Soldier Systems Digest: 3rd Recon Company

If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, Soldier Systems Digest, you missed this entry form last week. Cold War Concepts The US Army has a long history of small units organized for deep reconnaissance. During the Vietnam War each Division along with a few other units had Long Ra...

By Eric G

Carl Gustaf Watches: Swedish Rifle Heritage Meets Swiss Precision

Carl Gustaf doesn't make firearms anymore. What it makes now is time, and the lineage matters more than the product category suggests. The watch brand has rooted itself in the legacy of one of Scandinavia's most storied rifle manufacturers, using that historical pedigree not as marketin...

By Eric B

H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout

Is the German-made original worth the price, or are the cheaper knock-offs a better deal? The post H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout  appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By John B. Snow

SK Guns Julius Caesar: Ancient Power in Limited Steel

SK Guns' Conquerors Series just moved into Rome, and the third installment is worth the attention if you're the type who collects firearms as historical documents. The Julius Caesar 1911 takes one of the most transformative military figures in Western history and locks his legacy into a...

By Eric B

Ayoob: My Take on the SA-35

The Hi Power, known generically as P-35 because it was introduced in 1935, is a modern classic. Conceived by the incomparable John Moses Browning and finalized into the form we know it by his protégé Dieudonne Saive after Browning’s death, the P-35 was adopted by many nations, and it was manu...

By Massad Ayoob

POTD: The Lindsay Two-Shot – One Barrel, Two Charges

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the stranger muskets of the Civil War, with a sad story behind it. This is the Lindsay Model 1863, usually called the Lindsay Two-Shot. John P. Lindsay, a former Springfield Armory man, built it on an old and troublesome idea, the sup...

By Sam.S
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