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Mauser M90 DA: Not Mauser and Not a High Power

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Aimpoint’s First Tube Optics: 2000, 3000, & 5000

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Colombia’s Cowboy Revolvers: Cassidy, Marshall, and Scorpio

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ZKP-524: A Prototype Czech 7.62x25mm 1911 Copy

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Bannerman, the Father of Gun Collecting: Tales from the Golden Age of Surplus

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Which Customer Are You? (w/ Mike Branson of Gideon Optics)

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The Real Deal: My New Mexico Public-Land Elk Hunt

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Reproduction GX-607 and XM-177 Moderators: Do They Work?

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Coenders’ Bolt-Less Last Ditch Bolt Action Rifle

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Cordova Estandar: Colombia’s Domestic Service Pistol

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How Guns are Made: Tolerances, Methods, and Metallurgy (Q&A January 2026)

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Ross 1912 Cadet: Straight Pull .22 Rimfire Training Rifle

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Book Review: Vickers Guide to H&K Volume 4: Rifles & Machine Guns (and more)

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Roller Locked Czechnology: the CZ 482 Pistol (Which Eventually Became the vz.52)

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Vaporware or Successful Release: SHOT Show 2025 Retrospective

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Stamm-Saurer Model 1916 Short-Recoil Light Machine Gun

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Mauser M80SA: Actually a High Power and Actually Hungarian

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Finnish Civil Guard m/33 Sniper (Built on the m/28-30 Mosin)

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The First Red Dot Sights: Aimpoint Electronic, MkIII, and Aimpoint 1000

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How Red Dot Sights Work (What is a Collimator?)

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