INDUSTRY NEWS: ATF UPDATES NFA HANDBOOK
By Robert M. Hausman ATF has announced that the National Firearms Act (NFA) Handbook, the collaborative effort of the ATF and the National Firearms Act Trade an... Read more.
SITREP
By Dan Shea We’ve had some calls. Some of you weren’t happy with the paper that SAR changed to in the last issue, and we don’t blame you a bit. ... Read more.
SMALL ARMS IN MEXICO: THE ZETAS AND KAIBILES IN THE DRUG WAR
As soon as it took power, the new administration of President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa declared war against the drug traffickers in Mexico. The cartels respond... Read more.
THE BABY DESERT EAGLE AND CZ 75 CLONES
By R.K. Campbell Once a handgun becomes successful it is inevitable that copies or clones of the piece are produced. So it is in spades with the Colt 1911 and l... Read more.
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA’S HERNANDO SPORTSMAN’S CLUB MACHINE GUN SHOOT
Off a lonely stretch of Highway 19 near Florida’s west coast, between Weeki Wachee and Homosassa Springs, lies the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management area, a ... Read more.
FEED STRIPS FOR JAPANESE MGS
French Machine Gun Type Ho The first Hotchkiss machine guns manufactured in France, the Model 1897, were acquired by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1898 and inte... Read more.
AUSA 2008
By Jason Wong The Association of the United States Army held its annual meeting on October 6-8 in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC. As ... Read more.
CZECH SAMOPAL VZOR 1958
By Frank Iannamico During 1938, the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia and it wasn’t long after the occupation began that Czech arms factories and workers were f... Read more.
THE LIFE & TIMES OF BOB BRENNER: PART 5
By Frank Iannamico Armorer for Zion In the Middle East, the British held the Palestinian Mandate and had done so since before World War I, but during 1948 the U... Read more.
ALL THOMPSON SHOW & SHOOT 2008
By Robert G. Segel The 17th annual All Thompson Show and Shoot, in association with The American Thompson Association (TATA), held their event on August 15-16, ... Read more.