What’s a Roach Belly?

In this article, Randall Wilson reviews the Cold Steel Roach Belly knife. Odd name notwithstanding, the knife proved to be an excellent choice at a great price. The knife is personally owned by the author and is from his collection. Born in the late 1800s, my grandad was a sea captain. What gear ...

By Randall Wilson

British Army To Select New Sniper Rifle in 2027

Several weeks after the launch of the initial phases of Project Grayburn , the UK’s program to replace the SA80/L85, the UK Ministry of Defence has released a new notice for its Multi Caliber Sniper Capability - Project Shamer.

By Matthew Moss

Fudd Friday: Make Combination Guns Great Again!

Of all the news that came out of SHOT Show this year, I was very stoked to see that European American Armory  is bringing back affordable combination guns. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll see a renaissance in this underappreciated corner of Fudd world.

By Zac K

Hidden Hydration – Finding Emergency Water Within the Home

Water is key to our survival. Without it, we’ll perish rather quickly, typically in just a matter of days. As I’ve often said, nobody has ever come through a disaster and been upset that they had too much clean water available to them. Despite our best efforts at storage, there’s always a c...

By Jim Cobb

The AP66 – A Hungarian By Way of West Germany

​Is the Hungarian-made Hege Waffen AP66 a particularly good gun? No. Am I infatuated with it? Yes. Hungarians seem to make reliable, durable, but not very refined guns. Their Hi-Powers, for example, are decent, but they do not compare to a true Belgian Hi-Power. The AP66 is Hungary’s take on ...

By Travis Pike

The Soviet AO-29 Lightweight GPMG

In the early 1960s, the Soviet military found itself at a crossroads. The recently adopted Kalashnikov PK general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) has solved many problems by easing logistics and supporting a single machine gun type. Still, its adoption also revealed new tactical expectations: a single...

By Lynndon Schooler
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