Forgotten Weapons

I don't know what the solution to this is, but people treating AI bots as omniscient oracles is extremely dangerous.

It's one thing when people fabricate fake historical photos with AI because they put zero value on truth instead of clicks. But it's another whole issue when people depend on AI to tell them if things are real. AI does not know. Here is Grok insisting the real image is fake.

@WillRant23 @nettermike If you are even doing the modicum of work to pick the image, yes. If you just tell chat to make you a post with a photo about something, you don't need to know or care about it at all.

@ForgotWeapons @nettermike Isnt it more effort to generate a fake photo than to just save the file then upload it?

Berlin in 1961 captures a dramatic split-second moment as a young soldier suddenly leaps over a roll of barbed wire dividing East and West Berlin, frozen in midair during his daring escape from the communist East. Just days earlier, the border had been sealed overnight, cutting streets in half and separating families who had lived side by side for generations. The soldier, later identified as Conrad Schumann, had been stationed to guard the barrier when he made the life-changing decision to run toward freedom. As photographers captured the exact moment of his jump, the image quickly became one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War. It represented not only a personal escape but also the desperation of those trapped behind the growing barriers that would soon become the Berlin Wall.

@RShcklfrd @aaronnagy1987 @nettermike They're called "books" and fortunately there are still some people making them ;)

@aaronnagy1987 @ForgotWeapons @nettermike Tfw research becomes nigh impossible in the near future online, and we're forced to resort to hard copy "pre AI" reference materials like low background radiation steel.

@BrianAn72935190 (Oh and the gun in the real photo was a PPSh-41)

@BrianAn72935190 That is AI slop. The real image is iconic and readily available: blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2026/01/…

@ForgotWeapons what kind of rifle is that?

@hoplopfheil I maintain that it's better than the AUG.

This is now officially the worst gun I have ever shot

@DocStrangelove2 Chat, is this a land mine?

One single image will cause complete chaos.

@DavidTheMayan @UnsubscribeCast It got converted into 7.62x39mm brass.

@ForgotWeapons I just watched your appearance on the @UnsubscribeCast, and you mentioned you know why there was no surplus carcano (during a conversation about red dawn). You never got around to finishing that thought, why is it?

@HnryDefense A great number of them are still very functional. Guns are durable goods, and many of them get little actual use.

@ForgotWeapons How many of those are still functional? Cheap firearms tend to not be expected to last a long time unless if they're extremely simple and easy to repair.

Actually it seems both of us require correcting. milsurps.com/threads/need-i… There's at least one with a French serial number so some were delivered to France.

@HnryDefense Mid-priced and expensive guns usually were serialized, but prior to 68 most cheap shotguns and .22s were not, because it cost more to do so than it was worth.

@HnryDefense You absolutely should! They are a neat piece of WW1 history and the US' role in supplying arms to the Entente powers. It is only tangential that they are a good example of a rifle from a major manufacturer that wasn't serialized when sold on the US market after the war.

@DetectiveDumm @JakOSpades I saw it and talked to them at SHOT. Mechanically very neat; I just can't see the motivation for people to buy it on the US commercial market (beyond a few who will buy anything unusual).

@JakOSpades @ForgotWeapons

🇭🇺 Gestamen Arms G9HSP 9 mm pistol, the 🇭🇺 Army's newest service pistol. Can be converted from SA/DA Hammer fired to SA/DA striker fired in a few quick steps. And yes, it takes Glock magazines.

@BreakfastBullit @gunpolicy Yeah, we will have to advise people how best to handle this next year - the match is in West Virginia, but most people travel through VA for it.

@gunpolicy @ForgotWeapons I'm sure you're aware of this, but I foresee problems with Moons Out in the future

Final vote in the Virginia Senate Court of Justice for HB217 ("Assault weapons" ban)

@HnryDefense @TheOtherKav @2aHistory @winmod1886 Well, one example is Remington 1907-15 Berthier rifles; none of them are serialized.

@TheOtherKav @2aHistory @winmod1886 They're absolutely statistical anomalies. And why waste (honestly dont need to read anything else)? Okay, how many of those guns exist, where were the sold and of what caliber? Are you sure there aren't any conversions? Who's worked on them? Is Bronco still in business btw?

Fact: There is no historical tradition for requiring serial numbers on firearms. It was a mid-20th century invention. There are millions of legal firearms w/o serial numbers owned by law abiding citizens throughout the US today - many made prior to '68 didn't have numbers.

@M05IN @Real_CandRsenal Yes, that is a Tankgewehr set up for pressure testing. The US did a lot of experiments on captures ones after the war, and I would guess this was altered by Springfield or Aberdeen, not made that way by the Germans (the serial number would be a giveaway).

Doing some digging, we've been able to find *zero* references to this rifle anywhere on the internet. Nor was it listed in the museum's publicly accessible archives. @ForgotWeapons @Real_CandRsenal , either of you seen this referenced anywhere?

What we assume is a pressure test variant of the 1918 Tank Gewehr. These might be the first pictures of it on the internet.

@firewallalberta @Mrgunsngear Don't tell anyone, but the checks from Gladiator paid off my mortgage.

@Mrgunsngear Its Ian from @ForgotWeapons. 100%. The way he shills for Chauchat is disgusting.

I always laugh when I'm watching a gun review on Youtube and the host says something like "this is an actual honest gun channel unlike those bigger channels that are paid shills for their sponsors" or some such statement (just watched one, hence this post). I know almost all gun channel hosts with above 500k subs on Youtube. Many are personal friends of mine at this point but even if not friends we all talk fairly regularly. With that out of the way - there's only channel that I'm aware of that actually takes money for positive reviews/lies about issues/etc... without disclosing that fact and it's pretty obvious to a viewer with more than a room temperature IQ. All that to say - 95+% of what you see on guntube is genuine and what any of these guys would say about a gun to one of their friends in private and can be trusted. Also, important to add - most guns/gear today is good and most reviews are sample sizes of one. Watch accordingly....

@MagneticNorse That's my video - could you please include a link to the full version so people can learn the whole story? youtu.be/90ECrL_4GPc

6.5mm CBJ APDS There went my disposable income

Guntubers with lines of watermelons and those transparent realistic torso targets need to step up their game. Back in 1897 Mexico tested the Mondragon by lining up 5 actual human cadavers in a row to see if they could shoot through them all.