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.…
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…
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.
Home of Uriah and Aunt Betty McCoy
This is just a couple of miles from me. This image is of a Kentucky landmark, the original home of Uriah and Aunt Betty McCoy, located at Lower Stringtown, Burnwell,…
The Belated Commercial Acceptance of the .223 Remington Cartridge
Gunwriters established the conventional wisdom that although the 5.56mm was the US military standard, the .223 Remington couldn’t possibly be as accurate as the .222 Remington, nor offer any ballistic…
John Wesley Hardin’s Guns
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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