r/ForgottenWeapons

The Beretta 93R is a select-fire pistol (semi or three-round burst) developed in the late 1970s by Beretta. Produced between 1979 and 1993 in small quantities, the 93R was primarily intended for Italian counter-terrorism units. To improve controllability during burst fire, the 93R incorporates several distinctive design elements, including a folding metal foregrip attached to the front of the trigger guard, an extended barrel with a muzzle compensator, and an optional detachable folding shoulder stock that is surprisingly complex.

Note the standard mags that come with it are extended, 20rd size rather than the standard Beretta 92 15rd mags that sit flush with the bottom of the pistol grip.

Does anyone know what the brass pin in the middle-left side of the box is???

Fun facts:

1)      The 93R was the functional basis for Robocop’s film-prop machine pistol. They used a 93R and attached a bunch of futuristic crap to it

2)      The “R” in 93R stands for “Raffica”, which is Italian for “volley” or “burst”

I have no clue what to do with it

Ian has talked vaguely about the Revolver Rifle. think he described as "practically made for assassinations" or something. apologies for janky title. also 7.63x29 SR-47

can identify what shotgun that is? pic is from Vietnam 1970

Hello guy,

Im looking to get the background history behind my SPAS 15 as it's my first time looking for intels about a piece like thise i would like to get bit of help.

I try to get more intel on which country/police dep/millitary units got it before it come into my hands. It's a piece of history

Here what i found until now.

Intels i saw on the weapon:

Classic SPAS-15 with "FRANCHI SPAS 15-MIL" as displayed on the picture (wich is illustration)
Finito Stamp on it
PSF stamp on it
Proof date code: BL mean 1998

Intels i saw online:

SPAS 15 usage in 1998 is the following groups or country (it may have missing names)

In Italie:

Army:

9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin"
Reggimento Lagunari "Serenissima"

CT:

1º Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Tuscania"
NOCS (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza)

International users in 1998:

Ejército de Chile (NO intels)
Exército Português (NO intels)
Slovenska vojska due to reorganisation of the country and obligation to deal with EU (Brioni accords)

Addendum:

BOPE got theirs first SPAS 15 around 1990
Polícia Federal (Brazil) got it around 2002

The Dutch-manufactured AR-10 rifles were produced under license by the state-owned Artillerie Inrichtingen (AI) at its factory in Hembrug-Zaandam, Netherlands, beginning in 1958.  Note the very early AR design on this model including the charging handle inside the carry handle and the selector switch with Auto being front facing.  

Several different variants of these Dutch-manufactured AR10s were made, some with prong-type flash hiders and a bayonet lug, depending on client requirements. This one has a closed-ended flash hider with a provision for firing rifle grenades, which suggests it was actually made for Dutch army trials but I’m not 100% sure about that. It was perhaps made for the Guatemala contract? Perhaps someone can fill us in.

The Tsingtao Type 16 submachine gun is a Chinese copy of the SIG Bergmann M1920 manufactured at the Tsingtao Iron Works Factory, unlike most other Chinese copies of the weapon it has a vertical magazine well. It used a 30 or 50 round box magazine and chambered in 7.63x25mm Mauser.

The United States was the first country to formally issue a modern combat shotgun. Innovations by John Browning made it possible for repeating & self-loading shotguns to become reliable weapons suited for war. Thanks to this head start in shotgun development the US adopted various “trench guns” to be used for close quarters combat, which can identified by their heat shield & bayonet lug. These trench shotguns were so effective that the Germans protested their use as a war crime and threatened to execute any prisoners caught with shotgun shells. The 12 gauge was adopted as the preferred bore diameter for shotguns in US service and become the de-facto global standard for the next century. The US Military continues their tradition to the present, maintaining the world’s largest arsenal of modern shotguns.

#1. Winchester M1897: pump action, designed by John Browning. WW1-Vietnam.

#2. Remington Model 10-A: pump action, designed by John Pederson. WW1.

#3. Winchester Model 12: pump action, designed by T.C. Johnson based on Browning’s patent. WW1-Vietnam.

#4. Ithaca Model 37: pump action, designed by Harry Howland based on Browning’s patent. WW2-Vietnam.

#5. Remington Model 11: recoil operated, based on John Browning’s Auto-5 self loading shotgun. WW1 & WW2.

#6. Stevens Model 620: pump action, designed by John Browning. WW2-Vietnam.

#7. Savage Model 720: recoil operated, based on John Browning’s Auto-5 self loading shotgun. WW2.

#8. Remington M870 MCS: pump action, designed by L. Ray Crittendon, Phillip Haskell, Ellis Hailston, and G.E. Pinckney, Vietnam War-present.

#9. Mossberg 590A1: pump action, designed by Carl Benson, 1987-present.

#10. Benelli M1014: gas operated, designed by Marco Vignarolli, 1999-present.

Wondering if anyone knows where to get a picatinny scope cradle for the colt/brownells carry handle scope? I like the cradle over trying to mount into scope rings and I don’t want to have a 2 piece mount using the second picture. I would like to find one already built without buying pieces and taking to a machine shop/ gunsmith or trying to build myself out of an acog mount or similar!