the LAR Grizzly was manufactured from [----] until [----]. It was an expensive gun (base price was $675 in 1985) a huge gun (48oz / 1.36kg) and a powerful gun - its .45 Winchester Magnum cartridge throws a [---] grain bullet at [----] feet/sec (15g @ [---] m/s). What is such a gun good for Well three things. Handgun hunting metallic silhouette competition and when someone wants the monster truck of the handgun world. Mechanically the Grizzly is basically a scaled-up [----] Government Model - and in a wise"
YouTube Link 2017-08-24T10:27Z 3.2M followers, 892.7K engagements

"Terni Model 1921: Italian Interwar Assault Rifle with a Cube Mag The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com After World War One the Italian military spent some time studying the effectiveness of reduced-power cartridges including both pistol calibers semiautomatic carbines and submachine guns as well as intermediate-caliber rifles. One of the rifles developed for the subsequent testing was the Terni Arsenal model [----] of which [---] appear to have been made in total during the 1920s. This rifle used a surprising advanced 7.35x32mm cartridge firing a [---] grain bullet"
YouTube Link 2026-02-16T12:42Z 3.2M followers, 134.5K engagements

"Can you shoot through an APC with a Glock #forgottenweapons #cbj #armorpiercing #apds #conversion #6.5x25cbj #cbjms history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-11-15T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 9.3M engagements

"PGM Precision Hecate II at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are taking the PGM Precision Hecate II out to the range. It is a rifle designed for use out to 1800m but I have neither the skills myself nor the range facility to do something like that - instead I have a target set up at 200m. I was quite surprising by just how soft-shooting the Hecate II is for a rifle chambered for .50 BMG. I can very honestly say that many .308 precision rifles have"
YouTube Link 2020-05-09T12:43Z 3.2M followers, 676.3K engagements

"Development of the Model [----] Pistol Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons Here I present the developmental history of the [----]. http://www.forgottenweapons.com Theme music by Dylan Benson - http://dbproductioncompany.webs.com Colt Browning [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] 1911a1 savage [--] [--] swinging link tilting barrel trials Army DWM automatic pistol semiauto pony JMB recoil slide Colt Browning [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] 1911a1 savage [--] [--] swinging link tilting barrel trials Army DWM automatic pistol semiauto pony JMB"
YouTube Link 2014-11-30T21:30Z 3.2M followers, 3.2M engagements

"Peak American: the Winchester [----] Trench Gun in WW1 The United States was the only country to use shotguns in World War One in a substantial way. It was not the first time the US had used such guns either; shotguns were used in the Philippines against the Moros and on the Mexican Punitive Expedition. For use in the Great War however it was deemed necessary to fit bayonets to them. At the request of the War Department the Winchester company designed a bayonet mounting adapter for their Model [----] pump-action shotgun to use the M1917 bayonet that Winchester was also making at the time for the"
YouTube Link 2023-09-13T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 699.8K engagements

"Reproduction T48 FAL by DSA/PSA"
YouTube Link 2025-01-21T22:07Z 3.2M followers, 298.9K engagements

"SR3M (VSS/Vintorez) 9x39mm by Roswell Rifle Works - SHOT Show [----] The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T14:11Z 3.2M followers, 251.1K engagements

"H&K G41: The HK33 Meets the M16 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The H&K G41 was developed for the NATO trials of the early 1980s which were set up to look at both rifles and cartridges for NATO standardization (although they did not end up choosing a rifle). The gun is a basically an HK33 roller-delayed system set up to use standard M16 magazines and with a selection of other M16 features like a dust cover forward assist carry handle and bolt holdopen/release. Two versions were made a standard length rifle and a shorter"
YouTube Link 2019-01-25T13:33Z 3.2M followers, 487.4K engagements

"Vaporware or Successful Release: SHOT Show [----] Retrospective The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com 0:59 Primary Arms HTX-1 1:49 AKB-23 2:37 BNT BSD 9x39 8:10 Insite Armory SVD 9:45 Angstadt Arms Prophet 11:10 Gearhead Guns Type [---] SMG 12:49 SNT Motiv South Korean firearms (Daewoo etc.) 14:51 PSA / H&R / DSA T48 FAL 16:39 Aimpoint COA Today we take a look back at last year's SHOT Show. Of all the products I did videos on which ones successfully came to market and which dissolved into vaporware BSD Vintorez Video: https://youtu.be/VBjwTc_vWo0 Hop's HTX-1"
YouTube Link 2026-01-25T13:15Z 3.2M followers, 206.5K engagements

