The Uberti 1885 Courteney Stalking Rifle is an Elegant, Timeless Design
It is elegant, rugged in its simplicity, effective on medium-size game and recalls a great era in history. The Uberti ...
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Camel Corps: That Time the US Military Opted for Camels Over Horses
This article on the U.S. military's Camel Corps is from the Summer 2020 issue of Guns of the Old West ...
Timothy Murphy: Is the Revolutionary War Sniper’s Shot the Best Ever?
The battles at Lexington and Concord in April of 1775 launched the American Revolution, but the “shot heard round the ...
Gun Review: Pedersoli Classic Side-by-Side Deluxe Flintlock Shotgun
In an era when the average man had one shot from a fowler or musket, maybe two with a swivel barrel, ...
Mighty Italian Mini: Looking Back at the Beretta Model 1934
Beretta is not only the oldest firearms manufacturing company in the world, but it is also the oldest continuously family-run ...
Gun Review: The Cold War-Era Polish P-83 Wanad Pistol
Most students of historical firearms are aware of Fabryka Broni Łucznik (Radom) of Poland, a highly respected armsmaker with a ...
Trench Fighter: The M1917 Enfield Served US Troops in WWI, WWII
When the United States entered World War I, in April 1917, our armed forces were woefully unprepared for the conflict. ...
American 180: A Rimfire Subgun With Full-Auto Firepower
All normal guys think machine guns are cool. Additionally, every properly wired American male loves ventilating empty Coke cans with ...
Polish Tantal: Remembering FB Radom’s Interesting AK-74 Variant
In the mid-1970s, the Soviets finally introduced the next generation of the Kalashnikov rifle and light machine gun based upon ...
DPRK’s AKs: Inside the Shadowy World of North Korean AK Rifles
One of the most secretive societies in the world today is North Korea, a reclusive communist nation that is often ...
The EMF 1858 Buffalo Bill Commemorative Shoots as Good as It Looks
The second most-issued percussion revolver during the Civil War has become known as the Remington Model 1858. This designation is somewhat ...
New: The Auto-Ordnance Vengeance Custom WWII M1 Carbine
In case you haven't noticed, Kahr brand Auto-Ordnance has been on a World War II kick recently. It all started ...
Mapping the Course of Canada’s Inglis Hi-Power Pistols
For my first 20 years of owning handguns, I thought of the Browning Hi-Power as a useful tool. When working ...
VIDEO: Kalashnikov Compares the Soviet PPSh & German MP40 SMGs
The World War II-era Soviet PPSh and German MP40 are two of the most iconic submachine guns ever produced, ...
15 Russian Submachine Guns Used From the Soviet Union to Today
Fedor Tokarev, one of the most successful Soviet small-arms designers of the pre-WWII era, began developing the first Soviet submachine ...
Israeli K98: How the Jewish State Acquired German Rifles After WWII
One of history’s great ironies is that the fledgling state of Israel, predominantly made up of pre-war Zionists and Jewish ...
A Look at 2 Colt Model 1861 Revolvers Owned By Colonel Custer
The Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, exhibits a remarkable collection of famous Western firearms. This includes a cased pair ...
AK Dominance: A History of the World’s Most Popular Rifle Platform
The story of the Kalashnikov assault rifle began in 1942, during the hardest part of World War II, when the ...
End of an Era: Browning Hi-Power No Longer in Production
All good things must come to an end. A visit to Browning's website reveals that, sadly, the legendary Browning Hi-Power ...
The Interesting History of Remington Revolvers From the 1850s-1870s
It began with a patent, an unbreakable patent belonging to Samuel Colt since 1835 that kept E. Remington & Sons ...