The Czechoslovak M52/Vz. 52 SHE: When Politics and Uniformity Take Over a Good Design
Czechoslovakia is a country with a long, long history of innovation in making arms. In fact, central Europe was at the very heart of firearms development from t... Read more.
Reloading Ammo, Cost Effective, Efficient, Fun
Reloading—taking a fired cartridge case, reforming it, replacing the primer, powder and bullet, and shooting it again. Most folks do not know that reloading w... Read more.
Kalashnikov, Humble Tank Sergeant, or Someone Else Entirely?
The AK-47 is an amalgam of several older systems which, when assembled into the rifle, is greater than the sum of its parts—for the Soviet Union of the 1940s ... Read more.
Ice Cream’s Critical Role in Machine Gun Development and Use
In the late 1800s, the manually operated “automatic gun” was the state of the art. The Gatlings, Nordenfelts and Gardners were adopted in very limited numbe... Read more.
Practicing for Accuracy—With Less-Than-Perfect Ammo
There is no ammo available where I live. No 9mm, .38 Special, .223 or .308. Occasionally, if you are lucky and happen to be in a store just as the truck arrives... Read more.
America’s Straight-Pull Service Rifles
By Seth R. Nadel The United States was home to the bolt action military rifle from 1903 until the end of World ... Read more.
