At the end of the 19th Century, France’s “Canon de 75 modèle 1897” represented a breakthrough in modern artillery. During World War I, the rapid-fire French 75 (or “Soixante-Quinze”) was considered the best field gun of the war, and gave Allied armies an edge in battlefield firepower, as artillery became the leading killer in the conflict. The 75mm guns served French, ...

SDS Arms is expand the Tisas PX-9 Comp family with the addition of the Tisas compact PX-9 Carry Comp and the Tisas full-size PX-9 Tactical Comp. Both models complement the PX-9 Duty Comp, sharing the same upgrades and features. While the Tisas PX-9 Carry Comp and Tisas PX-9 Tactical Comp serve distinct functions, they share the defining features of the ...

Shooters who want to hit a point-of-impact (POI) based on point-of-aim (POA) align the muzzle with the target—that is getting the barrel’s axis, sights/optic, and trajectory to the same place at the same time—can apply eight pro tips geared to optimize their alignment. Natural Point of Aim (NPOA) It’s work enough to find rapid alignment from the holster or in ...

In this review, Dr. Will Dabbs examines the Dead Air Sandman X sound suppressor. How does it perform? That’s something that he really digs into along with an explanation of the technologies used to achieve its high performance. The suppressor was provided to the author for this review. Reading the literature from the company on the Dead Air Sandman X, ...

Construction is expected to be completed at the U.S. Military’s new 6.8 mm cartridge-manufacturing facility at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in 2027. Winchester Ammunition developed the design, is overseeing all aspects as it is built and will manage production at the site.  Kenneth Lane, president, CEO and director of Olin—owner of Winchester ammunition—updated participants on progress during an ...

In March of 1915, the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment under the command of LTC Phillipp Englehardt was posted along a two-mile length of defensive trench near Fromelles, France. This regiment had already survived Ypres and had been well-blooded. Amongst the surviving veterans was a skinny, hard-charging 26-year-old Austrian. The German Gewehr 98 represented a massive leap forward in military rifle ...

There’s a reason why the AR-15 has earned the moniker “America’s Rifle.” The modularity and flexibility of the AR-15 means you can alter it to perform any number of tasks, from close-range, home-defense drills to shots out to 1,000 yards and beyond. This “jack of all trades” capability makes the AR popular, but the second part  of that “jack of ...

Even as reddish flames were visible from my bathroom window, it still seemed absurd to think that my house would burn down. There’s something particularly ghoulish about a house fire that makes it almost too large to fully process: it’s the immediate elimination of so many memories, the loss of so many physical artifacts that come to define our identity ...

With E-filing and NFA Form 4 processes becoming more streamlined and the tax on suppressors going to $0 starting in 2026, the suppressor market is set to take off like never before. This trend of suppressors becoming common-use items also intersects another current trend in the industry, that of additive manufacturing, aka 3-D printing. Dead Air Silencers took full advantage ...

Springfield Armory is launching a new accessory bundle called Gear Pac. This option is now offered with the company’s most popular handgun models, and bundles optics and accessories together to create more value for you. Each Gear Pac comes with four magazines, a Viridian RFX11 green-dot optic and a premium pistol bag, which comes out to a total retail value ...