Wilson Combat Starts Making Remington 700 Barrels

Barrel announcements are usually where one stops scrolling. But this one is worth a minute, because the details Wilson Combat  chose to publish say something about how the barrels are made, and barrel making is one of those processes where the unglamorous steps decide everything.

By Eric B •

Quick Overview of Barrel Service Life

Barrel-life specifications are a familiar sight in government solicitations, technical documents, and manufacturer literature, but what do they actually mean? A barrel rated for a certain number of rounds is not necessarily guaranteed to perform identically throughout that entire service life, an...

By Lynndon Schooler •

Maintaining The AK Series Of Rifles: From The User To The Maintainer

First, before buying and using the weapon, visually inspect the rifle for damage to better assess its condition. Begin with an overall examination of the rifle. Inspect for obvious damage, corrosion, contamination, missing components, and other visible deficiencies. During this inspection, you al...

By Lynndon Schooler •

POTD: Dakota Model 10 in 330 Dakota – Magnum That Skipped the Belt

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Dakota Model 10 falling block, and the real story is what is stamped on the barrel. Don Allen founded Dakota Arms in Sturgis, South Dakota in 1986 building high end custom rifles, and in 1992 he rolled out a family of house cartridges. He...

By Sam.S •

PKM Headspace And Keeping It In The Fight

For maintainers, particularly those supporting partner forces, the PK series offers a notable advantage over many Western and other Soviet-designed systems with its adjustable headspace. This feature significantly simplifies sustainment and repair in austere environments, with the ability to mism...

By Lynndon Schooler •

Street Sweeping With the Armsel Striker

Every gun writer keeps a mental list of firearms they'd shoot exactly once and never need to shoot again, mostly out of morbid curiosity rather than any real desire to own one. One such gun I recently crossed off my bucket list is the   Armsel Striker , which has sat near the top o...

By Luke C. •

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 •
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