Bergmann's are the only thing that can overcome Ian's Francophilia

I love the fact that that Ian still loves what he's doing enough to get excited about it after all this time. It comes through and makes the video better

Ah yes, ForgottenBergmans. A true gentlemen’s KZfaq channel

Ah, we’re finally back to our regular programming on the Forgotten Bergmanns channel.

“Hey Hans, we’re losing sales to Luger, people say they’re sexier, see what you can come up with”...

Ian is *that* close from saying "shut up and take my money RIA"

"These 2 situation are the same" Fangirls: ecstatic over their favorite boy band's new album Gun Jesus:

The title is arguably more apt than Ian’s explanations of the firearm in question

Christ, first it's the EM2 now he's thirsting over an angled grip Bergmann. You love to see it

All jokes aside, can we stop to appreciate just how beautiful the metal/finish looks. Quite a few times the lighting hit just right and it moved me. Absolutely gorgeous.

"IT'S GOT A DIFFERENT GRIP. IT'S ANGLED!!!!" Love your stuff, mate.

It's amazing how such a small grip change can make the gun look so much more modern

"It's just the same Malibu Stacy!" "...But she has a new hat!"

I like the “want me to buy this myself?” link to the patreon instead of the normal one. Nice touch!

Unironically Ian freaking out over weird guns and explaining every little detail is so fucking cute to me

I love how excited Ian is about this Bergman, just goes to show that even some of the most professional people have something that makes them giggle excitedly.

It's BERGMANN TIME BAYBEEEE Honestly though I do love your fervent Bergmann hunting, it's been a super interesting journey through them over the last few years.

it looks like what you'd get if Bergman and Mauser had a one night stand and Berman forgot to use protection and this is the result months later.

That pistol is in such excellent condition. 100 years old. Amazing. There’s still some evidence of his Bergmann PTSD. That kind of trauma never fully goes away.

I'll probably never be really into guns, but Ian's enthusiasm and the stories he tells about them are so interesting

Bergmann always sounded to me like a car Jay Leno would have tucked away in the back of his garage.

Yeah, the title dragged me in. I sometimes stockpile these videos to binge watch but I couldn’t resist...

Only the true fans remember the Bergmann years. It was a hard time but we made it.

"It's got a different grip!" Ian can be so cute when he's in love!

I totally agree with the sentiment of the intro :-) The videos about early semi automatic pistols and their hangarounds are some of the most interesting content on your channel, both historically and mechanically.

(The little blurb pops up in the corner) “do you guys want me to buy this myself?” (Me after chuckling) “Oh Ian, you’re not fooling anyone. We know full well you’d buy that if left to your own devices.” 😋

5:03 Ian breaks character," you know what ,* fingerguns * , I feel ya man.."

I am having trouble processing that "Ian Fangirls Over Some Weird Bergmann (Prototype M1910)" is the actual title of the video. Amazing. We truly live in the best Bergmann timeline.

It’s nice to see Ian get excited about the little details that mean so much to him.

How could anyone be "bored" with any of these videos?!? C'mon man! 🤔 😂

Somewhere there is a trove of unknown Bergmann's just waiting on Ian to find them!

Welcome to a previously thought lost episode of Forgotten Bergmanns. 🤣🤣🤣

Love the title.

"Mom, can we buy a C-96" "No, we have a C-96 at home" The C-96 at home:

I kinda get the vibe that it's a 100% factory original "one-off" made to a certain persons specification. It might seem like too much trouble, but many manufacturers, especially in the mechanical engineering field like these things because they can charge *a* *lot* more for them without actually making a great deal of effort.

This is quite endearing. Ian is like one of your favorite adult nephews that never out grew his excitement over seeing something different. Christmas came again, three months later. Bergman's ARE a really interesting firearm. 'Nuff said.

Patreon flyer: "Want me to buy this myself?" xD

knowing i watched that series 4-5 years and longer makes me realize how much time i've dedicated to watching forgotten weapons. After awhile you begin to forget what weapons you've seen and Ian has made it possible to retrace them all.

I can understand why you’d fangirl over these. They’re very beautiful semi-auto handguns, especially for the time. The grip panels on this one in particular are pretty too.

For such a small change I gotta say I love that version. That thing looks sexy AF!

That small change makes the gun look 1000% sexier, going from a weird funky early semiauto to a sleek fancy early semiauto

Forgotten Bergmanns strike back!

I've always liked their pistols too. There's just something about it's aesthetics that draws me to them. Glad you were able to review this unusual version. I love it. What caliber is this one? Thanks for the great videos

its cool when you find these weird one offs, even cooler when you do get the exact story

Ian saying, "Hey... y'know what? I get it. I feel ya, man." felt... strangely comforting.

I'm waiting for Ian to review the rare shipment of Bergman pistols sent to the Federal Penitentiary located on an island just off the coast of San Francisco...Yes, the legendary "Bergman of Alcatraz".

" I wanted something that would drop a cyberpsycho'ed fan at 100 paces, no matter how metalled up he was. Price was no object." Johnny Silverhand

...and ladies and gents this is exactly why this channel is called "Forgotten Weapons" - they really are forgotten or unique. I enjoy Ian's passion and perseverance in chasing down these rare guns and telling a bit of their stories. I assume that if the guns could talk they would fill in the gaps very well, but until such time I'm happy with Ian's summary :-)

Never get tired of you covering any fire arm!

