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The Guns of Snake Plissken

We take a deep dive into the firearms used by Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) in both ‘Escape from New York’ and ‘Escape from L.A.’
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The U.S. military took almost 30 years to field a carbine-length version of the M16 rifle, and then the M4 Carbine replaced it.

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A deep dive into the iconic Pulse Rifle from the classic Aliens (1986), and the much different rifle from the hit Alien: Romulus (2024).

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Eugene Stoner is known for the AR-15, but his AR-10 came first. Here’s how it was built and why it never got out of the AR-15’s shadow.

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The HK CC9 is the first pistol from Heckler & Koch specifically designed for the civilian concealed carry market.

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.338 Lapua Magnum: A Legendary Sniper Round That Hunts
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The .338 Lapua Magnum was developed as a long-range sniper round and it can take down any game animal on the planet.

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The .357 Magnum was born because of a quirk of ammo history and from a hunter and gun writer’s desire to push the envelope.

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Silver Bullets: How To Hunt a Werewolf
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You need silver bullets to kill a werewolf, but where did this “fact” come from, and could you make a real silver bullet if you had to?

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Cartridge Breakdown: .223 Remington & 5.56 NATO
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Great Gun Movies: Heat (1995)
shootingGreat Gun Movies: Heat (1995)

This Crime Thriller Has Quite A Few Guns In Supporting Roles When Michael Mann makes a movie with guns in it, you can be sure he’s going to do his research about tactics, and that will allow him and the film’s armorer to choose the right firearms for the characters and the action. Perhaps his […]

BYDavid Maccar|Sep 19, 2024
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