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, leaving only 10 completed. They also made a number...
2025-05-28 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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 the design in use, but simplify the design to red...
2025-05-26 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Full video with reloading segment available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-11-snider-app
Black powder military rifles of the 186...
2025-05-24 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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 find his book here:
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 Polenar Tactical, Calvin from Firepower United, and Prin...
2025-05-22 02:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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 the Saurer company, where he headed its small arms ...
2025-05-21 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-05-19 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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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 1931. The Model 1931 was converted to .380 ACP (aka...
2025-05-16 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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 foray into. the subcompact market, and they offered ...
2025-05-14 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHere'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 to specify that...):
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 to specify that...):
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 were purchased from DWM in 1918 to round out the 40 g...
2025-05-12 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 the British, and they found significant support amon...
2025-05-10 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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) in a large 1836 fire. Jennings' system was used by...
2025-05-09 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 sales. The water cooled .30 caliber (the M1917 in US s...
2025-05-07 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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 (2.8 inches on the real ones). This does make for a...
2025-05-05 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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-defense piece for home or perhaps when traveling by p...
2025-05-03 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ammunition for the Irish Volunteers, and there is a crowd ...
2025-05-02 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 for the .58 Morse centerfire cartridge. The date of...
2025-04-30 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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 640(b), and nearly 325,000 of them were made betwe...
2025-04-28 12:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Full video with reloading segment and clip solid file available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-10-beaumont-vitali-app
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2025-04-26 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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 combat rifle. The locked breech system allows the reci...
2025-04-25 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Seminole War, they needed improvement. Colt set about ...
2025-04-23 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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
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 was deemed to heavy to use effectively form the s...
2025-04-21 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
"Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic" by Jennifer Niven: https://amzn.to/42UBKpG
In the past couple days, I have had two people send me two different images, ...
2025-04-20 23:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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 rifles, and the orders were duly filled. In 1875, ...
2025-04-19 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post