Star Wars prop departement: write that down. WRITE THAT DOWN!

“Wilkinson's is famous for naming all of their guns after the founder's daughters or wives…” Wilkinson in the office:"This concept looks good enough for a trial run, but we're out of names. Hum… guess I'll hit the pub tonight."

"This wooden handguard is a piece of wood" Don't know why I got a nice laugh out of that one

Comes with a survival knife and a drum magazine that doubles as a land mine AND a subscription to Soldier of Fortune.

When you have a laser and you stick a gun on it.

This looks like something out of Total Recall.

Imagine how monstrous a hip holster for this would look like

"I'm Ray Wilkinson, I trade in go-karts and go-kart accessories."

Good God, I'm 50, I was a child and I remember this was on the cover of Survival magazine at our market "The Linda" in big letters on the cover. Getting into firearms as I got older I always wondered whatever happened to this thing. Thanks Gun Jesus.

Thats an eighties blaster if I ever saw one. Somebody likes their Star Wars.

The gun was used on *The "A" Team* . John "Hannibal" Smith carried it with the extended 31-round magazine (the regular one was 18 rounds).

"honey, I want to make a new gun but I ran out of our daughters names, we gotta have more kids"

"We don't need to get into the history of National Ordinance." Yes we do!

Fun fact, in the UK Linda is the name of every receptionist. They all carry these.

That laser module is big enough you could very likely fit a modern (tiny) laser inside its housing and keep it attached for looks and functionality, if you're into that. Personally I love the massive early lasers, bulky and heavy as they are.

Ian's gonna be the coolest guy at the match with his 80's vintage space gun.

This looks like a gun with massive giggle factor.

It truly has an '80s movie vibe in the best way possible, ngl.

I have never wanted a discontinued firearm as much as I do right now. This thing looks awesome!

It looks like someone converted a lego minifig model gun for regular people

Linda is spanish for "Cute" and boy is she cute.

I looked-up Wilkinson Arms, and found they're still in business (I recently moved to the Boise area, so was interested in their Idaho history), and you can not only still get a Linda "carbine", but you can buy that classic Linda poster for $9!

I remember seeing these and tec-9 clones filling up a entire display case at my fathers favorite gun store when I was a child in the early 90’s. Thank you for-reminding me of these memories Ian.

"That's an 80's blaster if there ever was one." Fuckin A brother!!! You said it!!!

I'm just gonna imagine Ray Wilkinson driving around in a Go-Kart with his "Lindas" attached to a pintle mount

The laser is more likely to poke someone's eye out then actually blind them

That old laser sight has so much space in it you could easily retrofit a modern laser inside it and keep the correct looks. It would be really cool to have that functional.

Holy tap dancing christ, that is the most 80's gun I've ever seen. Like, that almost beats the Uzi for period aesthetic.

Does anyone else have the feeling that ian would be a great history Teacher

Hoping someone in the comments is like "I can fix that..." and gets ahold of Ian.

Little-known Fact: Wilkinson's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great granddaughter will be named VERA.

Me: I’m going out with Linda today My friend: is she your new girlfriend Me: you could say something like that

My dad was born , raised and returned to die in tiny Parma Idaho. He test fired some of the Wilkinsons at the dump with Mr. Wilkinson a few times.

That thing is so damn cool. Something about the 80s design aesthetic made everything look friggin' awesome.

I’m imagining Armie in T1 saying “Linda 9mm”..... ironic when his co-star was Linda Hamilton!

This is my daughter Linda, she is a pistol. Or This is my pistol, Linda

Me: I'm going to bed and nothing is going to stop me. Ian: hold up, meet Linda Me: well if you insist.

Styropyro is awaiting the call to come to service in the name of gun Jesus

A nostalgic trip done memory lane. I really wanted one of these back when, especially after reading the reviews in one or more of the 'Survival' type magazines that were (AHEM) required reading for those living in Alaska in the late '70's to the early '90's.

A Terminator-esque laser sight? Must be the Linda "Hamilton" edition.

