America’s Rapid-Fire Flintlock: The Remarkable Chambers Gun

America’s quest for greater firepower isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, the desire for increased firepower can be traced to the earliest days of the United States and the repeating flintlock designs of Joseph G. Chambers. Multi-shot weapons were not unheard of in the late 18th century, but the...

By Tom Laemlein

Fudd Friday: Weatherby Model 307 MZY Takes Them Forward Into The Past

Weatherby Inc. has a long, long history of building high-end hunting rifles, but all those rifles have something in common. They’re chambered for the modern cartridges of their era because Weatherby was built to innovate from its founding. That’s changing now, kind of; Weatherby has a...

By Zac K

POTD: 213 Reasons the SIG MK25 Jack Carr Edition Will Sell Out Fast

Few pistols carry the kind of personal history that Jack Carr's MK25 does. The former Navy SEAL and #1 New York Times bestselling author carried the P226/MK25 through every deployment over a twenty-year special operations career, and its fictional counterpart drove a key plot thread in his d...

By Eric B

I Shot a Grizzly with a 22 ARC — and the Results Were Not Surprising

I killed a big grizzly bear with a 22 ARC. Here’s what it means, what it doesn’t, and why modern bullets have made cartridge size irrelevant for many hunting applications The post I Shot a Grizzly with a 22 ARC — and the Results Were Not Surprising appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By Tyler Freel

Ruger’s New 250th Anniversary Lineup

This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. Ruger’s New 250th Anniversary Lineup America's 250th birthday is bringing out some of the best-looking commemorative firearms we've seen in years, and Ruger just mad...

By Larry Z

TFB Review: MCG Tactical Kodiak Red Dot Sight

I think we've all been there, or maybe the rest of you just have better taste than I do. Budget Optics. How cheap is too cheap? We've already taken a swing at MCG's $79 "not-EOTech"  and their Dark Force night vision binos , and MCG was kind enough to keep the gravy ...

By Luke C.

Goodbye Big Green, Hello Big Data: Rem Plant To Become Data Center

Historically, the firearms manufacturer Remington has been tied to the town of Ilion and the surrounding area since its founding by Eliphalet Remington and his family in 1816. At one point, the plant actually claimed it was the oldest factory in the U.S. that still made the products it was origin...

By Zac K

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver — The Big-Tailed Beast

In 1937, the Curtiss SBC Helldiver entered service, but even at that point, the carrier-based two-seat scout/dive bomber was on the verge of being obsolete. Interestingly, it was also the second aircraft produced by Curtiss-Wright to earn the designation “Helldiver” after the United States Ma...

By Peter Suciu

Tulsa Store Clerk Opens Fire After Machete Attacker Gets Behind the Counter

TULSA, OKLA. — A convenience store clerk shot a man who police say stormed in swinging a machete, got behind the counter, and came after him twice. It happened June 11 around 8:17 a.m. at Naifeh’s Food Mart near 200 N. Mohawk Blvd. Tulsa Police officers responded to a shooting call and fo...

By Luke McCoy

Battle of Britain: Myth vs. Reality

The idealized concept immediately took root and blossomed: the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion in 1940. The conventional wisdom holds that Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s legendary “few” handed Nazi Germany its first defeat in World War II and paved the road to eventual victo...

By Barrett Tillman
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