Auto-Ordnance 1927A-1C Lightweight Deluxe: The Best Tommy Gun?
By Bard Melloni The Thompson submachine gun is one of the most recognizable firearms ever produced, often seen in popular movies and TV shows. Whether this platform reminds you of trench-clearing doughboys or Italian mob bosses, its appearance alone is instantly recognizable and forever tied to America’s history. Before 1934, if you had $200 burning […]
Auto-Ordnance M1 Carbine: Why Shooters Still Love It
By Barb Melloni The firearms industry is constantly chasing the next big thing, with guns and gear advertising claims of being “revolutionary”, “accurizing”, and a variety of other attention-grabbing promises. Yet there were a select number of guns, the M1 Carbine being one of them, that were able to retain this interest many years later. […]
Guns & Ammo Precision Rifle Shooter 2025 | TAO50
By: Frank MelloniPhotos by: Mark Fingar KAHR FIREARMS GROUP GRACES US WITH ANOTHER “FIFTY.” Most people can pick up the iconic Desert Eagle Mark XIX pistol out of a lineup without much trouble, as few handguns own .50-caliber status. This firearm is so prolific that its maker, Magnum research, is affectionately known as “the Desert […]
Small Arms Defense Journal | MSPO & DSEI 2025 SHOW SPECIAL
THE RIFLE PLATFORM WE CHOSE There are quite a few bolt-action .50 BMG (12.7x99mm) rifles that have been on the market, but the new Auto Ordnance manufactured (Skip Patel from 21st Tec’s design) TAO50 has a number of very intriguing features. To this author, one of the most important is the fact that it is […]
The Thompson TAO50 – A .50 BMG Powerhouse | Athlon Outdoors
By: Fred Mastison When the discussion on powerful rifles starts, the .50 BMG round ultimately enters the conversation. Known for its ballistic prowess, it is seen as the king of go-far and hit hard. The challenge has always been just how to tame this beast. While the 125-pound M2 machine gun does a decent job […]
Marines Up! Auto-Ordnance Reveals 80th Anniversary Iwo Jima M1 Carbine | Guns.com
“The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”-James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, Feb. 23, 1945 Eighty years ago, three divisions of United States Marines and their Navy Corpsmen, joined by the Army’s 147th Regiment, stormed the sulfurous black sands of a then little-known island called Iwo […]
The M1 Carbine: The Most Prolific American Small Arm of World War Two | Outdoorlife.com
The interesting story of the M1 Carbine, how it works, how it changed, and how you can own one The M1 Carbine is one of the most recognizable and long-serving military firearms in the world. Though many consider it to be the anemic kid brother of the legendary M1 Garand, the carbine has its own […]
All The Way With The M1 Carbine | American Rifleman.org
To the American GI of World War II, it was usually a case of love at first sight when he was introduced to the trim little M1 carbine, and especially so if his shoulder ached from lugging a 10-lb. M1 rifle over hill and dale. Often called the “baby Garand” by the troops, the Winchester-designed M1 […]
Guns of My Father
By Mike Detty December 7th, 1941 is a date that will always be remembered as one that tested our country’s mettle. In the three- and one-half years that followed Americans cemented their place in the world as a leader, liberator and compassionate ally. Beyond that, our country flexed its industrial might producing unimaginable amounts of war […]
Shooting Times | Classic is as class does
BY STEVE GASH The Model 1911 semiautomatic pistol has endured for more than a century, in the face of countless new handgun designs, new materials (i.e., polymers), and the development of new cartridges for it. But class is as class does, and shooters can still have a Model 1911 just about any way they want […]