History
Happy Birthday Mr. Stoner
Today’s the birthday of Eugene Stoner – probably one of the most underappreciated American firearms designers of the 20th century. We did a short write-up on him that’s meant for sharing in order to honor an impressive man whom just about every American gun owner should know: Eugene Stoner was born in Gosport, Indiana, in…
Read MoreJune 6, 1944
Pictured above is an amazing aerial photograph of Omaha Beach during the latter hours of the horrible amphibious assault that took place there, June 6th, 1944. This photograph was taken by an American bomber flying over Omaha Beach, most likely returning from the hundreds of bombing missions that were occurring all across Normandy and France…
Read MoreCaliber & Shot Placement Matter
Cuirass of a French Combatant holed by a cannon ball, Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Read MoreGunfighting Wisdom From Wyatt Earp
I was a fair hand with pistol, rifle, or shotgun, but I learned more about gunfighting from Tom Speer’s cronies during the summer of ’71 than I had dreamed was in the book. Those old-timers took their gunplay seriously, which was natural under the conditions in which they lived. Shooting, to them, was considerably more…
Read MoreNazi Germany’s M-16 Style Rifle
No, there weren’t time travelers that gave them modern M-16 rifles… Another revolutionary development that is now a staple of modern combat was the a night-fighting system designed for the MP-44. Nicknamed the Vampir, the cumbersome infrared targeting scope would allow the soldier to extend his combat operations to any hour of the day. The…
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