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Why do writers keep getting the 5.56mm ammunition wrong! The original M16 chambered the M193 Round designated as 5.56 and the round was essentially the 223Rem. It was not the 5.56x45 NATO round which was developed by FN in the late 70's to fire the SS109 62 grain bullet with the steel...

There is at least one glaring error in this article. The original M16s did not use 5.56x45 NATO ammunition. The ammunition was designated 5.56 and fired a 55 gn FMJ through a 12 twist barrel. (Some of the test rifles sent to Viet Nam were 14 Twist). The 5.56x45 NATO round was developed and...

Somewhere around 1959, as an 8 year old kid we went to a halloween carnival and at that time they had a booth set up where you could shoot the 1911. My dad consented and I fired a pistol for the first time. Here 65 years later there is no sidearm that I would rather shoot than a 1911. It fits...

Great article and thanks for giving credit to the much maligned Wildcat. The Hell Cat has always been recognized as the premier Naval fighter in WWII but it was the Wildcat and the men who flew her that faced down the IJN and changed the whole direction of the war in the Pacific.

My state recently enacted OC for CWP holders. I find myself in agreement with Bullwinkle on OC. I’ve yet to carry openly and the thought of being in a crowded situation with an open firearm is unsettling. You don’t know what the latest, senseless Tic-Toc craze may be.

Very good article.