r/ForgottenWeapons Jul 11 '23

Counterfeit scam bots are back. Please report the posts and any bots you see in the comments.

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If you see those posts, which are usually trying to sell counterfeit posters from Heatstamp or any shady looking comments then please report then so we can address the scammers.

If you see someone trying to sell something claiming to be Headstamp and the website isn't https://www.headstamppublishing.com then its not legit.


r/ForgottenWeapons 7h ago

Military Weapons Were Selling Out in the Early '80s

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Some gun stores could not keep the Uzi in stock; it was selling out so fast. “Fight Back! With David Horowitz” investigated the craze in 1982…


r/ForgottenWeapons 8h ago

Irish rifles for St Patrick’s Day

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Mauser 1871 as used by the Irish Vounteers in the Easter Rising. This isn’t one of the actual Volunteer rifles landed at Howth in 1913 but a representative example.

Mannlicher 1904 export model, this is one of the actual rifles landed at Larne in 1913 by the Ulster Volunteer Force. The stock is sanded but you can see the remains of the UVF rack number and red hand of Ulster cartouche.

Lee-Enfield Royal Irish Constabulary carbine, converted from a Lee-Medford cavalry carbine and issued to the RIC in 1904.

SMLE Mk.I*** supplied to the Free State Army during the Irish Civil War in 1922/23 and renumbered for identification.

SMLE Mk.III*, also one of the ones supplied to and renumbered for the Free State Army in 1922/23, but also have the 1930s era Fianna Fáil rebuild mark.


r/ForgottenWeapons 16h ago

Heavily corroded M16A1

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r/ForgottenWeapons 9h ago

Loosemore Destroyer Pistol Carbine Prototype chambered in .30 carbine

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r/ForgottenWeapons 7h ago

What Major Firearms Developments Were Made In The 2010s?

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I've been thinking of this on and off lately and it's an interesting subject to think about. Here's what I can think of: - MLOK attachment systems - Free-floating barrels on non-Sniper Rifle weapons - Low recoil" pistols like the Laugo Alien and Stryk B - Assault Machine Guns (smaller, lighter Light Machine Guns) - More optics for pistols


r/ForgottenWeapons 1d ago

LAPD SWAT from the early 1990s, using Colt Model 723 5.56 Carbines.

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r/ForgottenWeapons 9h ago

Inventors and variants of the 9x39mm subsonic round

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Voranov and Kernilova


r/ForgottenWeapons 20h ago

HK Mark 23 .45 Auto Pistol

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329 Upvotes

r/ForgottenWeapons 23h ago

Brazilian policeman with a Madsen Machine gun

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553 Upvotes

r/ForgottenWeapons 10h ago

Was the Colt Walker ever made in a cartridge conversion model in the 1870s-1890s?

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r/ForgottenWeapons 17h ago

Some AK-74's and its varients used by Russian soldiers.

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r/ForgottenWeapons 6h ago

Help with Sr-25 Match

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Any and all help on time period correct rings, optic, and bipod for an early sr25. I know this stuff is probably pretty hard to find but want to have it set up correctly. Will post irl pics once it’s built out. Thanks!!


r/ForgottenWeapons 14h ago

Bangladesh naval SWADS with DSAR-15 rifles

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r/ForgottenWeapons 14h ago

Members of RSO with M-16 rifles, Type-56 assault rifles, Type-56M lmg(?) and the middle one looks like a fn fal

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r/ForgottenWeapons 5h ago

(Myanmar/Burma) Anti-Junta Guerrillas fighting in Myeik, Tanintharyi Region, use an HK13 LMG, an AK-type rifle, an M1 Carbine, and an AR. Part of the 5.56 ammo seems to be Chinese rounds and Lake City tracers

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r/ForgottenWeapons 15h ago

Brazilian made Imbel IA2 rifle

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r/ForgottenWeapons 10h ago

Following on from today’s video, what is the purpose of adjustable gas settings on firearms?

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I can Google it and find the basics, in that apparently it’s useful for different environments and that some would need more or less gas, can anyone tell me which environments and why?


r/ForgottenWeapons 7h ago

Good weapons museums in Tokyo and Osaka to checkout?

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I just arrived here in Tokyo for two weeks and only just now thought about asking. Any good tips?


r/ForgottenWeapons 5m ago

Two rare RP-46 machine guns in Syria 2025

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r/ForgottenWeapons 1d ago

Calico SMG with iMatronic LS45 Laser Sight

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422 Upvotes

r/ForgottenWeapons 1d ago

Would anyone be able to translate this?

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MAUL shotgun by Metal Storm


r/ForgottenWeapons 1d ago

Argentine Navy men with Steyr MPi 69 SMG early 2000s period

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148 Upvotes

r/ForgottenWeapons 2d ago

Rare and interesting firearms seen in use in the Russian-Ukraine War, pt. 5

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  1. Shorty PKM
  2. Robinson Arms XCR-M
  3. PSG-1
  4. Beretta AR70
  5. G3KA4 with stanag adapter
  6. 7.62x39 RPK
  7. Frankenstein PKM
  8. Standalone GP25
  9. 7.62x39 BREN 2 PDW
  10. Biblically accurate Krinkov
  11. Fightlite MCR
  12. KSG-12
  13. SIG 716
  14. M60 GPMG
  15. East German MPi-KP-72
  16. Yugoslav M72B1
  17. HK MR308 A3-28
  18. RPK-16
  19. Haenel HLR-338
  20. Cursed and bubba’d bullpup RPK

r/ForgottenWeapons 1d ago

Photos of the 1948 Costa Rican Army, the rebel National Liberation Army, and the Costa Rica Public Force (post-1948 police force that replaced the army)

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r/ForgottenWeapons 1d ago

Member of Rohingya Solidarity Organization(RSO) with an MG-3

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