9mm Luger vs 9×19 vs Parabellum: What’s the Difference? Even if you know very little about guns, perhaps just what you’ve picked up from watching TV and movies, you’ve probably gathered there’s a round called 9mm. As you learn more, you probably discover it’s a pistol round, but you’ll soon hear other terms like…
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When the Law Failed, Citizens Turned to Colts for Frontier Justice
When the Law Failed, Citizens Turned to Colts for Frontier Justice Minnesota lay many saddle hours away, so Frank and Jesse James, with the Younger boys and three others, traveled from Missouri by rail. They bought horses for the final leg – fine animals, new to Northfield on September 7, 1876. The men’s dusters…
The Legend Of Charley Askins by Skeeter Skelton
The Legend Of Charley Askins by Skeeter Skelton Shooting Times Magazine In The West Wing of a secluded, tile-roofed Spanish home in San Antonio, Texas is a room that is one of my favorite retreats. It’s a large room, carpeted with the rich hides of Polar and Kodiak bears and tigers. A long…
The M1 Carbine: 10 Little-Known Facts
The M1 Carbine: 10 Little-Known Facts The “U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30, M1” was the most produced American infantry arm of World War II. And it’s back in production today. As this is written, my cheek is gleefully stained with linseed oil (either that or I have jaundice) from test-firing the M1 Carbine and M1A1 Paratrooper…
Know Your Firearms History: The Dillinger Gang’s Assault Rifle
The Dillinger Gang’s Assault Rifle When we think of 1930s bank robberies, the Thompson no doubt comes to mind. These heavy yet potent sub-guns were among the most preferred weapons of that era’s outlaws. The Dillinger/Nelson gang was no exception, of course, and Johnny D. was not afraid to sling a drum full of…
On This Day in History, November 4, 1862
Built over 150 years ago, the first machine gun is still influential American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand-cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis. “It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine gun which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty…
Karl Dahl: Presentation: Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War
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…
Obscure Gun Facts: The Maxim’s
Silent but Violent: The History of Suppressors