Posts by Aaron Spuler

Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting “robot dog.” Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics’ quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs. The SPUR made its debut on the show floor at the Association of…

Introduction In the mid-1970s, American firearms manufacturers began to see a dramatic increase in sales of rifles. In fact, by 1980, when Ruger introduced its first rifle chambered for .22 LR cartridges, the boom was well underway. The gun that would become known as the Ruger 10/22 rifle was one of the most popular new…