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The Pistole 08, commonly known as the Luger, or Luger P08 in the Anglophone world, is the most iconic pistol in the world. There, it’s been said — sorry not sorry, 1911 fans. Until the Glock 17 (which actually has some of the same geometry as the Luger), few pistols have been issued or adopted as frequently as the Luger. Even in pistols such as the Lahti and Nambu, you see the Luger, even if you don’t see its action. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Luger P08 Stats Make: Various State Arsenals and Private Corporations Model: Numerous, but…
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For years, officials, water managers, and politicians have watched Lake Mead slide lower and lower while pretending there was still plenty of time to figure it out. Now that game is ending. The country’s biggest reservoir just dropped to a new record low, Hoover Dam is getting dangerously close to the point where it loses most of its generating capacity, and the people who are going to feel it first are the same people who had the least say in any of it.Popular Mechanics recently called Hoover Dam’s decline the “slowest-moving train wreck in history.” The problem with that line…
Open five articles promising the “ultimate survival kit” and you will usually find the same collection of gear listed in almost the same order. A ferro rod, some paracord, a Mylar blanket, a tactical flashlight, a folding saw, a multitool, a filter straw, waterproof matches, a whistle, a compass, a first-aid pouch and some kind of hollow-handle knife stuffed with fishing line.The lists look similar because the writers are copying one another. It is not because those same twelve items happen to be the right answer for every climate, household and emergency in the country.Most of the people producing these…
This overview of the Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F paired with the Aimpoint COA is focused as a possible law enforcement duty pistol. Because if you’re carrying a pistol for the job, the question isn’t “Should I run a dot?” anymore. The real questions when looking at a duty pistol with a red dot are: Which dot? How is it mounted? Will it hold up? Is it reliable to the point I am betting my life on this piece of equipment? The Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F paired with the Aimpoint COA arrives as a complete duty package at a $1,119 MSRP.…
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Whenever I see a news headline detailing the “arsenal” police found when making an arrest, I tend to cringe. As someone who works with guns for a living, I go through my fair share of ammo. I’ve got more random mismatched rounds in half-empty boxes — ammo I don’t even own guns for anymore — than most of these so-called-arsenals. Do you have enough ammo to feed your favorite firearm, like this XD-M Elite Tactical OSP? How much ammo is enough? This isn’t just one question — there are two parts to this. How much ammo should I carry? How…
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What happens when you mount a premium suppressor to a basic rifle? I put a Sig Sauer HEXIUM on an AK to find out.As a gun writer with a predilection for outdated firearms, sometimes I find myself a bit out of my element. Case in point, Sig Sauer recently sent me one of its new HEXIUM762 suppressors to test out, and I didn’t really have an appropriate host for it in my gun safe.HEXIUM suppressors are state-of-the-art, 3D-printed, low-backpressure cans that really belong on a modern carbine. Something like a Sig MCX. But I don’t have one of those, or…
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During the morning of March 24, 1945, more than 9,000 men of the US 17th Airborne Division landed behind German lines on the east side of the Rhine. While the Wehrmacht was in deep trouble, many of their units remained effective, and any available Panzers could pose a significant threat to the freshly landed paratroops. American planners had anticipated this in their preparations for Operation Varsity, and mixed in among the Bazookas and M9A1 AT rifle grenades, the 17th Airborne paratroopers had the new M18 57mm recoilless rifle. A paratrooper with the 17th Airborne Division prepares to fire an M18…
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