Mindblowing. A slightly different Bergmann grip!

I have always been secretly fearful my bergman was too run of the mill. Thank you Gun Jesus.

Those grips really make the gun look a hell a lot better than the broomhandle styled ones.

I think the best part of this video is that Ian wrote up the title for it *himself*

The Bergmanns are one of my favorite early semi-auto pistol designs. They all just ooze character!

Never get board of hearing Ian talk about forgotten weapons. Always a treat to learn about a fascinating obscure weapon.

I think I speak for everyone when I say we LOVE to see you excited about interesting and weird firearms. you bring a certain energy to the show when you get excited, always fun to watch

That gun is so nice and looks like it was blued yesterday. It almost makes you forget that it's a grand pa with more than a 100 years.

This Bergmann is gorgeous in ways I can't quite describe

That is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL gun! I really love how it looks with the special grip angle and grip panels :)

Never get tired of you covering odd Bergmann's or any other odd pistols! :)

Thank you for covering another bergmann pistol. I was beginning to think you'd forgotten about why we are here.

I’m always excited to see a Bergmann pistol. Probably my favourite series of early automatic pistols.

Today on forgotten verbs, we look at “Fangirls” (2nd person singular: to fangirl;[2021]) coined by Ian McCollum 75 years ago today; stay tuned!

This title is brilliant

Bergmans and just mags fitted in front of the grip are just the coolest looking pistols

It's unclear how well the timing would work, but the first thing I thought when I saw that grip angle was "Someone at AEP saw a Colt 1910/1911 and liked the looks of the grip."

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BERGMAN! This is the package I would love. It benefits from the hand checkering on the walnut grips. Knowing very little, I wonder what cartridge the magazine took, how many it held, and so on.

it's amazing how much better it looks with these small changes. probably feels nicer in the hand too.

I'm pretty sure that angled grip Bergmann is just a "sporterized" 1910 pattern with new grips. If you squint really closely you can see the thickness of the grip frame is not uniform along the full length of the front strap and backstrap. It looks like a gunsmith put a torch to that frame and carefully eased it into its current shape on anvil. It's hard to notice as Ian is not showing the grips from the front or back clearly, but the metal grip frame near the top looks to have had the finish/bluing burnt off or discolored black, a clear indication of heat. At 3:53 Ian lifts the pistol off the table and you can see the front strap just under the trigger guard is a mess of different colors from factory finish to sooty black to white unfinished steel. The same goes for the backstrap at 1:38 just before Ian grips the pistol you can see the top of the backstrap is much darker than the rest of the grip frame which the finish has worn off with handling. Furthermore the side plate screw under the left grip panel is the earlier eccentric version before Danish production changed it to the 2 dimple spanner type screw.

And thus, that's the story of how Ian added another gun to his collection.

Just that change in grip angle makes it look a lot more modern to my eyes

I love watching Ian get excited over whatever gun he's covering; It always makes the video that much more enjoyable to watch.

Beautiful piece. Doesn't get much better than this IMO! I just love the layout so much more than the standard mag-in-the-grip that's become the standard.

I cannot get over how freaking good these look!

I just picture Ian screaming like Ned Flanders when he saw this at rock island haha.

I like the angle of my grips like my womern's hips... WIDE

This sure is one beautiful looking handgun. They should have made more of those with angled grips.

We need more odd Bergmans here, keep em coming!

I know nothing about Bergman’s, but really enjoy seeing Ian get next level excited like that haha

0:19 That's confirmation enough for me. He's been quarantining at Rock Island this whole time and rummaging through there things to make videos.

Ian's joy is the most contagious

The more angled grip actually makes the gun look a good bit better in my oppinion.

Never get bored with these early pistols or revlovers.

Ian's excitement is contagious. I suddenly am also passionate about Bergmanns

Next we will see it upgraded as the Mandalorian's new weapon.🎩♠️☯️

Those Bergmanns do look beautifully made.

I get Ian fangirling over more Bergmanns on my birthday, very nice.

RIA has the awesome treasures, Odd Bergmann's for Breakfast!

I will never get tired of Bergmann videos. It's probably my favorite turn of the century Pistol.

It's always fun to watch somebody squeeing over something they're enthusiastic about.

Bergmans are a meme at this point, but I love them too so I’m not complaining about seeing more of them! Such a great looking gun and a great piece of mostly forgotten history

I'll never get bored of Ian's giddy tone covering guns he loves

This pistol looks so modern yet so old fashioned at the same time

Karl: "It's just the same Malibu Bergmann pistol with a new hat!" Ian: "... but it's got a new hat!!"

Wow, this is the best look for a Bergmann I've seen. That grip angle really does wonders aesthetically.

Ian I know that I'm off topic but "the complete book of tokarev pistols" arrived yesterday. I find it very interesting, thanks for your video about it, I'm a fan of those pistols...and your videos of course.

I can now see why these guns make him fangirl so much. They’re so stylish!

I unironically thoroughly enjoy videos like these

Hearing Ian fangirl over something is just delightful

That is beautiful. Great finish, better sights and grip angle.