Kahr Arms Pursues Patent Infringement Lawsuit
PEARL RIVER, NY – Kahr Arms, the award-winning manufacturer of compact pistols based in Worcester, Mass, is currently engaged in a patent infringement lawsuit against Diamondback Firearms, LLC, the maker of compact .380 ACP and 9mm pistols based in Cocoa, Florida. Seven U.S. patents cover Kahr’s unique locking, firing and extraction systems. The incomparable cocking cam […]
Magnum Research, Inc.® teams up with Jack and Todd Hoffman from Gold Rush: Alaska
PEARL RIVER, NY – Magnum Research, a Kahr Arms-owned company and the maker of the Desert Eagle pistols, has teamed up with Jack and Todd Hoffman of the popular Discovery Channel series Gold Rush: Alaska. The show begins its second season in the fall of 2011, and Magnum Research firearms will be an integral part of the season. […]
Auto-Ordnance 1911 100th anniversary model awarded to West Point Cadet
FORT BENNING, Ga. – The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit hosted the 2011 Army Rifle and Pistol Championships in conjunction with the U.S. Army Infantry Center. The training and competitions were open to all Army components, of any rank, with any military occupational specialty, including Reserve and National Guard, and West Point and college ROTC cadets. In […]
The “Tommy’s” Thompson
In May 1921, Gen. John Taliaferro Thompson went on a sales tour of Europe, visiting Belgium, Britain, France and Spain to promote his innovative “submachine gun,” a term he coined for the fully automatic .45 ACP that arrived too late for service in World War I. He was invited to demonstrate the Model 1921 at […]
American Rifleman | Thompson Submachine Gun: The Tommy Gun Goes to War
The U.S. Army wasn’t particularly impressed with the concept of a submachine gun, and little ordnance research and development was done following World War I. However, a distinguished Ordnance Dept. officer who retired a couple of years before America’s entry into that war felt that the submachine gun had the potential to be an extremely […]
Shooting Magazine | .30 Carbine Combo
.30 Carbine Combo The classic .30 Carbine is not just a nice little carbine cartridge. It’s great in a revolver, too. Shooting Times Magazine, February 2011, p. 54 – 58 By Layne Simpson, Photo by Mike Anschuetz I had forgotten how much fun the M1 Carbine is to shoot. I bought my first one […]
SHOT Show 2011
January 18-21, 2011 at Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
Guns Magazine | GUNS OF THE PACIFIC
HBO chronicles the WWII island battles against the Japanese. GUNS Magazine, October 2010, p. 52 – 57 By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos: Yvonne Venturino, David James/HBO Like millions of others I recently finished watching the 10-part HBO mini-series The Pacific. Its subject was the US Marine Corps’ campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations […]
Kahr Arms Purchases Magnum Research
PEARL RIVER, NY – Kahr Arms, the well known American based producer of high quality compact pistols has announced its recent purchase of Minnesota-based firearms manufacturer, Magnum Research, maker of the Desert Eagle pistol. Kahr Arms takes pride in its ability to offer customers a selection of unique niche-type firearms, such as the world famous “Tommy […]
As told to Art Moore by Walter Hughes, WWII veteran at the NRA Show:
While at the first day of the NRA show, I had the pleasure of meeting Walter E. Hughes, a WWII paratrooper that had jumped in Holland during Operation Market Garden with I Company of the 504th Regiment, 82nd Airborne. He was very interested in Thompson/Auto-Ordnance Tommyguns and M-1 Carbines. He told me how paratroopers would […]