M1 Carbine history: more than the Garand’s little brother
Want to freshen up on M1 Carbine history? Read the colorul life of its designer, “Carbine” Williams, M1 war service, and its influences in popular culture.
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Weapon Crush Wednesday
Colt Python: now “refined and upgraded”
The Colt Python is back – and reportedly much improved over the original 1955 version. Find .357 Python specs, reviews, history, and more in this lineup. (P.S. Will there be a California Combat Python? We dunno, but fingers crossed. )
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Spy Guns: not quite James Bond, but still pretty cool
Spy Guns are a favorite Hollywood prop, but they’ve made appearances in real-world ops too. Peter Suciu details some Spy Guns employed by various agencies.
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Teddy Roosevelt’s Little Thirty
The Winchester 30-30 (Winchester 1894) is an iconic gun, probably because of one particular man: Teddy Roosevelt. Of all the
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Zastava M48 Mauser: MILSURP Gem
The Mauser is the gold standard for military surplus rifles. The Swiss K31 and British SMLE are excellent weapons, but no series of rifles has been as consistently excellent as those based on the Mauser 98 action. And yes, that includes the Mosin-Nagant!
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WCW | The Baby British Bulldog
The handgun used on screen was an Old West double-action revolver, known as the British Bulldog. These were popular five-shot revolvers.
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Walther P1/P38: Eighty Years of Excellence
Some people think of a twin-engine long range fighter aircraft when they hear P38 — others think of Carl Walther. The latter
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Beretta 85F: the Cheetah
Note – every time you read the words Beretta 85F Cheetah, we want you to do so in Morgan Freeman’s voice.
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Three Vintage Assault Rifles
Today’s article is not about “assault rifles” as you might think of them. You’ll hear nothing of Stoner’s first black
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Beretta Series 70 (not the album, the gun)
How many firearms have a record album named after them? Hell if we know the definitive answer, but we know
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