Ian from forgotten weapons

He specializes in french small arms and holds a deep interest in collecting these weapons. Initially, the site mostly featured text posts with the occasional video supplement. Over the years forgotten weapons has evolved into the goto site for the ignored, rare, and otherwise overlooked firearms lost to history, and ian mccollum talks about the journey to. Range365 had a chance to talk with mccollum about his youtube channel, forgotten weapons, small arms history, being a social media.

Ian from forgotten weapons shooting the sol invictus full. Legislation affecting gun rights in the 2019 session. Customize your avatar with the forgotten weapons prussian ian sweater and millions of other items. Weapons mounts for secondary armament december 29, 2019 ian mccollum 8 weapon mounts for secondary armament is a nearly 1200page reference on all manner of machine gun mounting systems for tanks, aircraft,t light vehicles, and ground mounts. Philip lutys submachine gun forgotten weapons impro guns. French military rifles, 1866 2016 by ian mccollum of forgotten weapons headstamp publishing is excited to announce the launch of a kickstarter preorder campaign for our first book, chassepot to famas. Gun jesus ian mccollum professional firearms consultant.

Ian mccollum keeps the history of forgotten weapons alive. After world war two, the new nato defense alliance held a series of trials to adopt a standard cartridge and infantry rifle. Let me preface this by saying that i remain a big fan of the scout rifle concept and the steyr scout in particular. About 5 years ago, i took the next step and relaunched the site as a regularlyupdated blog. He is always looking for rare, experimental, and unusual firearms to learn about, and loves sharing that interest with others. In the video below, ian mccollum goes in great detail about the m1 carbine and the history of its development which he describes as a whole new class of weapon. The standard edition book with blue cover will be handsigned by the author, ian mccollum of forgotten weapons. Sfr episode 207 ian from forgotten weapons slam fire radio.

Found rare amethyst crystal while digging at a private mine. French military rifles, 1866 2016, authored by ian mccollum of forgotten weapons. How videos about old firearms became a hit youtube channel. Forgotten weapons gunstreamer firearm video sharing. Customize your avatar with the forgotten weapons ians polo and millions of other items. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. I really enjoy inrange as well, i could hang with him and karl. Articles on french rifles from gazette des arms magazine.

Ian is also traveling with vickers guide on various photo shoots, getting his hands on the actual firearms in the books, and interacting with larry vickers and team. Forgotten weapons analyzes the development of airships as weapons for antisubmarine warfare, examines how scientists and airmen collaborated to combat uboats and reveals the littleknown accomplishments of airship crews. Ian with forgotten weapons talks about his dream guns. During the development of the g11, there was also the lmg11. More posts from the redditmomentmomentx2 community. It was a pretty small site at that time, with mostly archival photos from the aberdeen proving grounds. Is ian mccollum of forgotten weapons generally the most.

The volkssturmgewehr peoples assault rifle is the name of several rifle designs developed by nazi germany during the last months of world war ii. Althoff demonstrates, the naval airship logged an admirable operational record. Ian mccollum of forgotten weapons with more than a million and half subscribers, forgotten weapons has become one of the most popular firearmsrelated channels on youtube, and part of the success. The pp1901 vityaz is a development of the pp19 bizon, a submachine gun developed by izhmash at the request of the russian interior ministry in the early. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. Forgotten weapons releases wa2000 video after teasing us. Ian sabotages the elbonian army and throws shade on the taurus judge.

Ian mccollum joins vickers guide as historical advisor. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Instead of yet another take on the thompson submachine gun, single action colt, or the uzi but theyre all. Carbine williams forgotten weapons blog ian mccollum m1 carbine. Gun jesus ian mccollum lives outside of arturos shop in dc and provides expert firearms advice into more obscure weapons. The retail standard edition book, with red cover, will be unsigned. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. This would eventually devolve and the goal of a standardized. Ian mccollum is the founder, editor, and presenter of forgotten weapons, a decadeold web site and video archive dedicated to preserving firearms history. Since 2011, mccollum has been producingwe should say professionally producingshort videos that offer a deep dive in the history of small arms. Ian from forgotten weapons is out of my league youtube. It is his occupation and not that difficult to be a historian in any venue just do the research and its never been easier with the www. Philip lutys submachine gun forgotten weapons 6 replies courtesy of ares and ian mccollum, heres a look at the original 9mm submachine gun made by philip luty, two examples of which are kept at the national firearms centre in leeds, uk.

