Forgotten Weapons
Forgotten Weapons is a website and channel appearing on YouTube and Full30, created and presented by Ian McCollum, that covers the history of antique, obscure, and historically important firearms. Videos. Forgotten Weapons frequently features unusual, rare, odd, experimental, or one-off firearms, such as the paratroop versions of the Empire of Japan's Arisaka Type 99 rifle featuring a folding stock attached to a cabinet hinge. McCollum covers the history of such firearms in detail, and often explains how important certain firearms were to the development of weapon technologies and the history of warfare. McCollum often appears at  Rock Island Auction in his Forgotten Weapons episodes, and he has written books and articles for "Popular Mechanics" on the topic of firearms. Platforms. McCollum avoids political topics in favor of exclusively covering technical topics and history. He has amassed over 2 million subscribers on YouTube. Despite this, McCollum encountered some difficulties with YouTube deleting his videos, which is why he began uploading his videos to Full30 and Floatplane. In 2014, McCollum improved the quality of his videos by means of an IndieGogo campaign, the proceeds of which were used to purchase high-quality camera equipment. In 2018, McCollum founded  Headstamp Publishing, through which he wrote and published his book "." The book was crowdfunded on Kickstarter, and raised $800,256. Headstamp's second book, "Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms, 1901–2020", published in partnership with Jonathan Ferguson, raised $579,585 on Kickstarter. McCollum's third book, "Pistols of the Warlords", raised $1,541,381 on Kickstarter.