RASE “EXTRA 30” STOCK
Text and Photos By Al Paulson The RASE “Extra 30” Stock for AR-15 and M16 rifles stores an extra aluminum or Thermold 30-round magazine where it is always w... Read more.
“ELEPHANT GUN” OF THE WINTER WAR: THE LAHTI 20MM L-39 ANTITANK RIFLE
By Robert Bruce Aimo Johannes Lahti’s remarkable semiautomatic shoulder cannon made it into the first phase of tiny Finland’s “Winter War” against Sovie... Read more.
“AMBASSADOR” BERETTA’S PERFECT LITTLE SUBGUN
By J David Truby Oh, how I’d love to hear Peter Jennings have to read this on ABC-TV! “ Known around Washington mostly for his diplomacy and charm, the Ital... Read more.
SMALL CALIBER TANK BUSTER: 7.92 MM PANZERBÜCHSE (P.Z.B.) 39 GERMAN ANTI-TANK RIFLE
By Frank Iannamico In 1916 the first British armored vehicles called tanks, were fielded against the German Army during World War I on the Western Front. It was... Read more.
SITREP: MAY 2003
By Dan Shea Doctrine for air-cooled machine gun fire has been five- to seven-round bursts, bipod-supported, prone position, for very good reasons. In the modern... Read more.
INDUSTRY NEWS: MAY 2003
By Robert M. Hausman ATF Divided Into Two Separate Bureaus On January 24, 2003, one part of the existing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms was establish... Read more.
NEW REVIEW: MAY 2003
By Chris A. Choat SIDEARMOR LLC INTRODUCES R.A.I.D. SYSTEM SIDEARMOR, LLC has introduced a new line of precision-engineered products aimed at law enforcement an... Read more.
M-16 FRANKENSTEN: CREATING A MONSTER – A HOW-TO GUIDE
By Will Dabbs, MD The Good Ole Days Back in the good ole days, before the 1986 machinegun ban, Turbo Publishing produced a monthly magazine called Firepower. Pr... Read more.
WHEN IS A SPADE NOT A SPADE? SOVIET 37MM SPADE MORTAR
By Terry Gander Any soldier soon learns that once the shooting starts in earnest one of the most important items of personal equipment is the entrenching tool. ... Read more.
THE THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN ID GUIDE, PART X: THE THOMPSON DRUMS OF WEST HURLEY, AUTO-ORDNANCE
By Frank Iannamico My previous Thompson-related article focused on the drum-type magazines manufactured during World War II for U.S. and British forces. This ar... Read more.