POTD: The Winchester 1 of 1,000 – Won the West and the Movies

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the true holy grails of American gun collecting. This is a Winchester Model 1876 “One of One Thousand,” a rifle that sits in the same rarefied air as a Colt Walker. Here’s what the grade meant. Winchester test-fired ...

By Sam.S

POTD: The S&W Model 16-4 – A Magnum for the Overlooked .32

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the forgotten sibling of a famous family, reborn for a cartridge almost nobody asked for. This is the Smith & Wesson Model 16-4, chambered in .32 H&R Magnum. Back up a step. S&W’s classic K-frame target trio was the K-22 (M...

By Sam.S

POTD: Ruger PC4 – Carbine Everyone Forgot Ruger Already Made

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a gun that got famous twenty years after it died. This is the Ruger PC4, and if it looks familiar, that’s because Ruger’s wildly popular takedown PC Carbine of recent years is the second act. Almost nobody remembers there was a f...

By Sam.S

Review: Bulova MIL-SHIPS Watch

In today’s review, Randall Wilson takes a look at the Bulova MIL-SHIPS watch. This is a precision timepiece with its origins tied to the U.S. Navy’s UDT divers. The watch reviewed here is personally owned by the author. There are times when a high-quality product is enhanced by a compelling h...

By Randall Wilson

Dale Dye: Why Marines Are Called “Devil Dogs”

It’s one of the most memorable monikers for a fighting force around, and its legend stems from a brutal battle fought more than a century ago. The term was reportedly adapted from the German Teufel Hunden, and applied to American Marines following the Battle of Belleau Wood during World Wa...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret)
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