“Tag: military rifles”

While there are many military rifles that have seen extensive service, the Italian M1870/87/15 Vetterli-Vitali stands out as one of the longest-serving military rifles in any guise.

From the American Rifleman archives we learn about the No. 4 Mk I, which was developed when Britain had a limited budget and war was on the horizon.

Tune in as American Rifleman TV gets an inside look at Rock River Arms. "Rifleman Review" looks at the Remington 870 DM Shotgun; "I Have This Old Gun" is the Russian SKS Carbine.

World War I saw the widespread introduction of many, what we would call, “modern” arms, including the aircraft, the machine gun, the armored vehicle, the submarine and even poison gas.

The 158th Infantry would become associated with an obscure variant of the U.S. M1903 Springfield rifle, the so-called “Bushmaster Carbine.”

When a contractor began demolition of an addition to a garage on a home originally constructed in 1926, he discovered the outside wall was built out of World War II-era .303 British cartridge boxes.

The U.S. M16 is the iconic American firearm of the war in Vietnam. From a rifle that caused the deaths of young Americans in the hills of Vietnam to its use behind enemy lines, it has now served for more than a half a century.

This week ARTV returns stateside to check out its U.S. headquarters in Miami, Fla.—where it produces some of the industry's most innovative firearms.

American Rifleman's Mark Keefe shares this vintage M1 Garand as this week's NRA Gun of the Week.