More than a century after the debut of John Browning’s most celebrated handgun design, the year 2020 marked the beginning of Springfield Armory’s most recent 1911 makeover. Long known as a premium purveyor of the .45-caliber, two-time World War champ, Springfield’s catalog of 1911s had grow...
The more you ask of your brain, the slower your per-task performance is — with or without a gun. This is known as the Psychological Refractory Period (PRP), but why does it slow you down, especially in a fight for your life? And, how can you reduce the effects of PRP? First published by AT Read...
ANDERSONVILLE, TN – April 10, 2026 – IWI US, a leader in innovative firearms manufacturing, is proud to announce the official launch of the ARAD 5. Born from a direct request by Israel’s Tier 1 military and law enforcement teams, the ARAD 5 delivers unwavering reliability in extre...
Military aircraft design of the Cold War era could be described as akin to physics, or, more specifically, to Newton’s Third Law of motion, which states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” From lessons learned in the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force determi...
NEXTORCH North America, the primary U.S. distributor for NEXTORCH Industries, has officially launched the Snow Guard Winter Tactical Gloves. Meant for real winter operations in freezing temperatures, the gloves aim to provide warmth and durability while preserving the dexterity shooters and tacti...
A 43-year-old Circle K employee fatally wounded a 17-year-old boy with a knife early Thursday morning after a dispute over a beer theft turned physical. San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) officials stated the employee claimed he acted in "self-defense" after the teenager struck him during the a...
IWI US has officially launched the ARAD 5 in the American civilian market, manufactured at the company's new facility in Andersonville, Tennessee. The rifle was originally developed at the request of Israel's Tier 1 military and law enforcement units, and arrives stateside with a claime...
If you had asked me 30 years ago to recommend an inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster for a double-stack 1911 9mm, I would have thought you were completely out of your mind. Fitting that much gun into a low-profile holster seemed like a truly impossible task. Back in the early to mid-1990s, the dou...
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.
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...