Tag: nato rifle

Rifle Competition: US vs. UK in 1950 (DTIC)

Posted January 28, 2015 in Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 48 Comments

DTIC is a wonderful resource for finding documents that are important records in firearms history. One such article, which we will be looking at today, entitled “A Comparison Test Between United Kingdom And United States Lightweight Rifles” documents the [Read More…]

The Great Rifle Controversy: 1955

Posted December 23, 2014 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, AR-15, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 15 Comments

Controversy over small arms is nothing new. Back in the early 1950s, when the 7.62x51mm was called the “.30 Light Rifle” and NATO still believed it could achieve the goal of a universal standard rifle, there was (quite naturally, given the large number of [Read More…]