Guns & Parts
UK Cadet Force Weaponry: Armament Research Services, British Enfield SA80 Cadet GP Rifle
By Jonathan Ferguson In the UK there are several “Cadet” forces. These comprise the Army Cadet Force, the (RAF) Air Training...
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Emergence of the Carbine: The British Enfield SA80 Carbines
From the inception of the (Section) Small Arms of the 1980s project in 1970, the intent behind British adoption of...
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End of an Era in British Firearms Manufacturing: The British Enfield SA80, XL70 – Part 4
The final prototype series of the SA80 family actually overlapped with the service L85A1 and L86A1 variants and consisted of...
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The Shepherd Industries T2: the H&K MP5 Competitor You Probably Never Heard Of
There are 4 men at a table in an excellent Italian restaurant in Connecticut. The waiters overhear snatches about a...
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Hitting the Reset Button: The British Enfield SA80, XL70 – Part 3
As other installments in this series show, there were already significant issues with the first few iterations of the new...
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Setting Head Space and Timing on the Browning Models 1919, 1917, and M37
Head Space is the distance from the rear of the cartridge to the face of the bolt when the cartridge...
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Guns and Rotors
The floor of the aircraft rocks violently as the big Army helicopter screams up the dark, frozen Alaskan riverbed, rolling...
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The Rare, State-Developed SR-1 Vektor: The Russian Service Pistol That Sort-of Was
In 1990, the Soviet Ministry of Defense was facing considerable economic strain. It nonetheless was confronted with the fact that...
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No Place to Hide: The OICW Goes To War
The year is 2,005. Concern over new threats by Saddam Hussein to use weapons of mass destruction on his neighbors...
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Rapid Fire—Resolute: CMMG’s 9mm Carbines
As urbanization progresses, fewer informal ranges are available for practice. Of indoor ranges, not all have rifle-rated backstops. Of shooters,...
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