In just a few decades, the U.S. Army would see itself go from a single-shot, blackpowder design in the form of the Trapdoor Springfield to a modern, semi-automatic fighting rifle in the M1 Garand.

GREEN RIVER -- The Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s Vintage Firearms Research Program recently examined and researched the rifle that was the original .30/06: the bolt-action, five-shot ...

When people think “classic guns,” they usually jump straight to the household names everybody repeats—1911s, Lugers, the 1903 Springfield,... The post 10 classic firearms from the early 1900s that ...

Serving during World War I in 1918, my father completed two years in the Engineer Corps. In addition to his engineering duties, he and all the other soldiers had to carry and qualify with the Model ...

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