ForgottenWeapons

Token of Appreciation: a Presentation Sokac SMG (Ad-free)

The Šokac was one of the more prolific Croatian domestic submachine guns of the Homeland War. This particular example is one that was specifically presented to the police chief of the town of Slav...

Tale of a Heroic Sailor: Ensign Stannus' M1911A1 (Ad-free)

Robert "Dickie" Stannus was , in technical terms, a total stud. So much so that he was awarded an inscribed M1911A1 directly by Colt as a prize for being the top sailor in his Naval Academy class. ...

Cheap vs Expensive Red Dots: What's the Difference? (Ad-free)

At SHOT Show this year I took some time to speak with Mike Branson of Gideon Optics (formerly of Primary ands and Swampfox). Mike's a friend and  a true optics nerd, and I figured he could hel...

USAS-12 at the Range (w/ the Fun Switch)

The USAS-12, made by Daewoo in South Korea, is one of the better box-fed shotguns available (I use that term loosely; there are not that many of them around). It was available as both a semiauto an...

Mosin 91/30 PU: Soviet Standard WW2 Sniper's Rifle (Ad-free)

The Mosin M91/30 PU is the most recognized Soviet sniper rifle of World War Two, but it was not their first. It was preceded by the Model 1931 PE, the Model 1936 PEM, and also the scoped version of...

The Manda: Croatia's Minimalist .50 BMG

The Manda is a rifle that was designed for the Croatian Special Police at the beginning of the Homeland War in 1991. At that point, the Special Police (basically the SWAT teams) were basically the ...

L41: Arado's WW2 Experimental MP40 Silencer (ad-free)

The German military tested several designs of silencer for the MP40 submachine gun during late World War Two. Designated the L4x series, they were made by the Arado and Opel-Schneider companies. Th...

PSA "Spiker": A Clone of the Chinese Type 56 AK

Palmetto State Armory (PSA) makes a really wide variety of different guns, but one that they came out with a little while back that appealed to me in particular is their "Spiker". This is a reprodu...

M91/30 PU Sniper at the Range (Ad-Free)

Today we are out at the range with a 1943 Izhevsk M91/30 PU sniper rifle to see how it shoots...  

For more, check out the 9 Hole Reviews video taking a 91/30 PU on their full 800m cours...

Armi Jager AP85: An Italian .22 Rimfire Faux-MAS

Armi Jager was an Italian arms-making company that was created in the early 1950s by Armando Piscetta. He initially made .22 rimfire sporting rifles, then transitioned into making Old West style re...

Patchett Machine Carbine MkI: Sten Becomes Sterling

The Patchett Machine Carbine Mk I is the predecessor to the Sterling SMG. It was developed by George William Patchett, who was an employee of the Sterling company. At the beginning of the wear, Ste...

Q&A Questions for Jonathan Ferguson

I'm filming at the Royal Armouries in the UK this week, and I'm going to do a Q&A video with Jonathan Ferguson. What should I ask him?

Prototype Czech Silencer-Ready vz70 (Ad-free)

Courtesy of CZ and their reference library, we are looking at a prototype model of the vz.70 pistol intended to use a suppressor. It has an extended and threaded (with interrupted threads for quick...

Suomi Noisemaker Training Magazine (Ad-free)

No blank-firing adapter? No money for practice ammo? What you need is a wooden clicky-clacky noisemaker that locks into your Suomi!

DSA's Mini-RPD at the Range

Today I am at the range with one of DSA's mini-RPDs. The RPD is a nearly 80-year-old design (doesn't that make you feel old!) and a really good candidate for modernization. DSA made a whole bunch o...

Ultra-Premium S&W Performance Center Model 3566 (Ad-free)

When Smith & Wesson introduced their Model 3566 pistol for USPSA use, the company shooting team needed six of them for use at the 1994 USPSA Nationals. The Performance Center made these six gun...

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Everything Wrong with the Sniper Rifles in "Enemy at the Gates” (Ad-free)

One of the very few blockbuster American movies about the Eastern Front in World War Two is Enemy at the Gates, a film about the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaitsev. The movie is based around a duel betwe...

PT83: The Sneaky Silenced Version of Poland's P83 Pistol (Ad-free)

When the P-83 pistol went into production, the Polish military decided that it wanted a dedicated suppressed version of the gun, and the result was the PT-83. Thw P-83 was a 9x18mm pistol with a fi...

Tour: Croatian Homeland War Museum Vehicle & Artillery Park (Ad-free)

While in Croatia for filming, we stopped in at the Homeland War Museum (Muzej Domovinskog Rata) in Karlovac. Built in the preserved ruins of the "Hotel California", it houses a small but pretty com...

Fiji in World War Two: the Momi Bay Gun Battery (Ad-free)

When the clouds of World War Two began to loom in the 1930s, Britain decided to begin securing some of its more distant colonial outposts - places that might be of strategic importance in a future ...

Whitneyville Rolling Block for the Montreal Riot Squad (Ad-free)

In 1875 the Montreal City Police decided that they wanted to equip a riot squad in case of public disturbance. They initially requested funds for 50 revolvers, but this changed to 60 carbines inste...

Prototype French MAS-49 SMG in .45ACP (Ad-free)

In the late 1940s the French developed a new suite of small arms, including a competition to replace the 7.65mm MAS-38 submachine gun with a new 9x19mm SMG. The eventual winner of this program was ...

M98kF1 ZF41: Norway Recycles Germany's Worst Sniper Rifle (Ad-free)

When Germany capitulated at the end of World War Two, several hundred thousand German soldiers were stuck in Norway (thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance preventing them from moving so...

Romeo M17 Red Dot: Worth It?

In my opinion, the SIG Romeo-M17 red dot is a really good piece of gear, but substantially overpriced. This is a red dot that SIG has developed specifically for the M17 and M18 military pistols, an...

Can the Honey Badger a Replace the MP5SD?

The .300 Blackout cartridge and the rifle we now know as the Honey Badger were originally developed by AAC by request of a US special forces military unit. They wanted to replace their MP5SD submac...

Can the Honey Badger a Replace the MP5SD?

The .300 Blackout cartridge and the rifle we now know as the Honey Badger were originally developed by AAC by request of a US special forces military unit. They wanted to replace their MP5SD submac...

Battle Rifles of World War Two: Overview

Today we are going to take a look at the three main battle rifles of World War Two - the M1 Garand, the SVT-40, and the Gewehr 43. We will also consider the SVT-38, Gewehr 41(W), and Gewehr 41(M). ...

Vila Velabita: Croatian Submachine Gun Made in a Shed (Ad-free)

At the beginning of Croatia's Homeland War, a severe need for small arms led to a whole plethora of simple submachine gun designs. Some were made in proper factories with professional tooling, and ...

Guns for the Pope's Police: Mazzocchi Pinfire Revolver (Ad-free)

The revolver we are looking at today is a 9mm pinfire revolver adopted for the Papal Gendarmerie in 1868. At that time, the Papal States controlled roughly the same amount of territory as Switzerla...