Winchester Silvertip .22LR: A Defensive Rimfire?

5 Minute Read 0 Comments Self-defense ammunition has undergone significant advancements over the last 30 years. Modern “high-performance” defensive ammunition like Hornady Critical Duty, Speer Gold Dot, and Federal HST are a vast improvement over the days of solid lead wadcutter bullets. In that time, Winchester has produced reliable defensive cartridges like their Ranger T,…

Automatic Rifles of World War I

8 Minute Read 0 Comments Early 20th-century infantrymen mostly carried bolt-action rifles. Mausers, Mosin Nagants, Springfields, and Enfields ruled the roost in Europe and the United States. In Asia, the Japanese Arisaka rifle emerged during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, whose conditions and tactics foreshadowed World War I in Europe, including the widespread use of machine…