Gun Jesus – in the news and in my mailbox

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I received Gun Jesus‘ book finally. For those of you who didn’t know, Ian McCollum, of Forgotten Weapons fame, has written a definitive book on French military rifles. I’m not   terribly interested in French rifles but I am terribly interested in supporting McCollum’s work. He has done more to keep the interesting and useful gun history alive and in the public knowledgebase than anyone I can think of.

Got the book yesterday and it is, hands down, the nicest gun reference book I have ever seen. I used to think RL Wilson’s stuff was the benchmark to beat for photography and information…no more. Ian’s book is exactly what a gun book should be. It was a long wait for the book, but wow, it was worth it. (Yup, I have the blue cover Kickstarter edition. Early adopter!)

And, speaking of, Gun Jesus hit the bigtime with a mention over at Forbes.com.

How Videos About Old Firearms Became A Hit YouTube Channel

If you’ve never watched his videos, you are sorely missing out.

9 thoughts on “Gun Jesus – in the news and in my mailbox”

  1. Ian’s a good soul. His vids and (C&rsenal) are good binge-watching material for when we’re all quarantined.

  2. Ian has some very informative videos. A side effect is when you realize you just spent 2 hours watching ones you missed.
    I think the more he gets recognized as an expert in this field, the more access he will be granted to even more cool arms.

    (Insert joke here about the like new condition of French military rifles…)

    Go Ian!

    • I would say that, to date, his biggest coup was getting into H&K’s ‘Grey Room’ and taking apart a G11. (The “Kraut Space Magic” Christmas episode.)

  3. The man is an absolute genius. I’ve learned more from him, only watching a small portion of his video’s, in one year than I’ve known from forty years of reading on guns.

  4. If it is appropriate, could you post a photo of a page from Gun Jesus’ book as an example of the photography?

    • Nope. But if you look at the videos on his channel, he reviews his own book today Nd you can see the photos there.

  6. Got mine too – feel like I need to get some white cotton gloves before I take the plastic off!

    Diff topic – see that new Ruger PCC pistol?

    • Yup.
      I actually washed and dried my hands thoroughly before unwrapping the book.

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