Tag: self-loader

Firearm Showcase: Mason Experimental 1901 Semiautomatic Rifle at the Cody Firearms Museum – HIGH RES PICS!

Posted February 21, 2017 in Other Gear & Gadgets by Nathaniel F with 7 Comments

In January, just before the 2017 SHOT Show, I got the opportunity to travel to Cody Wyoming to visit the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, to see some of their rare firearms and bring photos of them to our readers. Every gun nut has heard of [Read More…]

Eight Reasons Selfloading Rifles Had To Wait For John Garand

Posted January 16, 2015 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, Ammunition, AR-15, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 79 Comments

With the introduction of the successful metallic cartridge in the 1840s, an explosion of innovation directed towards rapid-firing infantry weapons rocked the world. The culmination of this would be the mass-produced self-loading rifle, realized with the adoption of [Read More…]