In the mid-19th century, the French military had developed some new firearm designs to take advantage of what was then the novel concept of a self-contained cartridge. Initially, like many militaries, the French converted existing military muzzleloaders to…
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Kahr, the maker of functional, well-crafted DAO single-stack pistols, has been missing in action for several years from the cutting edge of the industry. Its products were the same as ever, but that was the problem. The market had shifted back to double-stacks, and then onto mini-9s holding double-digit numbers of rounds. The company that had hit one out of the park with its little single-stack PM9 was languishing back in the minors. Or was it? When Kahr introduced the 10-round X9, it was first a matter of “about time.” However, after examining the pistol, it’s apparent that the company…
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The M3 Fighting Knife was designed with a single purpose: to kill the enemy. It was designed to penetrate deeply into an opponent during hand-to-hand combat, severing arteries and veins along the way, so that the opponent would quickly lose enough blood to cease to be a threat. The M3 and the KA-BAR were evaluated together for the US military in 1942 by civilians on the Smaller War Plants Corporation Board. It was adopted by that board based on civilian rather than military criteria. The chairman of that board was eager to select designs that could be quickly and economically…
On March 9, 1776, Adam Smith published the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations”. — March 9, 1916: Pancho Villa‘s men killed more than a dozen in a raid on Columbus, New Mexico. — March 9, 1945, the U.S. Army Air Forces bombed Tokyo with napalm, causing fires that destroyed a quarter of the city and killed some 80,000 civilians. — Today’s feature is by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson. — We still need entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this…
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Several industry developments indicate the post-pandemic decline in gun sales may finally be coming to a halt. The most widely publicized barometer is the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) monthly estimate of gun sales. The organization’s comparison of January’s purchases to the same month in 2025 reflects a barely palpable decline of 0.7 percent. NSSF just issued its February’s findings. Roughly 1,265,320 gun purchases resulted in the buyer’s name being cleared through the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check system. That’s a 3.5 percent improvement over February 2025. There are other hints the long-awaited stabilization—and potential rebound—has arrived. Here are a…
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