As a kid in the sixties, you couldn’t get away from ’em. Turn on Combat with Vic Morrow, and there’d be one in every few episodes, hauling American infantry up to the point where they’d start walking. A couple years later, The Rat Patrol stuck German Balkankreuz symbols on them and made ’em the bad guys. Around that time, they made the TVContinue reading “Weaponsman: The Rise and Fall of the Halftrack”
Category Archives: Historical
Unertl Team Spotting Scope
A gentleman in the facebook Unertl group snagged this treasure. Many don’t know that Unertl made spotting scopes along with riflescopes.
Finding your rifle’s place in model 70 production history
From Pre64win Knowing the details of when your rifle was manufactured and what production generation your rifle is from is essential knowledge for every model 70 owner. Whether you are buying parts, or just trying to understand how your rifle fits into the model 70 family of rifles, it begins with knowing when it was made. ThisContinue reading “Finding your rifle’s place in model 70 production history”
Some New Rose Gold Talo Colts And Revolvers
Transition model Pre 64 Model 70 Target Rifles
these rare configuration model 70s. A 1948 transition model, a 1956 Type-III rifle, and this very clean and all original 1952 gun.
New Red Dot Colts
Cold showed some of their new offerings of the 1911 set up for red dot sights.
SPACE WEAPONS ! The Future
A few knives and firearms from the space age. Taken from a Gizmodo article not really worth reading. A few more pictures and some other items unrelated to weapons. https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-list-of-weapons-astronauts-have-carried-in-1768199454 Model 17 “Astro” hand-wrought survival knives created by Randall Made Knives were carried by Mercury astronauts. The fixed blade knives with a large guard andContinue reading “SPACE WEAPONS ! The Future”
A Short History of The .30-06 Cartridge
Julian S. Hatcher, for the National Rifle Association of America, 1953 The Spanish-American War brought to light many shortcomings of the .30-40 Krag rifle with which our regular forces were armed. The Spanish soldier was equipped with a Mauser capable of being loaded from a clip while with our Krag it was necessary to load cartridgesContinue reading “A Short History of The .30-06 Cartridge”
Original M16A1 Shipping Box
I fellow on Instagram some how found an original shipping box. Picture is worth saving,
A Short History of Peter Paul Mauser and His Rifles
From the long gone rifleman’s journal Like the uncounted numbers before and the uncounted numbers who would follow, the twenty-one year army conscript stood rigidly at attention. The rough wool collar of his newly issued tunic chaffed his neck raw and his feet were clamped in heavy high boots. His hands tightly gripped the woodContinue reading “A Short History of Peter Paul Mauser and His Rifles”
Scattered Shots 