M1A for Hog Hunting

Feral hogs are a year-round problem across much of the U.S. where they tear up pastures, destroy crops and multiplying faster than most landowners can keep up with. When I had my own land to protect, I needed a rifle that could handle them at close range in thick cover, day or night. I settled Re...

By Atticus James •

POTD: Made in India, Built for NATO: The SSS M72 Assault Platform

Photo Of The Day and we go to India to take a closer look at some marketing images of SSS Defence’s M72. Chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO and built around a short-stroke piston architecture, the design distills lessons learned by others and mimics similar systems already in use. In case yo...

By Eric B •

Ayoob: Why the “Plain Jane” 1911 is Right for Me

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 ...

By Massad Ayoob •

Unrivaled Upgrades: Competition-Bred AR Parts for the Rest of Us

Unrivaled builds AR-15 components using lessons learned in high-level competition. We installed four of its upgrades on an already proven CMMG-based rifle to see whether they could make it smoother and flatter without sacrificing reliability. The post Unrivaled Upgrades: Competition-Bred AR Parts...

By Tim Stetzer •

TEKTO Knives – X1 // Atlas

The X1 Atlas is the first fixed-blade knife released by TEKTO Knives. After 7 years of folders and automatic OTFs, it is a deliberate departure: full tang, no pivot, no lock, no moving parts at all. The blade is CPM MagnaCut, hardened to 60-62 HRC. MagnaCut has earned its reputation by refusing t...

By Eric G •

Polymer SixPAC - First Major Ammunition Packaging Revision Since WW2

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center  has introduced SixPAC, a polymer and steel ammunition packaging system designed to replace the wood wirebound boxes that have been standard for small-caliber munitions since World War II. The system consists of two light...

By Eric B •
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