The Complete Guide to Colt M-16 Models: Part III
In this, the third part of our Colt Models ID Series, we jump over several models that were minor variations or numbers that were never used. We start with the ... Read more.
FNMI’s New M249 “PARA”
FN Manufacturing Inc (FNMI), located in Columbia, South Carolina, is the U.S. contractor to build the M249 SAW machine gun. They have been in production since 1... Read more.
Small Arms Symposium: June 1997, Reno, Nevada
The name has changed since the June 1997 show, but the ADPA Small Arms Symposium is still one of the top military shows around. The best and the brightest in th... Read more.
The Raptor
Imagine if you will, a scene outside a small city in the Middle East. An important political figure is traveling with a convoy, and suddenly an ambush occurs. A... Read more.
The M-134 Minigun Disassembly Photo Essay
By Dan Shea Field Strip: SAR Thanks Mike Dillon & Bryce Hatfield This article first appeared in Small Arms Review V1N5 (February 1998)... Read more.
The Complete Guide To Colt M-16 Models: Part I
The M16 series of rifles has had much written about them. How to fix them, how to shoot them, the history and development- is all very well covered. What has be... Read more.
RAFFICA: DECEMBER 1997
The wisdom culled from the War to End All Wars, as filtered through the experiences of the machine gunners of the Second World War is evident all through Pridha... Read more.
THE 1997 MODERN DAY MARINE MILITARY EXPOSITION
It has been 80 years since the Marine Corps opened its base at Quantico Virginia in 1917. The Great War was on, and the United States was gearing up to help our... Read more.
RAFFICA: NOVEMBER 1997
No particular reason for throwing in the above quote. None at all. I am not planning on waxing eloquently about the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, or anything lik... Read more.
A WORD TO THE WISE
Twenty some years ago, when I had been out of the US Army for several years, my interests in machine guns was re-kindled by the discovery that civilians in the ... Read more.
