Forgotten Weapons

The PSS-2, as the name implies is the next generation of the PSS design which was adopted in the 1980s. The original gun boasted the ability to be shot silently without a suppressor due to its special piston based 7.62x42 SP4 ammo....

ArcFlash Labs has come out with a new coil gun design that takes the best elements of their underpowered EMG-01 and their overly bulky GR-1 Anvil and melded them into a much handier EMG-02....

The Perrin was an 1859 revolver design originating in France, which was initially an open-frame, double-action-only system. It went through some significant improvements in 1865, including a single action mechanism and a fully enclosed frame for greater strength....

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This 7mm Belgian needle fire breech loading pistol would have been used for target shooting in one's parlor, presumably on rainy days....

This less lethal launcher from UMX, a sub brand of the German company Umarex, has a built in range finder tied to a laser rangefinder that regulates an electronically controlled valve to ensure a projectile is launched pneumatically to hit a target at no greater than 30 joules of impact force....

The Cookson flintlock rifle, a lever-action breech-loading repeater, is one of many similar designs to make an appearance on the world stage beginning in the 17th century. The revolutionary mechanism at the heart of the Cookson repeater dates from 1680 and was originally known in Europe as the Lorenzoni System... Long arms...

This rare first edition of Margaret Mitchell’s "Gone with the Wind" was used to conceal a .32-caliber pistol....

“Baby Face” Nelson is one of the most notorious gangsters in FBI history. He was a callous killer with a violent temper who participated in a countless number of robberies and was responsible for the deaths of three FBI agents—more than anyone in history—as well as the deaths of numerous other law enforcement officers....

This 12-shot .40 caliber repeater was designed by Epenetus A. Bennett and Frederick P. Haviland......

These mittens would be used to handle machine gun barrels while changing from an overheated barrel for a new one during prolonged firing....

For anyone who wondered what made a minigun 'mini'....

Fitted with a "red dot" Aimpoint optical sight, this target semi-automatic could be used in today's Camp Perry matches....

Technically of Snaphance configuration, but made well into the 'true' flintlock era. The separate steel and pan arrangement and back-action lock are dictated by the use of a revolving cylinder and especially the design choice of having priming pans integrated into said cylinder. The weapon is utilitarian in appearance and is...

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The Maxim Silencer was the first commercially successful firearm sound suppressor. Developed by Hiram Percy Maxim (son of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, who invented the Maxim machine gun) in tandem with the automobile muffler in the early 1900s, it was patented in 1909....

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Another trend often employed was the use of a house key to serve as a hammer. The use of one is out of convenience as it requires little to no modification, already having a pivot hole in place and a suitable striking surface....

This improvised .25 caliber zip gun is made of a door bolt, rubber band, and pipe....

The rifle was originally owned by White Man Runs Him, General George A. Custer’s famous Crow scout at the Battle of Little Big Horn (June 25, 1876). Custer’s scout adorned the rifle with cultural symbols and regarded it as sacred, often using it in tribal ceremonies....