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Smallbore Wonder
The Iconic 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer in 6.5×54. If there ever was an “iconic” firearm with an international following reading like a “Who’s Who of the Hunting World,” it would have to be the 1903...
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The Star Wars Shotgun
The UTS-15 Redfines “Tactical Smoothbore” There’s a whiff of buckshot embedded in the American DNA. We love our combat smoothbores. As a country, we’ve carried them in every battle and police action of...
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Smith & Wesson’s Model 52 .38 Master
This Classic Bull’s-Eye Semi-Auto Pistol Is Chambered For The .38 Special Mid-Range Wadcutter. It was a pistol target shooters could only dream about—a .38 Special autoloader that held its groups into...
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A Concept Refined
Ruger’s Gunsite Scout Does A Bang-Up Job Of Realizing Cooper’s Original Vision Of A “General-Purpose Rifle.” The Scout rifle concept is alive and kicking. Ruger’s latest upgrade to their Gunsite Scout...
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America’s Endearing “Bockbüchsflinte”
If Such A Name Makes You Gargle The Consonants, Then Just Call It The Savage Model 24 .22/.410. “Bockbüchsflinte”—an O/U combination of a rifle barrel and a shotgun barrel—is slightly uncommon and very...
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Wesson No. 1 Long Range Rifle
Editor Jeff’s Classic & Custom Guns Page I recently completed this Wesson No. 1 rifle project after many years. In fact, I took delivery of the Steve Earle-made action when I started at GUNS in...
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Remington 1875 Revolver
Editor Jeff’s Classic & Custom Guns Page Remington’s Model 1875 lost to the Colt SAA in the US Army handgun trials, yet went on to serve with the Indian Dept., the Egyptian Army and was fairly...
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Guns With Character
A Savage 99 .32-40 Shows The Influence Of A Knowledgeable Owner. Walking down rows of black, synthetic stocked rifles, I am reminded of how much I enjoy discovering and working with used guns...
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In The Beginning…
There Was The Smith & Wesson Model 1 in .22 Short. In 1857, in a livery stable on Market Street in Springfield, Mass., Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson assembled a crew of 25 workmen and began...
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A Top-Shelf .22 Trainer
Poland’s KBK.S wz.48 Is One Sweet-Shooting Collectible “Sleeper.” The militaries of the world struck out in different directions when it came to the concept of a training rifle. Many armies chose to...
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Ruger Goes Long Range
The New Precision Rifle Is Just What Its Name Suggests. New firearm product introductions occur routinely throughout the year, and with luck, they occur at a nice venue. This was different. Rarely...
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Winchester’s Big Gun
The Model 1886 Enters The 20th Century. It hung unfired on a same wall in the same hall in the same home for decades. It belonged to my great uncle. He told me it had been on an expedition to the North...
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Ruger’s “Two-Fer” Takedown
What’s The Twist On This New AR? Quick Takedown With Your Choice Of 5.56 or .300 AAC Barrels. When Ruger’s Director of Product Management, Mark Gurney, announces he has some new products to showcase,...
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Greatest Little Gun
Ithaca’s Peabody-Inspired Model 49 Saddlegun Was A Unique Single-Shot .22. “Greatest Little Gun in the Land—The Ithaca Model 49 Saddlegun,” shouted Ithaca’s 1962 ad campaign. “People claimed it...
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A Rare Springfield
The M1903 Mk I modified For The WWI Pedersen Device Is Rarely Found Intact. I looked at it twice and pinched myself. Like many of my generation, I consider Elmer Keith one of the greats in our field....
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Springfield Notes
More On One Of The Most Well-Documented Rifles In US History By Holt Bodinson Over the 42-year life of its production (1903-1944), the Model 1903 Springfield became the most chronicled service rifle...
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A Different Stroke
LWRCI Goes From Piston Perfection To Direct Gas Impingement With Its M6IC-DI 5.56 Carbine. By Holt Bodinson LWRC International really perfected the self-regulating, short-stroke piston AR. Today they...
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ArmaLite’s Golden Gun
“Ahead Of Its Time” Is No Mere Cliché When Discussing The Ultralight 12-Gauge AR-17 Autoloader. By Holt Bodinson You’re probably familiar with Armalite’s AR-7, AR-10, AR-15 and AR-16 models, but what...
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Remington’s Radical 600 and 660 Carbines
Rakish Style And Synthetic Materials Shocked American Riflemen Of The 1960’s. By Holt Bodinson The era was called the “radical ’60’s.” Not only were our politics in ferment, but something radical was...
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“Triple Crown” Classic
A Mauser-Gebby-Marciante Carbine By Holt Bodinson When three, historically prominent names in the firearms field come together in a single piece, it’s unusual. It’s also what makes gun collecting such...
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