In the clutter of Mausers, Mosins, Springfields, and Enfields, one humble rifle often sits quietly on the bargain shelf at many local gun shops: the nearly forgotten M95 Steyr-Mannlicher bolt action rifle. There is a reason or two for this. Read more
Chances are you’ve seen this picture of a gigantic, almost unrealistic seven-foot long rifle or one like it floating about the Interweb. While we don’t know who the identity of the bearded chap, we can tell you about the gun he proudly holds, the Finnish Lahti L39 anti-tank rifle. Read more
You may love this pipsqueak round but did you know that it has been pressed into both military and police service over the years, in a rather unique series of weapons—rimfire subguns. Read more
Long before Gaston Glock stopped building curtain rods and moved on to polymer pistols, the Austrian firm of Steyr was producing eye-popping handgun designs for the turn of the century regular. Case and point, the oddball M1912 pistol. Read more
Americans cut their teeth on shotguns, so it’s no surprise to Guns.com that one legend of WWII became so infatuated with the Guerilla-style combat practiced in the Philippines, that he took their jungle made, slam fire scatterguns home with him. Read more
About a third of all Japanese aircraft shot down during WWII met their demise courtesy of the German designed, Swiss perfected, American built 20mm Oerlikon AAA cannon, but what is perhaps more amazing is that there are still a few floating around in the states, transferable and ready for home defense. Read more
The Cold War nurtured some iconic firearms, the AK47, FN FAL, and the M16 just to name a few of the biggies, but rarely does this era’s favorite SMG, the Sterling submachine gun, find its way onto the shortlist. Read more
For the past four decades every time the US has needed to deal insane firepower from above, the AC-130 Specter gunships has been waiting patiently to answer the call. We even caught sight of one in the new action flick, ‘Olympus has Fallen’. Read more
Auto Ordnance began reproducing the iconic M1 Carbine, calling it the AO130. While quality in some aspects could be improved, quibbles aside, it’s a fairly accurate reproduction of the early WWII rifle.
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If you haven’t had the pleasure already, get to know what good is with one of the longest serving weapons in US military history, the Browning M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun. Read more
