On April 24, 1933, a legend was born when Grumman test pilot Paul Hovgard flew the prototype Grumman J2F “Duck,” designated XJF-1, on its first flight, taking off from the factory’s grass strip at Farmingdale, New York. The flight marked the debut of one of the most versatile amphibious...
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.
The British L85 is one of the more unusual stories in modern military small arms. Conceived during a period when Britain was attempting to develop a new generation of infantry weapons around a domestically designed intermediate cartridge, the project eventually produced the L85 rifle. This advanc...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a rolling block that did not come out of Ilion. This is a Whitney-Laidley Style I military rifle in 43 Spanish. The rolling block was the export success of the 1870s. Remington moved them by the hundreds of thousands to governments all over ...
John Browning’s 1911 served the U.S. military for 75 years and became one of America’s most respected handguns. More than a century later, its trigger, ergonomics, and proven operating system live on in the modern double-stack 2011. Here is how a military sidearm evolved into one of today’s...
Welcome, if you are a newcomer to this fun bi-weekly segment of AllOutdoor.com! The last time around, we spent four parts on the Colt 1862 Police using an Uberti replica as our hands-on gun. If you missed any of it, you can find Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV at their respective […]...
Some 650 to 950 rounds per minute. That is the exact mathematical formula required to turn an enemy formation’s fighting spirit into a desperate desire to simply survive. The United States military has spent decades crafting and perfecting this formula and has ensured its fighting men and women...
The Heckler & Koch UK SA80A3 modernisation programme reaches completion with the delivery of the final 15,600 rifles to the UK Ministry of Defence. The milestone caps an eight-year evolution from initial fielding in 2018, marked by iterative user-driven refinement and domestic manufacturing c...
Firearms Action Shooting Trials, or FAST for those who haven’t run into it yet, is adding an Auto-Rifle division to its match series to debut at their upcoming Idaho match. The rules are pretty simple on paper. Show up with either a registered NFA machine gun or a rifle equipped with an FRT...
If you’re lucky enough to own a belt-fed that’s a full-auto, or even an FRT, you can finally take it to a match. Firearms Action Shooting Trials (FAST) is adding an Auto-Rifle division to its match roster, opening a completely new division for guns that most 2-gun series won'...