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James F. "Mace" Thompson, founder of Lyman Products, passed away on April 3 after a long battle with cancer.

Watch our NRA gun of the Week video examination of a second-generation bolt-action hunting rifle from Thompson/Center.

Swept into World War I in April 1917, the U.S. military desperately needed .45 ACP handguns. Both Colt and Smith & Wesson had existing revolver designs adopted as the Model of 1917, and they would go on to serve again during World War II.

The Hornady .17 Mach 2—a first cousin to the .17 HMR, “The Little Cartridge That Could”—provides unprecedented levels of performance from the .22 Long Rifle bloodline.

The most famous rifle of D-Day—or at least the most memorable rifle of “The Longest Day”—wasn’t actually there. Lord Lovat did carry his Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine in combat, however, and we can learn a lot about British and American guns used during World War II from his memoirs.

It was more than half a century ago that American troops stepped up ground operations in the Republic of Vietnam. Here are some of the guns used by the guys on the ground.

From Pearl Harbor until the Japanese surrender, the AN/M2 .50-cal. Browning machine gun served in the air, on land and at sea, and was a part of every major American battle in every theater of operations around the world. It was the unsung hero of American firepower during World War II.

Cold Steel and Liemke Thermal Optics have transitioned ownership to new parent companies.