"Sudayev's PPS-43: Submachine Gun Simplicity Perfected The PPS-43 designed by Alexei Sudayev based on a previous submachine gun design by I.K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky was the Soviet replacement for the PPSh-41. The Shpagin submachine gun was a very effective combat weapon but was time-consuming to produce and required specialized manufacturing tools. The Soviet military wanted a weapon that was cheaper and faster to make and which could be produced at small shops not experienced in firearms production. The Sudayev design fit these criteria extremely well being made almost entirely of simple bent"
YouTube Link 2017-08-31T12:10Z 3.2M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Ian Must Face the Cursed Chauchats The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Just for reference here's the Belgian M1927 Chauchat: https://youtu.be/0RtTck6tLIU http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-12-23T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 324.9K engagements

"VSS Vintorez: Russia's Silent Sniper Rifle The VSS (Special Sniper Rifle) Vintorez was one of two dedicated silenced rifles developed in Russia in the 1980s. The Vintorez was given a very good barrel and intended for precision shooting while the AS (Special Assault rifle) Val used the same action and suppressor but had a pistol grip and folding stock and was intended for use as a typical carbine. Both were chambered for the 9x39mm round which came out at subsonic velocities to ensure very quiet operation. Both designs also included a selector switch. The example I am looking at today is a"
YouTube Link 2023-12-11T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 689.2K engagements

"The Albanian SKS: A Few Different Details The Albanian SKS is the rarest of the major adoptees of the SKS rifle (Russia China Romania Yugoslavia Albania) and has a handful of interested details that differ from all other examples of the SKS rifle. The gun came about as the result of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxhas pivot from Soviet to Chinese alliance in the 1960s. Mao granted Albania a license to produce the Type [--] SKS in [----] and the country would produce between [-----] and [-----] or the rifles by [----]. Mechanically the Albanian version is identical to the Chinese Type [--]. It differs in a few"
YouTube Link 2018-02-02T12:03Z 3.2M followers, 566.1K engagements

"OSS "Stinger" Covert Cigarette Guns http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons During World War Two the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the primary US clandestine operations organization. It was responsible for making all sorts of unique weapons including these "Stinger" cigarette guns. They were single shot disposable .22 Short pistols. The first pattern was contracted and manufactured entirely by the OSS and [-----] of them were manufactured early in the war. They proved to have a myriad of minor to moderate problems though including failures to fire and burst barrels. A second version"
YouTube Link 2018-07-16T11:26Z 3.2M followers, 535.6K engagements

"A New Enfield for a New War: The No4 MkI http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The stalwart No1 MkIII "Smelly" served the United Kingdom well during the First World War but by the 1920s it was growing obsolescent. The war had revealed a number of shortcomings of the design and in the interwar years the British developed a replacement. The main issues that the new rifle would address were: - Better mechanical accuracy through use of a heavier barrel - Better practical"
YouTube Link 2021-07-07T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 453.5K engagements

"The Soviet Jackhammer: Shooting an AVS-36 Yesterday we looked at the history and mechanics of the Soviet AVS-36 battle rifle and today we are taking it out to the range. As a light rifle firing full-power 7.62x54R ammunition this is sure to be an exhilarating experience. I am curious to see how the muzzle brake performs and if this rifle can be any better to handle and shoot than the M14. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv avs simonov"
YouTube Link 2019-04-06T12:41Z 3.2M followers, 800.5K engagements

"Steyr [----] Gas-Seal Trials Revolver http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are looking at a pair of Steyr [----] trials revolvers. Only about [---] of these were made primarily for Austro-Hungarian military trials. These two are early pattern examples with Pieper-type gas seal systems in which the cylinder is cammed forward upon firing and an extra-long cartridge case bridges the gas between cylinder and barrel. This slightly increases muzzle velocity by eliminating the gas leak at the cylinder gap but it does so at the cost"
YouTube Link 2018-12-26T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 122.6K engagements

"L118A2: Accuracy International Arctic Warfare http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com After the British adoption of the Accuracy International PM as the L96A1 sniper rifle other nations began to give a very serious look at the company and its rifles. One of the first was Sweden which requested a rifle like the PM/L96 but with a few changes to better suit the northern environment of Scandinavia. The bolt body surface area was reduced with scalloped relief cut to prevent ice form locking up the bolt and a 3-position safety designed"
YouTube Link 2019-03-22T12:04Z 3.2M followers, 1.6M engagements

"The Best Match Ever: Finnish Brutality [----] (Day 1) All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices: weaponsandwar.tv Finnish Brutality [----] took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again - this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka a Finnish military and outdoor good supplier it was ten stages of shooting over two days and took place a bit north of Helsinki. There were [---] competitors this year and two thirds of them were in the Armored division shooting with rifle plates and other gear (mandatory minimum"
YouTube Link 2024-09-06T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 62.6K engagements

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