A sword-named Swedish prototype joins Forgotten Weapons' museum week

The GRAM 61 comes out of the Swedish Army Museum's reserve collection, alongside a Czech police prototype and a modern American design.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

GRAM 61: Sweden's Prototype Domestic Competitor to the FAL and G3

Sweden's search for a new service rifle had a homegrown contender with a dragon-slayer's name. Ian McCollum's "GRAM 61: Sweden's Prototype Domestic Competitor to the FAL and G3" examines a design named after Gramr, the mythical sword used to kill Fafnir. Only ten examples were made, and extraction and ejection problems complicated its army trials.

That museum visit supplies the channel's most active video right now, a fitting detail in a week full of designs that never became household names. Another upload examines an early Czech ZK-383P sample intended for Bolivian police. Access came through the Czech Military History Institute; the proposed export sale was interrupted by the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.

The modern counterpoint is "Stenzel SAK-21: \"American-Made AK\" Does Not Do It Justice". McCollum argues that the label obscures a substantially new design: it accepts AK magazines and ammunition but has no interchangeable AK parts. Stenzel supplied the rifle for him to keep, as the video's disclosure makes clear.

Across twelve uploads, the biggest new audience went to "Why a 600 meter rifle is a waste of time", his short argument about the limits terrain and visibility impose on infantry rifle requirements. It remains active alongside the GRAM 61 and SAK-21.

Forgotten Weapons brought in roughly 6.5 million views over the week while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is running comfortably above its usual level. Among nearby channels, Sellsword Arts and Yarnhub had particularly substantial weekly audiences; Forgotten Weapons also had a busier viewing week than Kentucky Ballistics and Garand Thumb. Here, the unusual prototypes did plenty of the work.

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More from Forgotten WeaponsVideo taking off 6.5x its usual first dayIan McCollum questions the case for a 600-meter infantry rifleThe Forgotten Weapons host argues that a rifle's reach matters less when terrain keeps its user from seeing the target.Channel: Forgotten Weapons · Story of October 28, 2026 Also in Military, weapons and geopoliticsThis week on the channel +569K views this weekIraqveteran8888's shotgun project gets its finishing touchThe NEF bead-sight episode draws the week's largest new audience, alongside gold detailing, AK maintenance and a French WW1 range outing.Channel: Iraqveteran8888 · Story of October 31, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 47x its usual first dayDiane Sawyer's Patrick Stewart interview closes World News TonightThe October 29 edition also covers Alaska's Senate probes and a Pentagon firing, but its comment section belongs largely to the actor.Channel: ABC News · Story of October 31, 2026

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The videos drawing views on Forgotten Weapons right now

Why a 600 meter rifle is a waste of time736,957 views · 2026-10-27 Marine Corps M14 tests were a disaster553,700 views · 2026-10-25 Stenzel SAK-21: "American-Made AK" Does Not Do It Justice445,316 views · 2026-10-28 Why rushed air rifle production was deadly185,449 views · 2026-10-29 First Version of the Czech ZK-383P Made For Bolivian Police168,071 views · 2026-10-26 Calling this AK 'American made' misses the point141,866 views · 2026-10-28

The numbers

Here is how Forgotten Weapons' week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Sellsword Arts

17,395,675

Yarnhub

12,524,723

Forgotten Weapons

6,540,438

Kentucky Ballistics

5,724,862

Colion Noir

5,012,365

Garand Thumb

4,424,826

Kings and Generals

3,938,894

The Armchair Historian

1,154,272

Iraqveteran8888

569,348

subscribers

3,240,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,945,444,399

views per day

1,558,801

typical day: 973,427

first-day views of each video posted this week

Why a 600 meter rifle is a waste of time

370,910

Stenzel SAK-21: "American-Made AK" Does…

322,538

Why rushed air rifle production was dea…

155,258

First Version of the Czech ZK-383P Made…

127,061

Calling this AK 'American made' misses …

90,346

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Kentucky Ballistics

6,000,000

Garand Thumb

4,630,000

Kings and Generals

4,220,000

Colion Noir

3,410,000

Yarnhub

3,380,000

Forgotten Weapons

3,240,000

Iraqveteran8888

2,730,000

Sellsword Arts

2,660,000

The Armchair Historian

2,540,000

As of October 31, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.