This is a community dedicated to discussion around historical arms, mechanically unique arms, and Ian McCollum's Forgotten Weapons content. Posts requesting an identification of a particular gun (or other arm) are welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenWeapons
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/
Rules:
1) Treat Others in a Civil Manner. This is not the place to deride others for their race, sexuality, or etc. Personal insults of other members are not welcome here. Neither are calls for violence.
2) No Contemporary Politics Historical politics that influenced designs or adoption of designs are excluded from this rule. Acknowledgement of existing laws to explain designs is also permissable, so long as comments aren't in made to advocate or oppose a policy. Let's not make this a place where we battle over which color ties our politicians should have, or the issues of today.
3) No Advertising This rule doesn't apply to posting historical advertisements or showing more contemporary ads as a means of displaying information on an appropriate topic. The aim of this rule is to combat spam/irrelevant advertising campaigns.
4) Keep Post on Topic This rule will be enforced with leeway. Just keep it related to arms or Forgotten Weapons or closely adjacent content. If you feel you have something that's worth posting here that isn't about either of those (and doesn't violate other rules) feel free to reach out to a mod.
5) No NSFW Content Please refrain from posting uncensored extreme gore or sexualized content. If censored these posts may be fine.
Post Guide Lines
These are suggestions not rules.
-Provide a duration for videos. eg. [12:34]
-Provide a year to either indicate when a specific design was produced, patented, or released. If you have an older design being used in a recent conflict provide the year the picture was taken. Dates should be included to help contextualize, not necessarily give exact periods.
-Post a full URL, on mobile devices it can be hard to tell what you're clicking on if you only see "(Link)".
-Posts do not have to be just firearms. Blades, bows, etc. are also welcome.
Adjacent Communities
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Sorry it's in French / Grâce à moi c'est en français. The French version I found was higher quality. Here's and English one:
The SEF fire selector stands for Sicher = Safe, Einzelfeuer = Semiautomatic, & Feuerstoss = Automatic.
And here's an X-ray view:
How the heck is the MP5 a forgotten weapon? I thought it’s in mass use as of right now?
It’s literally on sale on “guns.com” for five hundred bucks right now.
This is a community about the show Forgotten Weapons hosted by Ian McCollum. On his show he recaps the history of a weapon then typically dissembles it to show how it functions. Not everything featured on the show is truly a forgotten weapon. This post is highlighting the internal mechanisms of the design.
That gun on guns.com is a Umarex licensed copy chambered in 22lr. It also doesn't function on the same roller delayed blowback principle, instead going with a cheaper to produce straight blowback system.
Link to the channel: https://youtube.com/@ForgottenWeapons?si=
Huh. Didn’t know when I followed the community that it was about a particular show. Good to know.
And thanks for the info on the gun on guns.com Interesting!!!!
No problem, not the first time I had to clear that up probably won't be the last. I mention it on the sidebar, but honestly how many people actually read those.
I think part of the confusion come from that at least I post things that people who enjoy the show would appreciate rather than being just about the show directly. I do try and link the relevant video when there is one. Actually watching the show is by no means a requirement to be apart of the community though.
Glad to hear you found that info on the Umarex interesting, they tend to do airsoft, bb, and 22lr versions of well known guns.
Regarding Umarex. No wonder the guns are so damn cheap!!! BTW what is 22lr? I know airsoft and bb.
22lr is a common abbreviation for the .22 Long rifle cartridge. It's a very small rimfire cartridge often used for hunting small game and recreational shooting (due it it's low cost). For reference it has about a third of the energy at the muzzle as a 9mm Luger round does (the most common pistol cartridge).
Here it is (bottom left) next to other cartridges for scale.
Thanks for the write up!
Glad I was able to help someone learn something!
This is reddit now.