Readers that are into firearms are probably already familiar with the youtube channel forgotten weapons. Vickers guide has announced that ian mccollum of the popular forgotten weapons media channel has joined the vickers guide team as a historical advisor and commentary contributor. The forgotten weapons team is a small group of selfdescribed gun nuts. Created in 1973 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the. A few weeks back ian mccollum of forgotten weapons released a teaser photo of him shooting the walther wa2000 semiauto sniper rifle. Larry vickers lavlive with ian of forgotten weapons. Ian, othais and mae have come together to put seven original world war one vintage light machine guns and automatic rifles through their paces to see how they might have performed 100 years ago. Ian mccollum grew up around his fathers extensive collection of wwii japanese rifles, and early on developed an appreciation for historically interesting old guns. Forgotten weapons your destination for rare, exotic, and. Ian mccallum of forgotten weapons northwest firearms. They share the common characteristic of being greatly simplified as an attempt to cope with severe lack of resources and.

Featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new. Most likely done in china in the teens or twenties, semiauto rifles. Host ian mccollum has examined hundreds of rare and unusual firearms in the videos of this channel, providing high quality information and analysis. The show focuses on rare and forgotten firearms throughout history, how they function, and the context surrounding their design. Ask me anything 47pm i wont guarantee an answer, but ill do my best.

Trevor lusts after the modern varminter, adriel buys a savage 64 while recording, kelly reports on her trip to battle road, and matthew doesnt shoot continue reading sfr episode 207. What to read next 3 charged in killing of store security guard over virus mask. Ian mccollum keeps the history of forgotten weapons. Ian from forgotten weapons comes on to talk with the crew about how he got started, french firearms, and historical guns that changed history, and his experiences shooting 2 gun. Ian mccollum is a selfdescribed professional gun nerd, passionate about firearm design, manufacture, history, and practical use. Noel in 1865 and manufactured by gouery, canat et cie. This is where ian mccollums forgotten weapons channel on youtube comes in handy. If you love history and old firearms there are a few youtube channels you probably follow.

This rifle began life as a german gewehr 88 rifle in german military service. Printed in the united states on premium quality paper to maximize the impact of james rupleys phenomenal photography, our standard edition is anything but. Forgotten weapons is a blog and youtube channel started in 2011 by firearms enthusiast ian mccollum. Most knowledgeable no, well versed yes he is to a degree. View ian mccollums profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Ian did a video about the evolution of modern weapons and tactics. Ian mccollum of forgotten weapons poses with a french world war i hotchkiss machine gun a weapon. That said, as much as we like his work, firearms are outside the theme of the this site. Initially, the site mostly featured text posts with the occasional video supplement, but as the popularity grew, the youtube channel has become. It is his hope that chassepot to famas will lay the groundwork for a new level of appreciation and. When we posted about it many of you were upset because the wa2000 video wasnt done quite yet, and if i admit, i was disappointed as well thankfully the video was released today and ian goes into great detail about the.

Ian with forgotten weapons talks about his dream guns, and. Ian mccollum board of directors national firearms act trade. Ian mccallum of forgotten weapons thread starter tac. Been watching his stuff since he started the forgotten weapons website, he is my kind of geek. Ian, affectionately known on internet forums as gun jesus, from forgotten weapons was shooting the full auto aa12 in line ahead of us at this years industry day at the range before shot show 2019. Todays quick ria look is a mannlicher 1888 that was cut down to carbine length and adapted to fit a type 30 japanese arisaka bayonet. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover ians connections. A little over 6 and a half years ago, i registered the web site and created my first online repository of firearms information. It was made by earl keller noels 10shot pocket turret revolver.