Fate of the “Unsinkable” Japanese Battleship Yamato

During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato was feared due to its immense size and power. She was the most heavily armed battleship ever built, with nine 18.1-inch (460mm) main guns, the largest ever mounted on a warship. Each shell weighed nearly 1.5 tons and had a range i...

By Peter Suciu •

Cold War Shadows: The VSS Vintorez and AS Val Silent Weapons

The VSS Vintorez emerged during the late Cold War as part of a highly specialized Soviet effort to develop a quiet, compact rifle capable of delivering accurate fire without revealing the shooter’s position. Designed in the 1980s at the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (T...

By Lynndon Schooler •

Flying with Guns: Episode 49 – Southwest from MSY to LAS

Episode 49 was filmed on March 19, flying Southwest Airlines from New Orleans to Las Vegas. Like most trips in this series, everything went smoothly from check-in to baggage claim. Check-In at MSY I walked up to the counter and said my usual line that I was declaring firearms. I was using my stan...

By Luke McCoy •

Review: Springfield XD Mod.4 OSP 9mm

Editor’s Note: The author received a Springfield XD Mod.4 pistol on loan from the company for the purposes of writing this review. I’ve always appreciated the Springfield Armory XD series for what it is: a simple, reliable and accurate 9mm pistol. While the original may have more than two dec...

By Richard Johnson •

The Rimfire Report: ELEY Subsonic 38gr Hollow Point

This week in The Rimfire Report, we’re taking a look at another budget-friendly load from one of the world’s best .22LR ammunition manufacturers, ELEY. The last time we featured ELEY, we tested their remarkably consistent and accurate Target 40-grain round nose load . Fired through ou...

By Luke C. •

The Most Dangerous Thing We Do Everyday

I am of the opinion, that you can tell who the real pros are by how they handle the guns they carry. Not how well they shoot them, or what cool tricks they can pull off, but the substance of their gun handling. One of the tale-tale indicators for me that will shape my perspective […] Read t...

By Nate Parker •
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