Kalashnikov Concern and Tula Cartridge Plant (TPZ) continue work on a new assault rifle cartridge. This has sparked new public interest after the publication of a Russian patent RU 2809501 C1. The Tula Cartridge Plant developed the new assault rifle ammunition in collaboration with the Kalashniko...
When I was 10 years old, I read Jeff Cooper’s articles in Guns & Ammo magazine in which he extolled the 1911 “.45 automatic” as the ultimate gunfighting/self-defense handgun. What he wrote made a great deal of sense to me. All these years later, it still does. Slim and flat, among ...
For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...
The M14 rifle holds a significant place in the history of American military firearms, serving as a bridge between the battle rifles of World War II and the US’ military’s modern assault rifles. Developed in the post-World War II era, the M14 was the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. m...
The AK-47 did not become one of the most recognizable rifles in history by accident. Its practical design, reliability, and ease of production helped reshape warfare and keep it relevant decades later.
SOG Knives is marking its 40th anniversary with a limited-edition release of the Fat Guard Bowie, restricted to 500 individually serialized knives numbered one through 500. The knife arrives at $399.95 MSRP and is available now through SOGKnives.com .
George lived about a block from where I grew up. A Vietnam veteran and avid hunter, he came back from the war and opened a gunsmith shop attached to his home. Every morning, he simply walked from his kitchen out onto his driveway and into his shop. He spent his days working on customer’s firear...
You’ve almost certainly seen an ARWEN in a movie (more on that later), but chances are you didn’t know what it was, or its Cold War backstory.
Few firearms have had as colorful a history as that of the iconic “Tommy Gun.” It was developed for the trenches of the First World War. But, as it arrived too late, the Thompson submachine gun was marketed to civilians, and later was carried by Allied soldiers in World War II. It could be ar...
The CAR-15 earned its reputation in the hands of MACV-SOG teams running deep behind enemy lines. This modern XM177E2-inspired build keeps the short, simple Vietnam-era setup while adding a few upgrades that make it a better shooter today. The post My MACV-SOG CAR-15 Build: Vietnam’s Classic, Re...