E.E. Richardson: The Best Thompson SMG Salesman of All Time
There is little doubt that the Thompson has the most dedicated corps of enthusiasts of any submachine gun ever produced. ...
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The Venerable .22 Rimfire: Flobert’s Metallic Cartridge and How One Company Continues Its Story
Many of us began our shooting experience with a .22 rifle. That’s because the .22 rimfire cartridge is the most ...
Looks Like a Gewehr 98; Feels Like a Gewehr 98 …German Drill Rifle Model 98 “Exerziergewehr 16”
In many phases of military training, the recruits have no need for fully functional service rifles. The standard service rifles ...
Early Night Vision Tech: The German Zielgerat ZG 1229 Vampir
The ZG 1229, code named “Vampir,” was an infrared night scope developed during World War II for the German Wehrmacht ...
A Political Victim: WWII Tensions Prevent Production of the MP SS 42 Submachine Gun
After the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the entire local arms industry came under German influence. The Czechs were very advanced in ...
The SR-2MSMG Finding a Match for the Potent SP-10 Cartridge
In the new millennium, the young Russian state needed a main sidearm—something modern, hearty and comparable in size and function ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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