POTD: British 03 – Remington Experimental .303 Model 1903 Prototype

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 1903 Springfield chambered for a British cartridge. This is a Remington built 1903 prototype from around 1941, an M1903 reworked for 303 British on a Springfield receiver made in 1911. Britain needed rifles badly in 1940 and 1941 and went ...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Cut Away Trigger Guard – FBI Colt “Fitz Special” Detective Special

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a revolver with the front of its trigger guard removed on purpose. This is a 1937 Colt Detective Special in 38 Special, built in the factory Fitz Special configuration and shipped to the FBI’s New York office. The recipe came from Henr...

By Sam.S •

POTD: One Trigger, Two Locks – B.W. Ohligs Pistol for Franz Joseph

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a percussion pistol built for an emperor. This is a 20 bore over/under by Bernhard Wilhelm Ohligs of Vienna, made around 1862 for Franz Joseph I of Austria. Ohligs held the title of armourer to the Imperial Royal Court, and he showed his wor...

By Sam.S •

POTD: A Flintlock Built in 1996 – “The Leeds Gun” by Peter Dyson & Son

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a 14 bore flintlock double gun that is younger than a lot of the people reading this. This is the Leeds Gun, built by Peter Dyson & Son to mark the opening of the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds by Elizabeth II in March 1996. […] T...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Interchangeable Parts Contract – Simeon North Model 1813

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 ...

By Sam.S •

POTD: Splitting the Difference – Experimental .40 Caliber Colt 1851 Navy

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 [...

By Sam.S •

18 Ammo Rebates from Federal, HEVI, Remington, Fiocchi for Hunting

There has been a flood of new rebates for ammunition heading into fall from some of our favorite ammunition manufacturers. In fact, 72 different selections of rifle, shotgun, and handgun ammunition for hunting are currently on rebate from Federal Premium, Remington, HEVI, and Fiocchi ammo compani...

By Adam Scepaniak •

POTD: Colt’s First Double Action – 1877 Thunderer Sheriff’s Model

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...

By Sam.S •

The Tank Museum: Go Ahead and Touch the Tiger

The Tank Museum isn’t on the way to anywhere. Located one mile north of the village of Wool in Dorset in southwest England, The Tank Museum is collocated with the British Army Armor School in Bovington. Nobody gets to The Tank Museum by accident. It’s in the middle of no place. Considering th...

By Will Dabbs, MD •

PELE STRIKE 2026 Strengthens Army Military Intelligence Readiness in Hawaii

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — The Western Army Reserve Intelligence Support Center wrapped up PELE STRIKE 2026, its premier annual intelligence discipline certification event, after two weeks of joint training designed to test, validate, and strengthen critical military intelligence capabilities...

By Eric G •
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