Volume 23
When Italy’s Villar Perosa Became Single-Barreled
The Villar Perosa with its spade handle and the two independent coupled weapons, each with its own barrel firing mechanism...
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Learning a Combative Mindset: Gunsite Academy’s 223 Carbine Course
Gunsite Academy is the oldest privately operated firearm training institution. Started by the legendary Jeff Cooper, this school prepares students...
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Monster Cartridge! The .475 Bishop Short Magnum
Regular Small Arms Review readers may recall the article, “Big Bore Cartridges for AR-10s & AR-15s” (Vol. 22, No. 8,...
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Badge of Honor: The Stechkin Automatic Pistol
In Chechnya, the Stechkin Automatic Pistol (APS) is considered a badge of honor. Like the AKS-74U in the mountains of...
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Dark Chambers: Gun Designers Fill Need for Fluted Chambers
As soon as Hiram Maxim invented automatic firearms, inventors tried to find novel means of operation to make their gun...
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Keeping Cover in Turbulent Times: The KGB Escort Briefcase
In the late 1970s, the Soviet Union had begun construction of sports facilities for the upcoming 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics....
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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...
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Swiss–German Anti-Tank Rifles at War: The Solothurn S18-100 Anti-Tank/Anti-Materiel Rifle
In World War I, tanks first appeared at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in September 1916. It was the first time...
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More than Just a Brace: Injured Veterans’ Path to Shooting Continuity
On August 4, 2010, my life and shooting changed forever with the loss of my arm and leg in Afghanistan....
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The L85A2 Rifle Still Going Strong: British Enfield SA80, SA80 A1 vs. A2, British Enfield SA80, XL80 SERIES, PART 5
As our previous instalments have covered, the SA80 family endured a very troubled development cycle, and many of these challenges...
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