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DSA's Unique Titanium FAL Project (Ad-Free)

DS Arms got some billet titanium and decided to make a batch of titanium receivers and other parts. This turned out to be a nightmarish amount of work, and two of the receivers had to be scrapped, ...

Haenel's Prototype Simplified Sturmgewehr StG45(H) (Ad-free)

In December 1944, the Haenel company received permission to produce a simplified version of the StG-44 Sturmgewehr. The idea was to keep the mechanical system and controls as similar as possible to...

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 11: The Snider-Enfield (Ad-free)

Full video with reloading segment available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-11-snider-app...

ASAC Presentation: Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution (Ad-free)

This lecture was presented at the Spring 2025 meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors. It was given by Joel Bohy, coauthor of a new book of the same name, published by Mowbray. You can f...

Q&A Question Request: Guns & YouTube

I am going to be shooting Lynx Brutality at the end of the month, and that means I'll be around folks from several other channels. Bloke and Chap form Bloke on the Range, the whole crew from Polena...

Stamm-Saurer Model 1913 Long-Recoil Prototype Rifle (Ad-free)

Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s, and today we are looking at a second-pattern Model 1913 semiauto rifle. This was developed while Stamm was working for t...

AK4: Sweden's Beefed-Up Take on the G3 (Ad-free)

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Q&A: All About Submachine Guns (May 2025) (Ad-free)

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Audio Only: Q&A - All About Submachine Guns (May 2025)

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Beretta Model 1934: Italy's Unassuming Workhorse Service Pistol (Ad-free)

The Beretta Model 34 was basically the final iteration of a design by Tullio Marengoni that began all the way back in 1915. That pistol was updated in the early 1920s, and that one was updated in 1...

Book Launch! Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO (Ad-free)

Glock 26: Glock's First Sub-Compact Pistol (Ad-free)

The Glock 26 was introduced in 1995 alongside the Glock 27. These were sub-compact pistols with 3.43 inch barrels chambered for 9x19mm (the 26) and .40 S&W (the 27). These were Glock's first fo...

A Thoughtful & Nuanced Take on SIG's P320 Nightmare (Audio Only)

Here's the video I did 2 years ago on this topic. I stand by my conclusions in that video, but with the caveat that it assumes the parts are all made to designed spec (I didn't think I would have t...

A Thoughtful & Nuanced Take on SIG's P320 Nightmare (Ad-free)

Here's the video I did 2 years ago on this topic. I stand by my conclusions in that video, but with the caveat that it assumes the parts are all made to designed spec (I didn't think I would have t...

Dutch Navy Luger: From World War One to the End of Neutrality (Ad-free)

The Dutch Navy first acquired Luger pistols in 1918 specifically for its aviators. They has 12 German P04 Lugers taken from a German submarine stranded in the (neutral) Netherlands, and 28 more wer...

Fenian Needham Conversion: Just the Thing for Invading Canada (Ad-free)

The Fenian Brotherhood was formed in the US in 1858, a partner organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The groups were militant organizations looking to procure Irish independence from th...

Jennings 5-Shot Repeating Flintlock Pistol (Ad-free)

Isaiah Jennings patented an improvement to the Belton repeating flintlock system in 1821 - but we don’t know exactly what his idea was because the Patent Office lost his patent (and many others) ...

MG38: Colt's Interwar Water-Cooled Machine Gun (Ad-free)

After World War One, Colt was the sole owner of license to produce Browning machine guns. With production tooling well established form the war, the company set about looking for international sale...

P38K: The Real One, not the Nazi Fantasy Piece (Ad-free)

The P38K is both a fantasy WWII concept and also a real pistol made in small numbers by Walther in the 1970s. The idea is simple; just cut down the barrel on a P38 to barely in front of the slide (...

Japanese 3-Barrel Palanquin Swivel-Breech Pistol (Ad-free)

This is a very rare style of Japanese matchlock, with three separate barrels on a revolving axis. It has all the design and decorative elements of a tanegashima musket, but built more as a self-def...

"Howth" Mauser 1871: Irish Volunteers Gunrunning into Dublin (Ad-free)

On July 14th, 1914 the 50 foot pleasure yacht “Asgard” sailed into Howth harbor in Dublin with its cabin completely filled with arms. It has 900 Mauser 1871 rifles and 29,000 rounds of ammuniti...

Unique British Crankfire .58 Morse Manual Machine Gun (Ad-free)

This is a really interesting piece with a mostly unknown origin. It was manufactured in the UK (the barrel was deemed Enfield-made by former Royal Armouries curator Herb Woodend) and is chambered f...

German Occupation FN High Power Pistols (Ad-free)

When Germany occupied Belgium in the summer of 1940, the took over the FN factory complex and ordered production of the High Power pistol to continue. It was put into German service as the Pistole ...

Enjoying Black Powder Episode 10: Model 1871/88 Beaumont-Vitali (Ad-free)

Full video with reloading segment and clip solid file available here: https://forgottenweapons.v...

Type 79 SMG: China's MP7 At Home (Ad-free)

The Type 79 is an overly-complex submachine gun that uses a scaled-down AK operating system chambered for 7.62x25mm Tokarev. In many ways, this is akin to the H&K MP7 - it's a miniaturized comb...

Military-Issue Colt Model 1839 Paterson Revolving Rifle (Ad-free)

The first rifle made in Sam Colt’s Paterson NJ factory was the 1837 “ring lever” rifle. These were rather fragile and underpowered and while they were used successfully in the First Semi...

Save the Date! Moons Out 2026: March 6-8

Mark your calendars; Moons Out 2026 will be March 6-8 at the Echo Valley Training Center, in WV. Practiscore registration will open December 1:

2025-04-22 16:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post

M1922 BAR Cavalry Light Machine Gun (Ad-free)

After World War One, there was a lot of tinkering with the BAR by the US military. It was recognized as being a very good platform, but the original M1918 configuration left a lot to be desired. It...

Ada Blackjack: Real History Vs Insulting AI Slop (Ad-free)

"Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic" by Jennifer Niven: https://amzn.to/42UBKpG

In the past couple days, I ...

Model 1875 Officer's Pattern: The Finest Trapdoor Springfield (Ad-free)

As the main national armory, Springfield got a number of requests to make specialty rifles for commissioned officers and important dignitaries each year. These were essentially all custom sporting ...