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The History Behind the Great M1A1 Carbine

The M1Carbine was the most widely produced US infantry weapon of World War II; 6,221,220 being manufactured between late 1941…

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The Ruthless SPAS 12 Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator wielded a SPAS-12 one-handed in his effort to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of the unborn military…

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The GWOT: An 11-Inch FAL Shorty and The AMU

Walking into the 2025 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, I came through the doorway and immediately found myself at the…

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Pocket Pistols: A Look at Historic German Firearms

On 20 July 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg attempted to kill one of the most repugnant personalities…

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The Henry U.S. Survival Rifle

Henry Repeating Arms’ version of the famous AR-7 Survival Rifle Designed in the late 1950s by AR-15 inventor Eugene Stoner,…

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