Dolf Goldsmith is a renowned author and machine gun expert, having written landmark books on the Maxim, Vickers, and Browning machine guns, and having been an avid shooter and gun collector for more than 60 years. We had the pleasure of speaking with him at the SAR West gun show last month, and did an interview on tape.
I haven’t published this until now because I’ve been working on the sound – there was a lot of background noise, and we were using a poor microphone. I’ve cleaned the audio up (couldn’t do anything about the train whistle, though), and transcribed subtitles for the dialogue. Mr. Goldsmith is one of those rare elderly collectors who is both extremely knowlegable about historic firearms and also in touch with current trends and excited about what the future will bring. Among other things, we talk about:
Where the future of machine gun collecting lies
What the next big area of interest might be for shooters and collectors
How machine gun collecting was different forty or fifty years ago
What the best machine gun design of all time is
At Forgotten Weapons I think the most interesting guns out there are the most obscure ones. I try to search out experimental and prototype weapons and show you how they work, in addition to more conventional guns that you may not have heard of before. You’re much more likely to find a video on the Cei Rigotti or Webley-Fosbery here than an AR or Glock. So, do you want to learn about something new today? Then stick around!
Items you may have missed...
American Mosin Nagant Rifles
Walther MPL Submachine Gun
Gewehr 71/84: Germany’s Transitional Repeating Rifle
Barnekov Greene Prototype 1870 Open-Bolt Army Rifle
Swiss ZFK55 Sniper Rifle to 650yds: Practical Accuracy (Feat. BOTR…Zf Kar 55 Sniper with GP11ammo)
Beautiful 16th Century Saxon Wheellock Pistols