Category Archives: Historical

.222 Remington Colt AR15

Did you know Colt made a few variants of the AR15 in the .222 Remington round? Mainly export models usually to get around odd laws about “military calibers” There are versions in the SP1 configuration, the SPII versions with a mix of A1 and A2 parts and in rifles that are more or less “A2″s.Continue reading “.222 Remington Colt AR15”

Detonics Timeline

As promised, here is my data dump regarding the history of Detonics, including its various models, accessories, and patents.

“White Feather” Unertl

A friend of Carlos Hathcock shared this in the Unertl collectors group. This scope is the 10X USMC Sniper Scope Unertl ade for the USMC for the M40A1. This was the last new design from Unertl. Presented as a gift to Carlos, it has the special serial number of “93”, Carlos’ official confirmed kill totalContinue reading ““White Feather” Unertl”

Patton and the M1 Garand

Most of you have probably never read Patton’s comments of the Garand in context with his views on infantry tactics.

Hydra-Shok Data Dump

I’ve seen some bad history lately regarding the Hydra-Shok. Federal Cartridge’s PR department keeps stating its introduction date as one year later, and some folks don’t realize that the Hydra-Shok was marketed for roughly a decade before Federal licensed the patent. Filing in February 1974, Tom Burczynski received US Patent #3,881,421 a little over aContinue reading “Hydra-Shok Data Dump”

The Colt Saga

(A Work in Progress) Colt made over $21.5 million in profits in the years between 1914 and 1918. By the end of World War I, Colt had delivered over 425,000 M1911 pistols, more than 150,000 revolvers (such as the M1917), 13,000 Maxim and Vickers machine guns made under license, and 10,000 Browning machine guns. ColtContinue reading “The Colt Saga”