The New Springfield Prodigy 1911 DS 3.5 Inch

I had little interest in double stack 1911 designs. I always chalked up the concept to some desire to have your cake and eat it too by converting something meant for competition to lifesaving gear. As a fan of the traditional single stack 1911, I didn’t get the appeal of making it fatter an...

By Jim Maybrick

Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrad: Germany’s Halftrack Motorcycle

The argument can be made that the Germans make the world’s best engineers. By way of evidence I would submit the StG44 assault rifle, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Panther tank. While, in each case, the exigencies of around-the-clock bombing certainly took a toll on these revolutionary weapon...

By Will Dabbs, MD

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

Wheelgun Wednesday: Chiappa Rhino Stormhunter Edition Review

Welcome back to TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday. In this edition, we are going to be taking a closer look at the Chiappa Rhino Stormhunter edition. The Stormhunter is a special color edition of the classic 6” Chiappa Rhino chambered in 357 Magnum. Over my time with the Stormhunter edition of...

By Matt E

AO Review: Hornady VEXIS Night Guard – Be the Key to your Security

Something that firearm owners likely don’t ponder is the history of safes; what keeps our valuables protected. Over time, the term safe could be viewed pretty loosely. From hiding money under your mattress, placing it in a treasure chest and burying it like a swashbuckling pirate, having it...

By Adam Scepaniak

Solo Angler Boats 529-Pound Swordfish Off Maine Coast

A Biddeford tuna fisherman went looking for bluefin and ended up with what could become Maine’s first state-record rod-and-reel swordfish. Max Mourmouras, a 27-year-old merchant marine, landed a 529-pound broadbill solo on August 21 while fishing 10 miles offshore in Saco Bay, according to ...

By Alta ML
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