From Armor to Answer: How the 5.7x28mm Was Built to Beat 9mm’s Limits

FN’s 5.7x28mm was designed for a late-Cold-War problem: compact weapons that could outperform 9mm where armor, range, and controllability mattered. It never replaced 9mm, but NATO standardization proved the cartridge was more than a failed experiment.

By Ryan Hodges

POTD: The A.H. Fox Sterlingworth – The Gun Fox Wouldn’t Sign

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the working man’s version of “the finest gun in the world.” This is an A.H. Fox Sterlingworth, and the story behind it says a lot about its maker. Ansley Herman Fox was a champion trap shooter, an inventor with a patent at ...

By Sam.S

James Ward Crawled Onto a Burning Bomber at 13,000 Feet

This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. James Ward Crawled Onto a Burning Bomber at 13,000 Feet A burning Vickers Wellington was coming apart over Holland when Sergeant James Ward did something almost impossible...

By Will Dabbs

War Stories: Five Shermans Shot Out From Under Him

I used to love working at the VA hospital. Just like everything Uncle Sam does, the Veterans Administration is bloated, inefficient, and frustrating. However, back when I worked there as a physician we still had a proper crop of World War II veterans who needed inpatient care. That was Candyland ...

By Will Dabbs, MD
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