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How Colt resurrected old revolver names and designs, all while improving its legacy platforms and building them with modern machinery and techniques. https://www.ssusa.org/content/watch-all-about-modern-colt-revolvers/

During a 24-day jury trial, the NRA established the New York Attorney General cannot prove self-dealing or bad faith by the NRA Board of Directors. The NRA disputed key allegations in the NYAG’s complaint—namely, that any governance issues at the NRA are “persistent.” As importantly, the NRA...

As the agents attempted to penetrate the complex, gunfire erupted, beginning an extended gun battle that left four ATF agents dead and 15 wounded. Six Branch Davidians were fatally wounded, and several more were injured, including David Koresh, the cult’s founder and leader. After 45 minutes of...

The American Civil War, a pivotal event in United States history, had an unusual connection to a man named Wilmer McLean. The first major land battle of the war began in 1861 near McLean's farmhouse in Manassas, Virginia, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern...

NormaUSA DOT com (used to be NormaShooting.com) has Made in Argentina SP primers for $49.99 / 1000 https://normausa.com/product/blowout/primers-b/small-pistol-primers-made-in-argentina/

February 23, 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag...

Back in a time when a President set a goal that seemed so hard to accomplish to unite the country. 1969-

I remember watching the launches at school. 1962 February 20 - John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth. John Glenn lifted off from the launch pad at Cape Canaveral at 9:47 a.m. on February 20, 1962. Some 100,000 spectators watched on the ground nearby and millions more saw it on...

The Two links at the bottom of the original post (both go to the same article) has additional information and an old Guide brochure with many war time factory photos. (scroll down past all the photos) The plant also made: Guide Lamp World War Two Production Statistics: (8,500,000) total of...

It seems like, maybe, Guide Lamp Division of General Motors made a few sheet metal framed 1911 prototypes. Something I haven't seen before. The example in these photographs resides in the Springfield Armory Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts...

On this day in 1960, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton departs from New London, Connecticut for the first fully submerged circumnavigation of the globe. The voyage, codenamed Operation Sandblast, takes 60 days and 21 hours to complete. Cost US$109 million in 1959 (equivalent to $1.09...

I wonder what the stick-to-stick weight variation was.

Howard Smoot, known as Dan Smoot (October 5, 1913 –July 24, 2003), was a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a conservative political activist. From 1957 to 1971, he published The Dan Smoot Report, which chronicled alleged communist infiltration in various sectors of American government...

A longer version from YouTube April 18, 1966 Dan Smoot Report

Online registration for the 2024 NRA National Matches at Camp Atterbury will open on Thursday, February 29. The 2024 NRA National Matches at Camp Atterbury—including the Precision Pistol, Smallbore Rifle and High Power Rifle National Championships—are set to begin Monday, July 22, and will...

Tisas M1911 A1 CMP Specs: Caliber: 45 ACP Barrel Length: 5 Inches Accurate reproduction of WWII issued 1911 United States Property marked Manganese Phosphate Slide, Frame & small parts Reprofiled Ejection Port Type E Hammer (2) 7 round magazines (2) sets of grips including Accurate...

https://www.thearmorylife.com/forum/threads/the-6-best-handguns-from-turkey.9693/

This year marks the 150th anniversary of first-ever international rifle match, and the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association is celebrating the legendary Creedmoor 1874 competition with a historical recreation at the Oak Ridge Sportsman Association’s range in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October...

Of the 583,359 individuals who submitted ammunition background checks in the first half of 2023, state computers rejected 58,087, or 11% of them. Of those, only 0.03%, or 141 individuals, were denied because they were on the Armed Prohibited Person System list, suggesting the rest were from...