Featured Guns Handguns History Revolvers Model 1878 — Colt’s 1st Double-Action By Gary Paul Johnston • October 16, 2025 Although Samuel Colt had disdain for the double-action revolver, by 1873, Colt’s Vice President General William B. Franklin was well on his way to... Read more »
Guns Handguns Semi-Automatic Handguns History: The Mauser HSc Recovered After a War Criminal’s Capture By Gary Paul Johnston • May 19, 2023 Born in Speyer, Rheinpfalz, in 1911, Otto Wilhelm Kron was the son of a police official. He was one of... Read more »
Accessories Guns Lasers & Lights Rifles DRD Tactical Aptus: A Quick Takedown AR Ready for 5.56 or 300 BLK By Gary Paul Johnston • June 1, 2021 In Latin, Aptus means such things as fit, suitable, proper and ready, the latter describing it best. It is an... Read more »
Accessories Guns Parts Rifles Testing a Custom AR with a Cry Havoc Tactical QRB Kit By Gary Paul Johnston • April 10, 2018 So-called “quick-change” AR barrels have been the all the rage in the gun world for some time. They make sense.... Read more »
Guns Rifles Hands On The DRD Tactical Kivaari in .300 Norma Magnum By Gary Paul Johnston • December 4, 2017 For anyone not familiar, DRD Tactical’s .338 Lapua Magnum Kivaari—which means “rifle” in Finnish—was designed around the company’s AR-based takedown... Read more »
Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles Steyr Aug/A3 NATO 5.56mm (Gun Test) By Gary Paul Johnston • October 15, 2013 Bullpup rifles are nothing new, having been around since World War I when France fielded the earliest conceptual self-loading rifle... Read more »
Featured Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles Tactical & LE DS ARMS RPD By Gary Paul Johnston • March 1, 2013 One of the world’s great unsung light machine guns is the Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova (“Degtyaryov’s handheld machine gun” in Russian),... Read more »
Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles D&L SPORTS PERIMETER CARBINE 5.56mm By Gary Paul Johnston • April 1, 2012 Extremely high-precision downrange dominator with sniper rifle accuracy! Read more »
Guns Rifles Semi-Automatic Rifles Magpul’s New Massoud 7.62mm By Gary Paul Johnston • February 4, 2010 Imagine a young former US Marine, an end user, who designed a rubber-like gadget to help get a magazine out... Read more »
Guns Handguns Semi-Automatic Handguns Colt’s .45 ACP Rail Gun By Gary Paul Johnston • January 13, 2010 After introducing the world’s most popular self-loading pistol 98 years ago, Colt’s Manufacturing remained the only commercial supplier for over... Read more »
