Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an SMLE that got sent to sea. This is a Rifle Factory Ishapore No.1 Mk 3* line throwing gun in 303 British. India kept the SMLE going long after Britain moved on. Ishapore was still building No.1 Mk 3* rifles into the 1960s, and this […...
When we talk about rimfires today, we mostly think of .22LR, .22 Short or maybe .22 Magnum. In the past few years, we’ve seen .17 HMR and .21 Sharp come on the scene, and the .17 HM2 come and go. All these cartridges have their advantages and disadvantages, but they’re all small-bore ...
Shortly after the adoption of the Kalashnikov design in 1949, Soviet small-arms development found itself at a doctrinal crossroads. The AK emerged as the final survivor of a rigorous postwar rifle competition, and, in an odd twist, it was accepted despite not fully meeting the full-auto accuracy ...