Volley Down the Valley … Kara and ‘AR’lene Bull’s-eye the Targets
Hank Williams doesn’t own the only old family tradition. On a sunny summer afternoon, a petite and very capable 12-year-old girl stared down the sights of her... Read more.
“ZIP ZAP… YOU’RE A DEAD VC”: The CIA’s Dear Little Dear Pistol in Vietnam
“This weapon is actually known as the CIA DEnied ARea Pistol, hence DEAR Pistol. It was designed for distribution to foreign fighters willing to operate behin... Read more.
“This Sidewinder Has A Great Bite”
By J. David Truby The bulky, big, plastic/metal pistols command a utilitarian following. The classic Kalashnikov boasts military aficionados. But great things a... Read more.
The Ruger / MAC MKI: Vietnam’s Silent Service
By J. David Truby The Vietnam War, plus the rise of coordinated and connected international terrorism in the 1960s and ’70s, along with films and TV shows gla... Read more.
The UGLIEST 60 Year Old Gun I Ever Saw: The Welrod Suppressed Pistol
That’s not some modern soldering technique, it’s the name of this heavy, ugly, silenced single shot pistol of WWII vintage that has been accountable for the... Read more.
The C.I.A.’s Deer Gun
Conceived as the Vietnam generation’s version of World War II’s Liberator pistol, the CIA Deer Gun was a simple, single shot 9mm pistol designed to bring be... Read more.