If you cant rebuild the laser sight, make it a shell for a new laser.

3:20 for the laser sight: buy a laser diode of your likings and integrate it. You'll have a lot of space for battery and passive cooling.

This is my all time favorite gun. I'm a kid of the 80s, graduated in 86. I don't know how I knew about this gun, maybe it was advertised in SOF magazine, but it stuck with me my whole life. I actually went looking for one a few years ago but I had to give due to medical reasons. The other firearms from the 80s I was infatuated with was the AutoMags (all AutoMags) and Detonics Combat Master, from the books The Survivalist. Other kids had posters of girls, I had posters of firearms...and The Road Warrior.

It may interest viewers to know that Wilkinson Arms currently produces reproductions of the 80's Linda ad as a poster.

"firearms named after the owner's daughters or wives" A literal harem protagonist gun manufacturer lmao

With the red dot it looks straight out of a sci-fi movie

In the early days of IPSC, I helped my brother, Eric Schottler build one, and while he built a holster, I mounted a brick sized laser, and with the Linda's long barrel it made MAJOR with ANY 9mm load, only 30 rd mags were available so at the KC indoor championship which was mostly in the dark, everyone could see his laser going from target to target and gun-writer Walt Rousch declared : "This is the future of combat shooting" after every run he received a standing ovation and applause and never had to reload... Later a lot of rules were written to make it illegal for competition.

I imagine this gun to be a mandatory sidearm of a Blue Thunder pilot.

My expectations were low when starting the video, but that recoil spring around the telescoping bolt alone made it all worth it. Just beautifully executed.

If you want the laser fixed send it to a KZfaqr called styropyro.

Am surprised this didn't actually end up being used in StarWars for props

"No reason to take off the snap ring today." I wouldn't mess with that massive jeezlus clip either.

RE the laser: if the He-Ne is all gone and replenishing it is too expensive, you could carefully remove the internals and drop in a cheap modern diode in a printed polymer adapter, should be a quick project but I don't know how that thing disassembles.

Today on forgotten weapons, Ian reviews the best PCC that didn't make it into mass production. This is an awesome design. This is perfect for a tanker or airman service gun.

That thing's beautiful! I love it so much. I love that early-80's aesthetic, since it's basically the 70's aesthetic still. And it seems rather ingenious on the operation! I'll have to look into getting one of those someday, perhaps.

"I call her... Linda." ~The Hero of Canton~

Unless Ian wants to keep the laser assembly as a non functioning original, he could buy a new modern laser and sleeve it in the original ones housing.

I feel like Hi-point should really get the rights to this gun...

Ah the 1980s, couldn't have asked for a better era to be a teenager. My friends and I were all into guns, cars, music and the Great American way! We all had either a surplus weapon or tacti-cool gun, an old car and a 22 rifle for cheap shooting. I had an M1 Garand and a Ruger 10-22. My car was a 1970 442 with a W30 455. My friends had 1: M1 carbine 2: SMLE 3: Mini 14 4: 03A3 and 5: Ithaca 12 gauge pump. All the kids had a Ruger 1022 except one guy had a Charter AR7. My buddies had 1960s Hot Rods 1968 Fairlane, 1969 Road Runner, 1970 Chevelle, 1971 El Camino and one kid had a 1964 Falcon (slow poke!) for cars. Mannn those years were great. Those old cars were cheap and plentiful, the Music was a completely new scene and Reagan was president. I remember one of the guys got a 'Linda'. I shot it and it was alright but other than the ads for the gun with the girl with the big.... hair, I didn't 'get it'. The gun was well made but I didn't know what it was 'for'. 80s tacti-cool! I think you should fix that old 80s laser. I got you that it's toast but you should be able to fit a modern tiny laser into that big housing. Use a pressure switch for a current flashlight and wire it into the new laser. Fill the hole with Bondo and spray paint it with gloss black. I have an 80s night vision scope that doesn't work anymore. It's a couple of feet long, 5-7 inches in diameter and heavy...but a cool retro look. Man, the 1980s! There were ashtrays in the grocery stores and they issued kids guns at school. I, on more than one occasion, have been late for a class because I had signed out my rifle/ammo and had to put it in my car. It was for practicing for the rifle-team and we had to leave school immediately after the end of classes to go to the National guard armory. The Rifle team had won as many trophies for my school as the other sports teams together. Take Care buddy and I enjoyed the little trip down memory lane. John

Their website sells a poster of that chick wearing red, holding the Linda pistol - so retro!

