POTD: Colt Courier – The 3,000-Unit Failure That Became the Agent

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1955 Colt Courier in .22 LR, one of an estimated 3,000 manufactured 1953-1956 before being phased out in favor of the Colt Agent. The Courier was Colt’s attempt at a lightweight compact revolver for plainclothes police and civilian co...

By Sam.S

Curious Relics #130: Down to the Details – Nagant M1895 Revolver Part III

Welcome, if you are a newcomer to this fun bi-weekly segment of AllOutdoor.com! The last couple of articles have been dedicated to the Nagant M1895 revolver. Part I covered the full history of this odd Belgian-designed Russian wheel gun, and Part II tackled variations, manufacturers, and dating. ...

By Sam.S

Mikoyan MiG-29: The Reactive Fulcrum?

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...

By Peter Suciu

Fudd Friday: O'Connor, Keith and The Killing Power Controversy

These days, the gun world is obsessed with all things tactical and self-defense oriented, but it wasn’t always that way. In the days before and after World War II, gun mags were oriented more towards the Fudd market, and people cared about hunting and outdoors living in general. And in that...

By Zac K

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
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