ISRAEL’S AMERICANIZED BULLPUP: Versatile Tavor X95 Rifle
When I traveled to Israel on a counterterrorism project, I rendezvoused with the commanding officer of a military…
DYNAMIC DUO: Ruger Security-9 Pistol and PC Carbine
Back in December, I attended a three-day rollout of new Ruger products at Gunsite a month before they…
We the People: SIG Sauer 1911 and M400 Carbine
After 20+ years as a gun writer and a lifetime as a member of the gun culture, it…
Custom AR and AK: DL Sports Professional Model Carbines
It occurred to me as I rumbled east from my home in coastal southern California to Chino Valley,…
Long Guns: Ruger 10/22 Takedown Rifle
As a child, I remember listening to my Grandmother tell stories about my Grandfather, who had a rural…
PISTOL-CALIBER CARBINE CMMG MkG Guard in .45 ACP
The urge to take advantage of AR modularity, ergonomics, optics mounting, and accuracy with cartridges other than 5.56mm…
LONG GUNS DRD: Tactical Kivaari Takedown Rifle
Some months ago, I covered the DRD Tactical 7.62x51mm Takedown Tactical Rifle. I hadn’t planned to revisit DRD’s rifles this soon, but I’m writing a book on .338 Lapua sniping rifles and was so intrigued by DRD’s Kivaari, which is not only a takedown .338 Lapua Magnum (LM) sniping rifle but also a self-loading one, that I felt compelled to evaluate it.
Wehrmacht Sniper: Lessons From the Eastern Front
On 22 June 1941, the German Wehrmacht launched an offensive into Russia with 139 divisions across an 1,800-mile front. Operation Barbarossa was the largest military offensive in human history. Around three million German troops took part. The German war machine was then justifiably thought to be invincible.
Short and Stealthy: Kel-Tec RAS Engineering SUB 2000-SS
Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc, of Florida introduced its slick little SUB-2000 self-loading carbine in 2001. Chambered for the…
Long Guns: The M1A1 Carbine
During the 1970s, I used to hang out at a St. Louis gun shop frequented by “Cinder Dicks”…