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Combat Logistics Battalion 24 Prepares for Mountain Training Exercise

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, drive forklifts during embarkation operations…

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Personal Weapons

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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Personal Weapons

Smith & Wesson’s New M&P V Series is a Victory

  Smith & Wesson’s Spec Series has been various fancy iterations of the M&P, and the latest, the Spec Series…

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Personal Weapons

Down Range Review of the SIG SAUER MCX-SPEAR LT

Advances in fighting rifles, their ammunition, optics and accessories seem to come in spurts. Periods of stagnation are followed by…

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Personal Weapons

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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Personal Weapons

The Ruthless Barrett M82A1 .50 Cal: One Anti-Everything Rifle

Some of the most extraordinary firearms were not designed by trained engineers. Samuel Colt was a youthful seaman on the…

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Personal Weapons

The Glock 34: A Reliable Pistol that Serves Double Duty

OK, the Glock hits the US shores in the mid-1980s and gets a foothold. One of my gun club members was an…

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Personal Weapons

The J&C Armament Black Widow Mk.III: A New Piston-Driven PDW

Manufactured by a relatively small, independent company in Poland, the Black Widow Mk.III is a gas piston operated PDW/SBR compatible…

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Personal Weapons

The Best .22 Rimfire Replica Rifles to Own

If you can’t own a real machine gun, maybe a 22LR replica is the next best thing to scratch that…

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Personal Weapons

A Historic Look at Beretta’s Modello 1934 Pistol

I love gun collecting. Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, Shotgun News (this publication) was loaded with hundreds of ads…

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