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Happy Independence Day: Guns of the Grunt 1776-2020

by Chris Eger

Back-to-back World War champs and arguably the strongest military in the world, America's Soldiers have carried a wide array of rifles in the past 244 years.

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Colt, FN Compete for M16A4 Contract Orders Worth $383 Million

by Chris Eger

The Army Contracting Command on Wednesday announced that two of the country's biggest M16 makers will compete for a huge military rifle contract.

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Army Greenlights 3 Contractors for Next Generation Squad Weapons

by Chris Eger

Three defense contractors, including teams involving Heckler & Koch and Sig Sauer, have been picked by the U.S. Army to submit prototype next generation 6.8mm firearms.

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Army Greenlights 3 Contractors for Next Generation Squad Weapons

by Chris Eger

Three defense contractors, including teams involving Heckler & Koch and Sig Sauer, have been picked by the U.S. Army to submit prototype next generation 6.8mm firearms.

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Should civilians have military guns?

by Greg Camp

Press gun control advocates on the meaning of these terms, and you'll find either ignorance about firearms or an agenda the activists want to keep hidden.

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Nostalgia Trip: 5 Classic 50s Battle Rifles

by Chris Eger

Maybe it's everybody getting their old, shined up cars out of the garage as summer sets in but Guns.com is feeling a bit nostalgic, so to scratch that itch we thought we would take a look at some classic 50s battle rifles.

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Guns of the Grunt: 1963

by Chris Eger

At the outbreak of the Vietnam war, US Army infantrymen and USMC marines shouldered firearms far different from the ones carried by their counterparts fifty years earlier but many that set the stage for the guns carried today.

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The Colt Aircrewman Special: The all aluminum .38 caliber

by Chris Eger

When they Airforce was carved off the US army in the 40s and 50s, the newly minted airmen needed a personal defense weapon for those unexpected stops. Enter the Colt Aircrewman.

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Your Grandpa’s “Assault Weapons”: What will a semi-automatic ban mean to collector firearms?

by Chris Eger

With another assault weapon ban looming, Guns.com looks at four vintage rifles, found in many a collectors gun safe, that may be deemed illegal if a semi-automatic ban passes (or bypasses) Congress.

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