Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the pistol that put interchangeable parts into a US government contract for the first time. This is a Simeon North Model 1813 in 69 caliber, made in Middletown, Connecticut. The 1813 contract is the document people cite when they talk about ...
Springfield’s new Prodigy 3.5 combines a compact slide with an 18-round, full-length grip. After 300 malfunction-free rounds, the unusual crossover proves it was built to shoot.
When it comes to freshwater fishing most people think of one of two extremes: either you’re standing on a riverbank, or you think you need a giant boat. What if we told you that there is a sweet spot or middle ground? You can fit and sneak into more places while fishing on the water if [&#...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Colt 1851 Navy that isn’t chambered like a Colt 1851 Navy. This is one of a handful of experimental 40 caliber Navies built around 1859 and 1860, serial number 2 out of the separate range Colt used for prototypes. Colt had a gap in [...
Every collector knows the feeling. You go looking for a reference on something specific — the production variants of one camouflage pattern, the kit carried by one unit in one campaign, the evolution of a service rifle across four decades — and the book simply doesn’t exist. What exists...
Despite the plethora of well-designed and innovatively engineered modern polymer-framed, striker-fired pistols out there, the seemingly timeless design of the model 1911 is as popular as ever. When gun makers like Springfield Armory broke into the category of double-stack magazine versions of the...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have Colt’s first swing at a double action revolver. This is an 1877 “Thunderer” in 41 Long Colt with the 6 inch ejectorless Sheriff’s Model barrel, shipped in November 1877 to B. Kittredge in Cincinnati. Start with the na...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Single Action Army that never went west, it went to a movie set. This is a Taylor’s & Co. Uberti Model 1873 Cattleman in 45 Colt, documented as the hero gun Tim Blake Nelson carried as Buster Scruggs in the Coen Brothers’ 2...
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week's editorial is on what separates field training programs that produce street-ready officers from those that produce paper compliance. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going every week.
Anybody running live sonar knows the problem of trying to read and adjust a screen without setting down a rod. Millennium Marine brought a fix to ICAST earlier this month with a new line of Monitor Mounts, offered in single and double configurations for anglers stacking multiple displays. Both ve...