Firearms History, Technology & Development

In modern training situations, there is a need to allow police officers and soldiers to practice with the same weapons that they normally us...

In our previous post, we studied the bolt carrier group . In this post, we will study about the barrel of a firearm. We've actually tal...

In our previous post , we studied the parts of the gun that comprise the fire control group (a.k.a. the trigger control group). In this post...

In our last post, we looked into the parts of the firearm that would form the receiver . Today, we will look at the parts that comprise the ...

A recent question from a reader of this blog made me aware of something that I wasn't aware of for a long time -- it looks like some peo...

After our last couple of posts where we studied the development of the first truly American rifles , we will study an influential French mus...

In our last post , we left off at the beginnings of a rifle designed for American frontiersmen. We will continue our study in this post. A...