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Accusations and Indictments A twenty-five-year-old 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team member stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly illegally manufacturing and selling parts that enable an AR-15 to be converted from semi-automatic to full automatic firing. The FBI is accusing Specialist Grant Lee Mosley of selling the parts online. He allegedly manufactured […]
Featuring an ergonomic fit and optimum precision equipped with its reliable operations and handling, there’s no doubt the Franchi Affinity 3 Waterfowler Elite shotgun is waterfowlers’ weapon of choice. A Versatile Waterfowl Shotgun Right off the bat, the Franchi Affinity 3 and 3.5 Waterfowl Elite features an Intertia Driven operating system that could instinctively shoot […]
Ears are extremely sensitive and easily damaged, resulting in long-term implications if not taken care of, especially if you’re hanging around a lot, all-day long with guns (including target practice, hunting, etc.). Even brief exposure to noise levels above 125 decibels can result in permanent hearing loss. Not to mention that unsuppressed gunshots can reach […]
AK-103 is the BEAST among the Kalashnikov family of rifles, but before diving into that.. here’s a brief history of its origins. AK-103 is the fourth generation of the AK (Avtomat Kalashnikova) gas-operated assault rifles designed by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov—a Soviet and later, a Russian lieutenant-general—under the AK-100 series in 1994, based upon […]
A week after the successful reclamation of the Kharkiv Oblast region, Ukrainian soldiers are riding on the momentum to push most, if not all, Russian troops out of the border. Ukraine has confirmed another counterattack in Kharkiv has begun, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying this is “not the time to name the towns where […]
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had a lot to showcase this year, including their very own swarm of tiny gyrocopters that reportedly has a robust anti-tank game. A recent video was released by Chinese state-operated media CCTV showing the PLA’s testing of the gyrocopters in one of their airbases. The footage shows a two-person aircraft […]
Looking into resolving the shortcomings the US Army experienced during World War II, firearm manufacturers raced to create a better version of the .30-06 Springfield, which performed relatively poorly, especially in adapting to semi-automatic rifles. In the early 1950s, these experimentations led to the development of the T65 series, thanks to the .300 Savage as […]
Can’t find that perfect cartridge? Why not make your own? Or at least that’s what one of the inventors of the Magnum cartridge did in the 20th century. The prolific gun writer Elmer Keith kickstarted the Magnum era in the 1930s when he designed the .357 Magnum because the shell he wanted didn’t exist—and it […]
South Korean Defense Industry is the leading supplier of weaponry for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he wants to become one of the top four suppliers of armament in the world. The South Korean arms trade was also strengthened by Poland’s recent purchase of 1,000 tanks, more […]
In the 1970s, a man named Mark Gwinn, Jr designed the first Bushmaster Assault Rifle upon returning from the Vietnam war under the defunct firearm manufacturing company, the Gwinn Arms Company of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to capitalize on the rising trend of military assault rifles. Around this period, rifles slowly shifted from M14 to M16, […]
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