The American Service Rifle
This is a series of articles about the road from the Brown Bess musket to the M4 Carbine, focusing especially on the rifles from WWII and later.
Utter Failure or Fantastic Feat?
M14 Howdy folks, and welcome back. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that we’ve recently discussed the “finest battle implement ever devised,” the M1 Garand. We also talked about its light and handy relative, the M1 Carbine. This week might be a little controversial, as we’ve reached the Garand’s eventual replacement, the M14. This rifle tends …
Black [Rifle] is Beautiful
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M16 Howdy folks and welcome back. Today it’s (arguably) the king of the assault rifles, the M16. Like we talked about last week, it wasn’t the first. That honor goes to the StG 44.
Obscurity to omnipresence
AR-15 Howdy, folks. Welcome back. This is it. The long awaited, long promised AR-15.