To readers of The Armory Life and many 1911 afficionados, Hilton Yam is going to be a familiar name. In the company of the many great gunsmiths and competitors who have built their professions around the construction or use of 1911 pistols, Yam offers a very unique perspective. Excepting, perhaps, a dwindling corps of old-guard military armorers, few have amassed more experience using, maintaining, and improving real-world, hard-use duty 1911’s than Hilton Yam. The Springfield Armory 10-8 Performance Master Class combines Hilton Yam’s decades of FBI duty experience with Springfield Armory’s 1911 manufacturing capabilities. Image: Carson McDaniel The late 1980s and early 1990s…
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The brutal killing of 30-year-old Eliza Morales and her unborn child in Downers Grove has highlighted the extreme risks of meeting strangers for online sales at a private residence. The suspect, Nedas Revuckas, allegedly stabbed Morales 70 times and set her home on fire following a dispute over a Facebook Marketplace vehicle transaction. DOWNERS GROVE, IL (3-minute read) — A horrific act of violence has left the Downers Grove community in shock and a young family shattered. On January 26, 2026, 30-year-old Eliza Morales, who was five months pregnant with her second child, was fatally stabbed 70 times inside her…
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Editor’s Note: In today’s article, Dr. Will Dabbs examines the versatile Heinkel He 111 in World War II. The German medium bomber became one of the most recognizable Luftwaffe aircraft of the war. Originally designed as a civilian airliner, the He 111 evolved into a versatile combat aircraft that participated in every major campaign. Lt. Mikhail Petrovich Devyatayev was a Russian P-39 Airacobra pilot during World War II. The peculiar mid-engine P-39 offered fairly poor high-altitude performance and was subsequently relegated to second-line duties by the US Army Air Corps. However, the Russians desperately needed a nimble ground attack plane.…
I lost my BB gun after I shot the windows out of our old barn when I was 6 years old. Seems that Dad did not agree that they were great reactive targets. Read the full article here
Let’s start off with a scenario. Answer truthfully, you are not being graded, you are just going to measure your “before you read the article and after you read the article” answer. The holidays are just around the corner, and you have decided to get a jump on that Christmas list. It is Friday around 5pm and the parking lot is full, so you park in one of the spaces furthest away from the entrance. You get out, lock your doors and casually stroll to the mall. Once there you see all the decorations, hear the jolly music and see…
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Are you a gun owner looking to start collecting firearms inspired by those employed by the U.S. military? Have you been watching movies about WWII or Vietnam and wishing you could get your hands on the guns you see on screen? If you are like me, this is definitely true. And if you are like me, you probably have started pricing actual G.I. firearms from those eras and find they are not only very scarce, but also cost prohibitive. The Springfield M1A rifle and the Mil-Spec 1911 pistol are two classic American firearms. These Springfield Armory products offer shooters a…
World War II is the most analyzed conflict in modern times. Despite all the excellent works available, pop culture has in some cases surpassed the historical records and have become established as fact in movies, TV and YouTube. The use of Duplex Drive (DD) tanks on D-Day is just one example of a pervasive myth of their supposed demise. This line of thinking ignores what actually happened that day. For example, in “Saving Private Ryan”, the character of Capt. Miller at Omaha Beach said that all the DD tanks were floundering in the Channel. This was incorrect. Five DD Shermans…
