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Share This: The 1911, or M1911, or the M1911A1 likely places first in a competition of the world’s most popular pistol. It served the United States from 1911 to 1985. Along the way, it fought in two world wars, a conflict in Korea, that communist hunt in Vietnam, and still chugged along with spec ops into the war on terror. So what do you know about the M1911? Well, after this article, you’ll know it all. The Basics of the M1911 The M1911 is a semi-automatic, single-action-only pistol that ...

Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa sued the helicopter flight operator claiming they failed to ensure the pilot and the craft were flight-ready. The operator argues two flight controllers share the blame. Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch the U.S. national championships swimming meet in Irvine, Calif., in 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, file) LOS ANGELES (CN) — The federal government must face claims it negligently trained two Federal Aviation Administration air tr...

A classic showdown between Axis and Allies. Heres What You Need to Know: Only the M1 Garand proved to be successful There is no denying that the United States military’s M1 Garand was truly the best of the main battle rifles used in the Second World War. Whereas the other powers largely relied on bolt action rifles that were essentially little improved versions of what had been carried in the trenches of World War I, the American soldier and marine had some semi-automatic firepower. Yet th...

Whytes announces highlights included in its annual "Eclectic Collector" auction 1000-800BC. Irish Bronze Age sword. Estimate €4,500-€5,500 (approx £3,910-£4,780). DUBLIN .-Whyte’s annual “Eclectic Collector” auction is eagerly awaited by collectors worldwide, containing as it does a most intriguing mix of historical artefacts, manuscripts, books, maps, militaria, coins, banknotes, tribal objects, rare whiskies and more. The oldest object in the sale is a Bronze Age sword, made about thr...

LA County: Vanessa Bryant suit over Kobe crash photos has no legal basis By (0) Smoldering wreckage from a helicopter crash is seen on a hillside in Calabasas, Calif., on January 26, 2020. The crash killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. File Photo by John McCoy/UPI | License Photo Vanessa Bryant is seen at the Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on February 24, 2020. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Pho...

Another AntiGun Englishman Denounces Your 2A Rights & the Second Amendment Foundation Ammoland Inc. Posted on Max Hastings I Grew Up on Guns Fail USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is one of the preeminent British journalists and military historians. As a foreign correspondent for the BBC, he covered 11 wars and reported from more than 60 countries. In 1982, Hastings was the first reporter to enter Port Stanley, after the British military kicked out the Argentinians ...

With ruling party of Democrats seeing bloodlust towards stripping gun owners of their rights these days, the ammo shortage

photo: Courtesy of Mauser Fly Fishing John Mauser knows exactly where he wants to be. We’re fishing the saltmarsh ponds near North Carolina’s Bogue Inlet, where Mauser guides for redfish out of an East Cape skiff and for false albacore and other nearshore targets in a 23-foot Parker. He poles his skiff through tiny two-foot-wide rivulets to sneak into pocket ponds in the marsh that only a great egret would know about. But things aren’t just right, and Mauser likes things just right. “I�...

It’s no surprise that someone from England supports gun control. We see it a lot, of course, and it’s no surprise that they’ll pontificate on the subject to American audiences. There seems to be little British journalists like more than to act superior to us “colonists.” However, in the process of setting up why he supports gun control, he accidentally scores something of an own goal. One evening in 2008, I attended a Republican rally in Kansas, with an address by vice-presidential ca...

Four winters in HELL: Rare photos from Operation Barbarossa reveal the horrors faced by Hitlers troops who were sent to take Moscow... with little thought for the Siberian cold that awaited them Pictures feature in Images of War: The Nazis winter warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945, by Ian Baxter They show the plight of German troops unaccustomed and ill-equipped for the fierce weather conditions Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941 and ultimately ended with Soviet troops offensive on Be...