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Have you seen “Band of Brothers”? For the men of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, the frozen foxholes in the Bois Jacques were where they defended the road from Bastogne to Foy during one of Europe’s coldest winters. And the American Rifleman Television crew was there. 75 years later, those fighting positions remain. A then-young paratrooper who fought just due east of Easy Company, Don Burgett from Able Company, tells us his story of close combat during the defense of Bastogne. One of the guns the 101st used there was the Browning Model 1919A4 air-cooled machine gun. Also in the segment from American Rifleman Television, we visit the exact spot where a Sherman tank from the 37th Tank Battalion, Cobra King, lifted the siege of Bastogne.
American Rifleman staff are on the range with one of the most iconic lever-actions ever created, except this one has a bit of a plot twist—it is a model made overseas and imported by Heritage Manufacturing.
A primary source investigation into the service history of a Smith & Wesson Victory revolver used by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Only a few days after the tragedy struck, two of the firearm industry’s foremost companies were raising funds for the victims and organizations dedicated to providing support through devastating floods in Texas.
Produced by J. Woodward & Sons at the end of the 19th century, this double rifle, chambered for the .500 Express cartridge, was tailor-made for dangerous-game hunting.
Springfield Armory added two new pistol variants to its popular Saint AR-15 lineup, and the new models are chambered for 5.56 NATO and 9 mm Luger, respectively.