Flee If You Can, but Fight If You Must By Linda M. Gilbertson “Active Shooter,” one of the targets I use in my classes. ACTION TARGETS THE SITUATION Springtime is when those...

By Frank Iannamico A U.S. Army soldier on the firing range with an M16A2 rifle. The Army began replacing its M16A1 rifles in 1986. NARA PHOTOGRAPH After successfully evolving from the XM16E1,...

In a bid to clear up some of the confusion after the ATF essentially rewrote the definition of what constitutes a firearm with its August 24, 2022 Final Rule (2021R-05F), the agency...

By Frank Iannamico The early M16 rifles were issued in relatively small numbers to U.S. military advisors and Special Forces personnel serving in Vietnam and the Air Force’s Air Police. Feedback from...

By Todd Burgreen The Springfield Armory XD handgun traces its heritage back to 1991 to the war-torn Balkan nation of Croatia. Initially, entry into the U.S. market was less than stellar via...

By Frank Iannamico The universally respected M1 Garand service rifle was designed and developed at the U.S. Springfield Armory. During World War II, the rifle was manufactured by both the Armory and...

By Frank Ianamico I like to peruse back issues of the old Machine Gun News and Small Arms Review magazines. In a 1992 issue of MGN, a question appeared in one of...

By Knox Williams - Silencer. Suppressor. Muffler. Moderator. Can. All words to describe the same thing – one of the most misunderstood tools in existence. Within the gun world, there’s a tremendous...

By Paul Evancoe - No, this is not about fighter jets, bombers or anything else that pilots fly. It’s about air guns. Air guns exemplify the oldest pneumatic technology. The word “pneumatic” is a...

By Michael Heidler - At the beginning of the 20th century, Mexico was a country without any tradition in arms manufacturing. Interestingly enough a domestic development from Manuel Mondragón became one of...