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Gander Outdoors announced Thursday shotgun manufacturer Franchi will join the outdoor retailer's overhauled inventory.

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While Italy started the war as a member of the Axis, in 1943 after the Allied invasion partisan groups sprung up across the country to fight to Germans. These are their arms.

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With the ARX-100 you’re able to get your hands on what the old Masada could have been. Sure the ARX-100’s $1950 MSRP is $450 more than the projected MSRP of the Masada, but that was back in 2007. A year when gas was $2.75 a gallon and brass-cased .223 ammo was $6 for a box of 20.

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Pistoni were huge muzzleloaders used throughout Italian history. They were originally mounted to a castle wall for defensive purposes, but as technology increased the pistoni’s usefulness decreased, and eventually, the trombini was born. The trombini was used during festivities and holidays and in some parts of northern Italy and Italian Switzerland, it’s still used today, […]

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The CCTV footage of two Italian assassins that missed their marks from nearly point-blank range in March 2012 has been released after a lengthy investigation. Around 9:30 p.m. in Reggio Calabria, 40-year-old Antonino Pricoco and 29-year-old Giole Mangiola, opened fire on their intended victims, Filippo Nocera and Francesco Barreca. Though they were only feet away, […]

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One of the evolutionary branches that have been stunted by regulation is in the handheld machine pistol. Moreover, no article mentioning a machine pistol in the opening paragraph can neglect the Beretta 93R.

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