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To Arm Against an Enemy: Colonial Williamsburg Highlights Small Arms of the Revolution

A new exhibit at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg seeks...

A Look Back at the Heckler & Koch MP5

Some call it the Cadillac of submachine guns; others christen it the Rolls Royce of...

Touring the Newly Refurbished Cody Firearms Museum

The newly refurbished museum now puts the collection front and center in a way that...

Rifleman Q & A: M1 Carbine Pouches

A reader has a question about collecting U.S. M1 Carbine accessories.

Springfield Armory Adds M1A Tanker Rifle

Inspired by the shortened "Tanker" Garand rifles of World War II, the M1A Tanker packs...

I Have This Old Gun: Model 1895 Mannlicher Rifle

The Model 1895 Austro-Hungarian straight-pull infantry rifle was something of an anomaly. In the usual...

Wartime Winchesters

In its advertisements on the back page of this magazine during World War II, Winchester...

A Look Back at the Browning Semi-Automatic 22

Like most of Browning’s designs, the SA 22 is a remarkable melding of a simple...

Men and Guns of the 1900 China Relief Expedition

Some American troops fought with guns one would expect in the multi-national mission to Peking,...

I Have This Old Gun: Winchester Model 1866 Center-Fire Carbine

In 1857, when Oliver Winchester formed the New Haven Arms Co., he inherited the misfire-prone...

The Model of 1941 Johnson Rifle in Marine Service

Although the M1 Garand was the United States’ main infantry rifle during World War II—the...

Game Changer? The Johnson Auto-Carbine

The hard-hitting .30-’06 Sprg. Johnson Auto-Carbine could have been one of the most important infantry...

NRA Gun of the Week: Sten Machine Carbines

Watch as American Rifleman's Mark Keefe checks out a few early British Sten Machine Carbines...

Back to Basics: Modern Rifle Optics

Today’s riflescope is tougher, more precise with its elevation and windage adjustments, and has much...

A Very Special Carbine

The “U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30 M1” is without a doubt one of the most popular...

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