Historical – Page 8 – Scattered Shots

Browning, the Gun Wizard

By Edward C. Crossman, 1918 Old John Browning has produced the finest machine guns for our army ever invented AMERICA has finer guns in the AA Browning light and heavy type than any nation now at war. While the members of Congressional military committees vapored and fumed that blue print guns never killed an enemy,Continue reading “Browning, the Gun Wizard”

Unertl 10X USMC Sniper Scope Turrets

The image above shows the 10X with the 7.62MM NATO turret on the optic and the one calibrated for 50BMG sitting on top.

Model 70, US Property, with a 14X Unertl

A true classic in .30-06 Springfield.

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.

The 1919 National Matches at Caldwell, New Jersey

by: Alexander Ramsey Thompson, United States Army, New York Coast Artillery Corps To give an idea of the work at Caldwell and of the interest it held for those present we give an account of the work at the range by one of our officers, told in his own words. “On July 7, 1919 IContinue reading “The 1919 National Matches at Caldwell, New Jersey”

Weaponsman: The Rise and Fall of the Halftrack

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”