Category: Firearms History
Handgun Corner: Jeff Cooper’s First Article from 1946
Jeff Cooper’s First Article Here is a scanned copy of Jeff Cooper’s first published article, from the Marine Corps Gazette, in Sept 1946. Titled “What Good Is A Pistol?”, it discusses pistol training and caliber selection. Highlights: Cooper comments that the semiauto pistol be redesigned to have more slant and a slight curve — essentially…
Know Your Weapons: The Ruger MP9
The MP9 – That Time Ruger Sold a Submachine Gun If I say Ruger, what do you think? Ruger is a fairly diverse company. Some might picture their robust revolvers in a variety of calibers. Others may picture their affordable handgun lineups. Still, others might think of the slick and absolutely wonderful No. 1 rifle…
Know Your Partisan Firearms
Came across this picture on WRSA and being a firearms history nerd, my curiosity was peaked, so I did an image search: ‘A Warsaw insurgent armed with a ZB vz. 26 light machine gun during the Warsaw Uprising.’ More on the Czech ZB vz.26: Caliber: 7.92×57 mm Mauser Weight: 8.9 kg Length: 1168 mm Length…
Old West Book Review: I’ve Killed Men by Jack Ganzhorn (1910)
I’ve Killed Men (Jack Ganzhorn, 1910) Amazing chronicle of a man who grew up in Tombstone, knew Wyatt Earp, worked as a gambler, scouted for General Funston in the Phillippine Insurrection, acted in Hollywood, and worked undercover for Remington Arms. This man truly lived the gunfighter life on the early 20th Century Mexican Border and…
AK Corner: Operating the AK-74 in Ukraine
Great Tips for Reloading and Clearance Drills. Keep an eye on your Recoil Spring, if you keep having feed malfunctions, replace ASAP. Additional Resources: The Iraqi Reload Shooting from Behind Cover w/Transitions
AK Corner: Is the PKM the Best Light Machine Gun Ever?
PKM: Is This the Best Light Machine Gun Ever? Key point: PKMs still arm many western-aligned nations as well. Mikhail Kalashnikov is known for creating the AK rifle, but his contributions to Soviet firearms design didn’t end there. In 1961 he designed the PK machine gun, which was modernized into the PKM in 1969….
Is that Gunshots or Fireworks?
Can you tell the Difference between Gunshots and Fireworks? Every year around the 4th of July, law enforcement agencies around the country are inundated with phone calls from people concerned about random gunfire in their neighborhoods. Unfortunately, there are irresponsible gun owners out there who decide that shooting their guns into the air in…
FGC-9 Drum Magazine
FGC-9 + D.R.U.M An FGC-9 mk2 seized by Brazlian police alongside the D.R.U.M, a 3D printable 9mm drum magazine.
Obscure Gun Facts: The Maxim’s
Silent but Violent: The History of Suppressors