“Tag: History”

Remington’s pump-action, centerfire rifles are best known as hunters’ guns. For generations, they’ve been carried in the woods and on the plains under all sorts of conditions—and their reliability is legendary.

Created as a collaboration by Hornady and Ruger to deliver a light recoiling and flat shooting rifle cartridge for varmint hunters, the .204 Ruger has a relatively short history but plenty of performance as explored by Dave Campbell.

Federal Premium, one of the United States’ largest ammunition manufacturers, celebrates its 100^th year of doing business in 2022, and its best may be yet to come.

Armscor is among the global leaders in the firearm industry today, producing popular lines of handguns, rifles, shotguns and more than 400 million cartridges annually.

The Swiss Wagon Factory—the name it operated under at the time—proved to be a short-lived venture. When that nation’s Federal Ministry of Defense announced a search for a new army rifle, the trio of engineers pooled their talents.

A single Holland & Holland weaves together a story of the Great War’s trenches, one of the world’s best gunmakers, Britain’s greatest 20th century soldier and the author of Gunga Din.

Introduced in 1877, the .38 Smith & Wesson proved to be a popular revolver cartridge at the end of the 19th century, and was extensively used by the British well into the 20th century.  

Kimber America is renowned for fine firearms with performance to match. Its meticulous 1911s are among the best available today, but the firm didn’t launch with pistols.

Watch this feature segment of American Rifleman Television from 2018 to get an inside look at Rock River Arms, along with the history of the Colona, Ill., company.