Ayoob: Is the 1911 Wrong for CCW?

There are reasons why the full-size 1911 pistol is often described as “iconic,” and the gun’s long and successful history on battlefields, in the streets and at pistol championships isn’t the only reason. It’s slim for its power level, an important dimension for both comfort a...

By Massad Ayoob

South Carolina HOA Bans Guns From Sidewalks, Parking Areas

Forest Pines Condominiums has banned residents from carrying firearms on sidewalks, in parking areas and throughout other shared spaces. But South Carolina law and a prior attorney general opinion leave major questions about the HOA’s authority.

By Dean Weingarten

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver — The Big-Tailed Beast

In 1937, the Curtiss SBC Helldiver entered service, but even at that point, the carrier-based two-seat scout/dive bomber was on the verge of being obsolete. Interestingly, it was also the second aircraft produced by Curtiss-Wright to earn the designation “Helldiver” after the United States Ma...

By Peter Suciu

Army Software Factory NCOs Become Warrant Officers

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Army Software Factory noncommissioned officers marked a milestone in their careers as they became software operations warrant officers, graduating from Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker on June 10. The software operations technician military occupational specia...

By Eric G

The Luftwaffe Drilling Survival Gun

The triple-barreled Luftwaffe Drilling is proof that the German air force took its survival guns very seriously. The post The Luftwaffe Drilling Survival Gun appeared first on Gun Digest.

By James Slaughter

Binocular 101: How to Buy Smart

Charred lodgepoles scratching a gunmetal sky reflected my mood. This morning the elk had won. No plan in mind, I climbed beyond where they’d scattered. Probing the slope’s crest from the sit with my binocular, I saw it. Among ranks of black boles with low-arcing limbs, a branch curved up...

By Wayne van Zwoll
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