Capital Comrades - Two American 7.62x39 Platforms

The AK family of weapons is notorious, but the platform’s infamous partner is the 7.62×39 cartridge. Like Bonnie and Clyde, the AK’s reputation is inseparable from its chambering. That the cartridge is historically simple, robust, and effective is the key variable that makes the...

By Toby M

Springfield Echelon 4.5F Chosen by St. Louis County Police Department

Springfield Armory has announced that the St. Louis County Police Department has adopted the Echelon 4.5F 9mm pistol  as its new duty sidearm. The Echelon series was developed as a modern, striker-fired platform with a focus on modularity, ergonomics and durability. At the core of the design...

By Eric B

The Near-Death Moments That Nearly Finished Two Iconic American Gunmakers

OL's former shooting editor revisits the good times and bad of two legendary gunmakers who shaped the frontier and beyond: Remington and Winchester The post The Near-Death Moments That Nearly Finished Two Iconic American Gunmakers appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By Jack O’Connor

Hidden in Plain Sight - Russia’s Unidentified LMG

In 2019, the Russian news agency RG.RU  released a photo of several new products from Kalashnikov Concern. The weapons were displayed during a visit by Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, where the diversification and reduction of the military-indu...

By Lynndon Schooler

POTD: Dreyse Needle Fire Sequential Pair – Bridge to Centerfire

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a sequential pair of engraved Dreyse needle fire self-cocking revolvers, serials 11054 and 11055, manufactured 1864-1872. The Dreyse needle fire system ranks among the first practical cartridge-based small arms, bridging paper percussion cartr...

By Sam.S

The Davy Crockett Tactical Nuke

The M28 and M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System emerged during one of the most volatile phases of the Cold War, a period when the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a global contest of ideology, influence, and military capability. In the early 1950s, as tensions escalated in Europe, th...

By Eugene Nielsen

POTD: Bundeswehr’s New Pistol - The CZ P13

Where better to see the CZ P13, the new standard sidearm selected by the German Army, than in Germany? Here at TFB, we have images from Enforce Tac 2026 for our Photo Of The Day. The designation “P13” applies to a military variant of the CZ P-10 C OR, a compact, striker-fired 9×...

By Eric B
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