everything posted here has been gold. keep going.
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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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.
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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.
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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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Siege weaponry isn't usually my area of expertise, but I think I should be able to find something good for that. You should see something here in the next day or two.
Stick to what the name of the community says. Rare, prototype, one-off, mythical and everything else of the like all apply. There's plenty of potential content. Just don't post too often and run yourself out of material.
Just don't post too often and run yourself out of material.
Thanks, I've been trying to put out a lot of stuff to get the community to grow fast because I know I can't keep it alive by myself forever. And we've almost hit 300 members, which I mostly attribute to being found in All thanks to those posts. But it's probably a good idea to come down from posting ten plus times a day.
You did the legwork getting things rolling. I'm sure there will be other people posting —myself included—now that there's a good crowd.
I like the ones with unique mechanisms, e. g. the one with the cat which shoots around corners.
Are there mentionable weapons from famous people? Had Elvis a golden pistol?
Thank you for keeping this community alive.
There's no shortage of failed designs with unique mechanisms.
And I can definitely find you some some mentionable things from famous people.
If you're interested in some of the more personal stories I've got one about the 1st US President Washington, and how he almost got killed that'll post soon.
I'd also recommend you watch this video on an incredible story of a WW1 soldier who had an odds defining journey with his rifle that he was punished for carving. I posted about it a few days ago and it didn't get much traction here, but I think the story is incredibe.
I thought this community was just about firearms, would medieval weapons work too?
The way I see it this is a community about the coalescance of history and design not just guns.
Medieval content is welcome. There may be focus on firearms but any kind of arm or martial instrument is certainly welcome here.