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It came as a surprise several years ago when SIG Sauer introduced a direct gas impingement system AR-style variant, the M400 semi-automatic-only carbine, which has some distinct external and internal differences from most AR-style rifles. You can learn more about the M400 in this "Rifleman Review" segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV. For more videos like this, visit AmericanRifleman.org/artv.
American troops took a healthy interest in Axis small arms during World War II. Sometimes they were simply looking to collect a war trophy. On other occasions, GIs and Marines looked to use those firearms against their former owners.
Politics is something most of us only step into because we must. We’d rather smile in the warm autumn sun as we help a son or daughter, or grandson or granddaughter, break their first clay or plink steel with their first .22 rifle.
The DOJ Office of Legal Counsel recently released an opinion concluding that the federal ban on licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to 18-20-year-old U.S. citizens is unconstitutional.
Following World War I, Czechoslovakia needed to equip its new army, and one of its priorities was to select a service sidearm, which ultimately became the vz.27.