Curious Relics #136: By the Numbers – The Colt 1862 Police Part III

Welcome, if you are a newcomer to this fun bi-weekly segment of AllOutdoor.com! We are three parts deep into the Colt 1862 Police now. Part I covered the history, design philosophy, and the story of Samuel Colt’s final years. Part II tackled variations, early versus late production identi...

By Sam.S

Magnum Research Threads the .50 AE Desert Eagle

Magnum Research has announced a threaded barrel option for the Desert Eagle chambered in .50 Action Express, complete with a custom L5 piston designed specifically for suppressed fire. It's an interesting engineering solution to a platform that doesn't typically appear on suppressor-equ...

By Eric B

NDEX Removes The Front Post & Rewrites Sighting Philosophy Entirely

Tyler Grey spent thirteen years getting told no. No, this won't work. No, sights don't work that way. No, nobody will want them. The fact that Saberdyne Systems  launched the NDEX Indexing Sight System just now suggests he stopped asking permission. NDEX is a rear-sight-only system...

By Eric B

ATF Proposal Would Remove Fingerprints, Revise Photo Requirement For NFA Items

The ATF is proposing fewer fingerprint cards and no more passport photos for NFA Forms 1 and 4. Better yet, the agency admits the current requirements are largely useless, with fingerprints helping in fewer than 1% of applications. The post ATF Proposal Would Remove Fingerprints, Revise Photo Req...

By Mark Chesnut

POTD: The Universal Vulcan 440 – A Pump-Action M1 Carbine

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a hunting rifle built on a very familiar skeleton. This is the Universal Firearms Vulcan 440, made down in Hialeah, Florida in the mid-1960s. Universal earned its keep building commercial copies of the M1 Carbine from surplus and new parts, ...

By Sam.S

CrossBreed Rolls Out Five Holster Fitments for the Staccato HD C4X

CrossBreed's newly announced fitments for the Staccato HD C4X tell a familiar story in the holster market: a compact carry gun draws ecosystem attention once it proves itself in the field. The C4X, the compact aluminum-frame version of Staccato's compensated platform, landed well enough...

By Eric B
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