John Wesley Hardin was one of the most famous gunfighters of the old west. He claimed he’d killed over 40 men in his days but it was more like 27. That’s still a pretty damn high number. He was certainly a bit of an exaggerator when it came to his confirmed kills but one thingContinue reading “John Wesley Hardin’s Guns”
Category Archives: Historical
Some Vintage Colt AR15 Items
Boy these two pictures are neat. The Cover thumbnail is an old issue. and below is a still NIB sporter with the tag on it. How about that price? 189 bucks!
Morris Fisher: Master Rifleman
A saved post from the now long dead riflemanjournal blog Reluctantly, like Ferdinand the Bull, the young Marine Corps recruit, Morris Fisher, fell in with the rest of his training company, came to attention, brought his Springfield ’03 to “Right Shoulder Arms” and marched away from the barracks to the rifle range. He recalled inContinue reading “Morris Fisher: Master Rifleman”
John F Kennedy’s undelivered gold plated M-16 (1963)
In 1963 Colt made a gold plated XM16E1 rifle, the 50,000th produced (Serial number SN# 050000) as a gift intended for US President John F Kennedy. However, Colt was not able to present the gun to JFK due to his untimely assassination in November of that same year. The gun would instead be donated toContinue reading “John F Kennedy’s undelivered gold plated M-16 (1963)”
Colt AR15 and M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972
By Kevin O’Brien This memo’s been around as a scanned, non-OCR’d .pdf for a long time. We’ve OCR’d the PDF, and double-checked the numbers against the original data. The PDF is here:M16 Serial Number List OCR[.pdf]. The complete text is below this editorial comment. We would add the following remarks: We hope this document isContinue reading “Colt AR15 and M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972”
The Beretta Model 38
There was a lot of iconic guns that became famous, or more famous, during WW2. The submachine guns seemed to get special attention.
M60: A Vietnam War Stalwart
By Kurt Allemeier at the RIA Blog Alongside the M16 rifle, the M60 machine gun became one of the most recognizable weapons to come out of the Vietnam War. Lot 1496 is a M60 General Purpose Machine Gun from Rock Island Armory. That is understandable since the gun, nicknamed the “pig,” was everywhere in theContinue reading “M60: A Vietnam War Stalwart”
Colt Sleeved Barrel Experiment
Alas, I don’t have access to the Colt letter on this experimental project. It appears to be Lawman Mark V fitted with a Dan Wesson-style sleeved barrel. The great irony here is the latter system was patented by a former Colt employee, Karl R. Lewis, who also helped design the original Colt Mark III revolverContinue reading “Colt Sleeved Barrel Experiment”
Davidson Bridge Mount For Unertl
I have heard about these for years but have never seen one in person. Brady had one at one point in the past but I have never seen it. The bridge mount was meant for you to mount a Unertl or external adjustable scope like a Unertl to the receiver of your rifle without havingContinue reading “Davidson Bridge Mount For Unertl”
The Vietnam Liberator Pistol
What most people don’t know is there was a version cooked up for use in Vietnam.
Scattered Shots 