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Forgotten Weapons

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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

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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.

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's with the scope? It looks guaranteed to smack you in the face when fired.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He's not holding it in a proper position to fire right at the exact moment, he looks like he's either raising or lowering gun at the moment of the photo. Face would be much further back than you'd expect when firing, fully behind his firing hand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

If I had a gun this is what I would want.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I finally decided to do something about mobile links and have gotten redirector and it works. Im replying to you but this is more for folks that come across and have the same issue I have. Once I got the redirector add on I put in:

Redirect: .m.

to: $1.$2

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks, I thought it looked more like a hunting weapon than a military one. I'd guess it was formerly the property of some high ranking Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not necessarily, but a Drilling has always been a more expensive weapon (and still is) due to having three barrels.

It is, however, still popular, especially among Grouse hunters, despite the price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What's this then? A zweiling?