Machine Gun Prices, What Happened?
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 o... Read more.
Colt’s AR-15/M16A1 Retro Vietnam Reissue Rifle
By Frank Iannamico – The Colt AR-15 rifle has become one of the most popular, and copied, civilian firearms ever produced. The original Colt AR-15 semi-au... Read more.
MP40 Road Test
By Frank Iannamico The Original vs The Tube Gun “Original or a tube gun?” This is a dilemma that many machine gun purchasers face at one time or another. Or... Read more.
Remembering WWI
By Frank Iannamico The War to End All Wars World War I, known as “The War to End All Wars,” had a very improbable beginning. While visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia... Read more.
RPD Belt Loader
By Frank Iannamico The RPD light machine gun was developed by Russian weapon designer Vasily Alexseyevich Degtyarev and adopted by the Red Army during 1953. The... Read more.
Chinese Type 56 (RPD) War Trophy
By Frank Iannamico The RPD The Soviets began work on a new light machine gun during World War II, specifically for the intermediate 7.62x39mm cartridge then und... Read more.
The Department of Energy 9mm M16 Submachine Gun
By Frank Iannamico The AR-15 rifle was originally conceived by the Armalite Division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation by Eugene Stoner, Robert Fremont and ... Read more.
The J. Curtis Earl Exhibit
By Frank Iannamico J. Curtis Earl is a name well known among most long-time Class III enthusiasts, for those who are not familiar with Mr. Earl there were a ser... Read more.
The Johnson Automatics Part I: The M1941 Semi-Automatic Rifle
The M1941 Johnson Rifle (top) and its rival the M1 Garand. By Frank IannamicoThere were many factors that contributed to the Allies’ eventual triumph over the... Read more.
Surplus Review: The CZ52 Pistol
When Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe, I watched as the people of Germany smashed the Berlin wall with sledge hammers. I felt both relieved and happy that ... Read more.
