POTD: The Kodiak Model 260 – The First of Its Kind

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a quality little rifle from a company that barely existed. This is the Kodiak Model 260, built up in North Haven, Connecticut by an outfit that was only in business from about 1963 to 1966 (and went by “Jefferson” before that). S...

By Sam.S

Why Do Movie Armorers and Consultants Make Mistakes? My Experience

When I was a kid, I always watched the credits of action movies until the end. I was waiting for one credit in particular - the movie armorer. The existence of such a job seemed too good to be true, since it encompassed all of my favorite hobbies: guns and movies.

By Vladimir Onokoy

POTD: 213 Reasons the SIG MK25 Jack Carr Edition Will Sell Out Fast

Few pistols carry the kind of personal history that Jack Carr's MK25 does. The former Navy SEAL and #1 New York Times bestselling author carried the P226/MK25 through every deployment over a twenty-year special operations career, and its fictional counterpart drove a key plot thread in his d...

By Eric B

NRA Takes Aim at Illinois’s 72-Hour Gun Waiting Period in New Federal Lawsuit

CHICAGO, IL — The National Rifle Association, the Illinois State Rifle Association, three federally licensed gun dealers, and five individual gun owners filed a federal lawsuit this week challenging Illinois’s 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases. The case, Pearlstein v. Raoul, wa...

By Luke McCoy

Curious Relics #136: By the Numbers – The Colt 1862 Police Part III

Welcome, if you are a newcomer to this fun bi-weekly segment of AllOutdoor.com! We are three parts deep into the Colt 1862 Police now. Part I covered the history, design philosophy, and the story of Samuel Colt’s final years. Part II tackled variations, early versus late production identi...

By Sam.S

POTD: The Universal Vulcan 440 – A Pump-Action M1 Carbine

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a hunting rifle built on a very familiar skeleton. This is the Universal Firearms Vulcan 440, made down in Hialeah, Florida in the mid-1960s. Universal earned its keep building commercial copies of the M1 Carbine from surplus and new parts, ...

By Sam.S
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