New Review – November 2000
By Chris Choat COMBAT SHOTGUN PRODUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED TO H&K On May 12, 2000, the US Army Armaments, Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDE... Read more.
Small Arms of the Costa Rican Paradise
Costa Rican Sailors practice drill & ceremony with their old M1 Garands. Photo from Ministry of Public Security. By Julio A. Montes Much has been said regar... Read more.
The M60 “D” Conversion
By Dudley Calfee This LZ was “hot.” As the UH1 “Huey” helicopter approached the clearing, the door gunner could see the flashes of automatic weapons fir... Read more.
History and Performance of the .338 Lapua Magnum
By Alan C. Paulson Originally developed as a military cartridge, the .338 Lapua Magnum may well be seen by small-arms historians as one of the most important ca... Read more.
Disassembly of the Russian RPK 75 Round Drum Magazine
By Norman Potts When Mikhail Kalashnikov first designed his famous AK-47, I doubt he had any idea as to the status his invention would attain. The Avtomat Kalas... Read more.
USMC Weapons Platoon Live Fire
By Robert Bruce Today’s USMC Rifle Company is arguably the most lethal in Corps history. Packing a variety of weapons from the 9mm M9 pistol to the 83mm SMAW,... Read more.
General Guidelines for a Successful Arms Demonstration
By Jim Schatz “A successful demonstration is a day where no one at the demo gets hurt, all the guns work as designed, you hit all your targets and, if you are... Read more.
The Spring 2000 Knob Creek Belt-Fed Competition
The balloons are the targets and the white paper represented hostages. NO hostages were hit! By Vince Oliva The American Class 3 Association sponsored and put t... Read more.
Croatia’s Huge Sniper Weapon
RT-20 By Jani Kotnik In the civil war in former Yugoslavia all parties have extensively used a lot of different sniper rifles. There are at least three known Cr... Read more.
Book Reviews: November 2000
By David Fortier STREET STOPPERSThe Latest Handgun StoppingPower Street ResultsBy Paladin PressP.O. Box 1307Boulder, Colorado 803061-800-392-2400$39.95 plus S&a... Read more.
