Category: Weapons Education

The Evans rifle/carbine was developed in 1873 by a Maine dentist named Warren Evans. Its main innovation was a large helical magazine that held a whopping 34 cartridges of Evan’s proprietary .44 caliber cartridge. By 1877 Evans had made a number of revisions and improvements to the gun, including developing a newer and more powerful […]

Those of us in the retail security business often say, “If it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t!” So what should you do when something just doesn’t “feel” right, and how can you react proactively? Your best approach should always be to follow these basic steps. (NSSFBlog) Greet Every Customer: Have a firm program in […]

What is it about “Metal from the Heavens” that is so intriguing and fascinating to work with?  To have a weapon forged from a “falling star” would be a truly unique symbol of power indeed. In the news lately a few such weapons have popped up on the radar. In school, we have all learned […]

The FBI announced Tuesday that a gun stolen from an agent in San Francisco over the weekend was recovered during the execution of a federal search warrant. (FOX)- The agent had reported that somebody broke into his car in the city’s Alamo Square Sunday afternoon before snatching his .40-caliber Glock handgun, ID badge and credentials. […]

The Czech-made ZK-383 submachine gun is a bit of an oddball in the world of submachine guns. It has several design features typically associated with rifle-caliber light machine guns – an integral bipod and a quick-change barrel. In fact, the ZK-383 was designed to be a hybrid gun, usable as either a standard SMG or […]

The Japanese Type 93 and its slightly-improved sister the Type 100 were the standard flame weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army for its fighting in China and the Pacific. They are a smaller and handier design than the American weapons, and less user-friendly. The Type 100 uses a rotating valve to fire, paper incendiary cartridges […]

Officials huddled at a video screen for a first look at a deadly new supergun that can fire a 25-pound projectile through seven steel plates and leave a 5-inch hole. (FOX)- The weapon is called a railgun and requires neither gunpowder nor explosive. It is powered by electromagnetic rails that accelerate a hardened projectile to […]

The Schnellfeuer, or Model 712, was Mauser’s answer to the Spanish production of selective fire C96 lookalikes. Just over 100,000 of these pistols were made by Mauser in the 1930s, mostly going to China (although some did see use in other countries, and also with the SS). They use 10- and 20-round detachable magazines, and […]

By now you have heard about the MOSSBERG Lawsuit against drop in trigger assembly manufacturers. This statement was released to us by CMC. “CMC Triggers is a Christian company, privately held and not owned by O.F. Mossberg or anyone else.  We pay our bills when they’re due including our royalty responsibility to O.F. Mossberg.  Fair […]

Crafted from titanium, the Dillon M134 unleashes an unbelievable 50 rounds a second, 3000 rounds a minute. The M134 Minigun is a 7.62×51mm NATO, six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute) which can also fire at a high-sustained rate. It features Gatling-style rotating barrels with an external […]