Ask StyroPyro to fix the laser!! He’ll definitely get it working.

The fact they still make this makes me unreasonably happy.

buddy had so many daughters he could literally organize his entire skew list just with their names

That laser is huge. I bet it cost a kidney back in the day!!!

The pistol Countach

I wonder if Styropyro could get that laser working again?

Nothing better than a new video! Thanks Ian!!

Definitely 80's - Hannibal used one in an episode of the A-Team.

Sometime in the future, this is the company that would create a rifle for the man they call Jayne.

This is so good to see. I have been hoping you'd get around to the Wilkinson guns for ages now. Always liked the design since I was a kid. Can't wait to see you take it out on the range.

This has to be my favorite video in the four or five years I've been watching. It's the perfect "Forgotten Weapon." The best part? Ian owns the thing.

I actually LOVE large heavy pistols. They're so comfortable to shoot with recoil and handling.

Looks like a toy that you would find in a booth at the Brass Armadillo Antique Mall

That front wooden hand guard reminds me of 70's & 80's stereo equipment.

Really nice and simple gun, i'm wiating for the next episode of that gun.

The carbine version of this belongs in Star Wars.

after looking up what the "Terry" looks like, I swear ive seen those guns so many times while watching Lupin the 3rd XD

Love it. Thank you Ian.

This is one I have been waiting for - a gun I always wanted to see but will probably never get the chance to touch. Side note: as Weaver was never standardized, Weaver rails can be vastly different between manufacturers and even models, so buyer beware when trying to mount optics to Weaver rails :)

Looks like the pistols used in the original Total Recall film... But probably just because of the massive front sight.

There's gotta be someone with old laser experience who can refurbish that beast for Ian.

"this is an 80s blaster if there ever was one"

Way ahead of its time!

I wish we still advertised as we did during the 80s

I love Wilkinson Arms because it's the story of a guy who founded his own gun company, only it didn't just fail right away and you can actually find them every now and then.

Ian not only brings out the most interesting guns, but also the best looking ones.

Ian should have signed off with "I'LL BE BAAACK"

I look forward to seeing this gun in "The Mandalorian."

Very interesting. I always assumed they started out as a subgun design that never got military contracts, the way so many similar guns did.

Woooo! I'm so glad you did a video on this. I have both the linda pistol and Linda carbine. Never had much info on them, but they're both still in their original boxes and in like-new shape. I just thought they were cool when I found the pair in a local pawn shop. i believe the terry carbine had a straight barrel with no heat shield, with an all wood stock, whereas my Linda carbine has a heat shield and a fixed wire stock with a wood butt.

What an absolutely genius design. I see nothing glaring at all, it all looks simple and functional!

"Linda, Linda, listen, Linda "

One could try to fit modern laser diode inside this clunky laser aim. That should make it usable again witch genuine "terminator" look

This is, along with the Calico, THE most 80's firearm I've ever seen ... and that ad!!!!! A real blast from the past!! Thank you Gun Jesus for blessing your followers once again, amen ;-)

What a trip to see on this channel. I have one from my grandpa its a sweet little gun.

Yes!! This is one of my favorite guns! I bought it on a lark, and it has brought me so much joy over the years! No one at the range knows what it is, it's a real conversation starter. It feeds any 9mm you throw at it, and it does take HiPower magazines. There must be something about this gun and lasers, because mine has had one from the get go, too!

Looks like an Uzi went out slumming with an M3 Grease Gun and this was the result.

you make such great videos, thank you.

Another bucket list gun, back in the day it was always one I wanted but could never find.

George Peppard used one on “The A-Team!” ❤️