POTD: The Remington Model 7180 Military – Killed by a Bayonet Shortage

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a prototype Remington Model 7180 trench gun that died because the Army ran out of old bayonets. Remington started working on military shotguns in the early 1960s, and this one dates to roughly 1963 through 1965. It is a Model 1100 with a 20...

By Sam.S •

They Built a Rifle Cartridge That Could Change Hunting and Shooting Forever

Federal's Peak Alloy lead engineer and its rifle product line manager explain where the Peak Alloy came from, the challenges with the 7mm Backcountry introduction, and why 80,000 psi doesn’t mean more recoil or a burned-out barrel The post They Built a Rifle Cartridge That Could Change Hunting ...

By Alex Robinson •

One Handgun Present for All Known Fatal Bear Attacks in North America

Handguns have a strong record in documented bear-defense encounters. Dean Weingarten’s review of 204 fatal bear attacks found just one case with a handgun present—and the victim could not reach it. The lesson for armed Americans: a defensive handgun needs to be accessible when danger arrives.

By Dean Weingarten •

Ayoob: The Guns of Cormac McCarthy

When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...

By Massad Ayoob •

POTD: The Demro XF-7 Wasp – Thompson Looks, Kalashnikov Guts

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an American submachine gun that looks like a Thompson and thinks like a PPSh. Gerry Fox drew this up in 1974 in Meriden, Connecticut, after a fire ended Meriden Firearms and its M3 Grease Gun knockoff. He built it as the Fox Carbine under T...

By Sam.S •

The Rimfire Report: Shooting the Peters .22LR That Started It All

The first rifle I ever really shot was a plain old Ruger 10/22, and the ammo feeding it came out of a brown box that looked like it belonged in my grandfather's tackle shed. Peters . Forty grains of lead, high velocity, round nose, and in my memory it never once let me or my 10/22 down at th...

By Luke C. •
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