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Healthy Hall Awards honors 12 champions of local health care Seated from left in front row, Dr. Supriya Mannepalli of NGHS; Dr. John Browning, retired Longstreet Clinic physician; Dr. Jim Butts, retired medical director of Good News Clinics; Jordan Hussey with J’s Place Recovery Center; Dr. Janeane Walker with NGMCs graduate medical education; and Danny Webb, doctor of nursing practice at Longstreet Clinic. Standing from left to right, Luca Di Benedett...

An introduction to three distinct two-­tone Model 1911s from Colt. (Mark Fingar photo) February 24, 2021 By Keith Wood There are no shortage of M1911 makers but, for more than a century, Colt has been the standard by which other companies’ products are compared. Colt isn’t resting on its history, though. The epochal Hartford, Connecticut firm’s offerings continues to evolve to meet the needs of shooters. Colt...

AK-47 vs. M-16: Which Cold War Weapon Comes Out on Top? Two of the most famous firearms of modern times emerged as icons of the latter half of the turbulent 20th century. Heres What You Need to Know: The Soviet-made AK-47 and the American M16, the primary assault rifles deployed during the Vietnam War, became symbols of the long conflict. During the Vietnam War, two of the most famous firearms of modern times emerged as icons of the latter half of the turbulent 20th century. The Soviet-made AK...

The pistol remains incredibly robust. Heres What You Need to Know: The Colt M1911 is able to withstand a great amount of abuse and remains reliable, even after decades of serves and ten of thousands of rounds. John Browning, arguably one of the United States’ most iconic and talented weapon designers, designed what would become one of the most widely-produced, copied, and recognizable pistols in history, now known today as the M1911. Post-World War II Though the M1911 made its combat debut...

Opinion One of Texas’ first Black lawyers asked to ‘give us a white man’s chance.’ Few remember John Johnson The first Black lawyer permitted to argue before the Texas Supreme Court was a century ahead of his time. The Texas Supreme Court rolls showing John Johnson on the second line from the top. He was the first Black lawyer allowed to appear before the states highest court.(Courtesy of John Browning) Long before there was a Martin Luther King Jr. dreaming of equality and a Thurgood M...

January 29, 2021 When I get to do nerd stuff with shotguns, I get giddy. Really giddy, and recently an original 1950s Ithaca 37 fell into my lap. I’m cleaning it up for a friend, and in doing so, I get to shoot and test it, of course. The Ithaca 37 is a historical shotgun that’s served generations of hunters, law enforcement, and military forces. It’s carved its way into the shotgun hall of fame, and today we will discuss why.  Specs and Details and History  The Ithaca 37 is a John Brow...

This may be one of the weirdest—and impractical—submachine guns ever made. The world of submachine guns is full of high-capacity, fast-firing rifles, from strange, double-barreled oddities, to the fast-firing Soviet workhorses of the Second World War, or homemade Polish resistance weapons that peppered Nazi Wehrmacht troops. One of the submachine guns you’ve probably never heard of however, was designed and built by an empire that no longer exists: Austria-Hungary. Standschütze Hellr...

The technicians at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota fitted more skin and began riveting it in place on the wings for the Dakota Territory Aviation Museums P-47D Thunderbolt during December, 2020. (image via AirCorps Aviation) Warbird Digest has just received the December, 2020 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested...

Browning’s machine guns worked on the recoil-operating principle.

It is not every day someone takes a century old gun and makes it even better. Key point: The 1911 is a platform well tested by time and many battlefields. Here is how Ruger made several important improvements to this firearm.  One of the most successful handgun designs of all time is the 1911 series semi-automatic pistol. Designed for war and to take advantage of the deadly .45 round, the 1911 and subsequent variants were the official handguns of the U.S. military from World War I well into t...