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Firearms Technical Trivia Archive
Select Archived Firearm Technical Trivia
JUL 1999: Development and History of the US .30-06 Service Cartridge
AUG 1999: Development of the High Capacity Pistol Magazine
SEP 1999: Assault Rifle Also Rans: Western Intermediate Contemporaries of the 7.62mm NATO
OCT 1999: A Headspace Primer
NOV 1999: Self Loading Pistol Operating Mechanisms
DEC 1999: Cruffler's Guide to Imperial German Regimental Markings
JAN 2000: Questing for Firearms Identification
FEB 2000: Magazine Cut-Offs
MAR 2000: Iron Sight Use and Adjustment
APR 2000: Shaking Out the .357 Magnum's Family Tree
MAY 2000: The US Military's Flirtation with Flechettes
JUN 2000: When a Springfield Isn't a Springfield: The Pedersen Device
JUL 2000: Martial Metallurgy: Heat Treatment and the M1903 Springfield Rifle
AUG 2000: Technical Biography: Ferdinand, Ritter von Mannlicher
SEP 2000: Arisaka Rifle Spotter's Guide
OCT 2000: Clandestine Sten Gun Production During WWII by the Polish Underground
NOV 2000: Cruffler's Illustrated Guide to the CETME Sporter Rifle
DEC 2000: Interwar Light Machinegun Development in Czechoslovakia
JAN 2001: Better Marksmanship through Chemistry: Solving the Metallic Fouling Problem
FEB 2001: Technical Biography: Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
MAR 2001: Soviet Political Economy and the Design Evolution of the Kalashnikov Avtomat
APR 2001: Building the FAL Rifle at Home
MAY 2001: Kicking the Kick: The Inventions of Richard Cutts
JUN 2001: Debunking the Myth of "NATO Standard" Ammunition
JUL 2001: The History and Development of the 7.92x57mm Mauser Cartridge
AUG 2001: The Great Smith&Wesson Trademark Infringement Suit
SEP 2001: A Brief Collector's Guide to the US Bayonet, Model 1905
OCT 2001: A Brief Introduction to the 5.45x39mm Cartridge
NOV 2001: Special Purpose Cartridges of the Former Soviet Union
DEC 2001: Basic Firearms Metallurgy
JAN 2002: A Bullet Design Primer
FEB 2002: The 7.92x57mm Cartridge in Polish Service
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