TWO GROOVE SPRINGFIELD RIFLE BARREL: UNSUNG HERO OF WWII
By George E. Kontis, PE It was spring of 1942 and the war was going badly for Allied forces. In March, American, British and Dutch troops surrendered Java to th... Read more.
THE NEW B&T MP9/TP9 TMP REBORN
By Mark Zimmerman Many readers who read the Steyr’s Special Purpose Pistol (SSP) Article by James Creviston and Anthony Dee in SAR (Vol. 10, No. 6, 2007) have... Read more.
THE ERMA ESG 22 A GAS OPERATED .22 MAGNUM CLONE OF THE M1 CARBINE
By J.M. Ramos In 1958 after World War II, Erfurte Werkzeug und Machinefabrik, better known as Erma Werke, one of the manufacturers of the renowned MP40, resumed... Read more.
INDUSTRY NEWS: DATA INDICATES STRONG GUN SALES THIS YEAR
By Robert Hausman Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reveal a very active year so far for background checks l... Read more.
NEW REVIEW
By Chris Choat Japanese T96 and T99 Magazines from J&G Machine Service J&G Machine Service has announced new Japanese T96 and T99 light machine gun maga... Read more.
NFATCA REPORT: UPDATING THE NFA HANDBOOK
By John Brown On June 12, version 1.0 of the NFA Handbook was made available on the ATF website. We encourage you to log onto the ATF website http://www.atf.gov... Read more.
THE GYROJET FLARE LAUNCHER
By Chuck Madurski Emergency distress signaling gear has been a standard item of issue since prior to World War II. The large, heavy projectors and shells of tha... Read more.
THE WWII GERMAN MP41[R] PPSH41 9MM CONVERSION KIT
On a cold and damp Kentucky morning, the author fires an MP41(r) converted from a beautiful Korean-war era Polish PPSh41. By Chuck Madurski Chronically short of... Read more.
THE INTERVIEW: REX MERRILL OF VECTOR ARMS
By Jason Wong SAR profiled Vector Arms in the September 2000 issue, (Volume 3, Number 12) detailing the sale of fully transferable Uzi submachine guns. Small Ar... Read more.
US M114S ROLE IN EL SALVADOR
M114/M55A2 SP at the National Guard HQ. (J.Montes) By Julio A.Montes On a South American TV station, there was a preview of “El Golpe,” a Spanish documentar... Read more.