Made for Fighting
It’s no secret this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Colt Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model of 1911. The slab-sided warhorse rode across the Mexican border with Gen. “Black Jack” Pershing in...
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Reising Submachine Gun
For all the exhaustive evaluation the U.S. Ordnance Department went through before adopting some of its weapons—including testing and retesting the M1 Garand, plus countless field trials that...
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M14
An old adage states, “You never know what you have until you lose it.” That certainly was the case in 1963, when the Department of Defense, under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, began pulling the...
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Ruger P85
The P85—a Ruger invention that was consistently updated—is a good example of the company’s ability to improve upon classic designs. It is a dramatically revised concept of the Colt M1911, the legendary...
View ArticleSpringfield M1903A3
Hindsight is a fascinating thing, especially when it comes to classic firearms. It enables us to take note of how many times the United States Army has given famous battlefield weapons an honorable...
View ArticleRuger 10/22 BX-25 Magazine
The design of the Ruger 10/22’s BX-1 rotary box magazine is ingenious, but let’s face it—10 rounds go by awfully fast in this semi-automatic rifle. Enter the BX-25, a jam-free, consistent-feed magazine...
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Ruger 10/22
Ever since the advent of the .22 LR cartridge in 1887, it has been a rite of passage for many “good (and responsible) little boys” to receive a rifle chambered in such for Christmas. In the past, those...
View ArticleThe Martial Single Action Army
After all, there is a reason Army is a part of this six-shooter’s nomenclature, as it was not only the first cartridge-firing revolver developed for the United States armed forces, it was also the...
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Ruger Security-Six
The late CEO of Continental Airlines, Robert Six, used to buy practically any gun with a “six” as its serial number or as a model designation. So it’s a pretty safe assumption that he would have owned...
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For Better or Worse?
Sophocles, one of the great playwrights of ancient Greece, observed, “Success is dependent on effort.” This was certainly true in the case of the handgun that became known as Colt Automatic Pistol,...
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