OL's former shooting editor revisits the good times and bad of two legendary gunmakers who shaped the frontier and beyond: ...

Sports reporter Oliver Kidman sets his sights on another new sport – pistol shooting – and finds a warm and inclusive ...

French Charleville muskets are a fascinating study in improvement, having evolved from a loosely uniform pattern to what was ...

Releasing a new revolver, especially one aimed at the concealed-carry/self-defense segment of today’s firearm market, with plentiful micro-9 mm, double-stack ...

When Texas became a Republic after their breakaway from Mexico in 1836, two of the most persistent threats to its survival came from the threats it faced from its two frontiers. Upon the Republic’s ...

Alexander Zverev has changed his approach ahead of the French Open, even though it’s a move that doesn’t line up with some of his previous statements. The German is currently ranked number three in ...

Don't even think about eating lunch at your desk. Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the ...

As in fashion, French girl beauty continues to fascinate. It never tries too hard, but it’s memorable either way—and that effortlessly undone look they’ve mastered (the perfectly smudged red lipsticks ...

Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 with the first recorded use of a firearm and ending in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns. 1364 - First recorded ...

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Handguns are generally considered to be low in power and high in portability. They were originally thought of, and still are, as self-defense tools for close-quarters combat. But the handgun has ...

MR. LOVE'S treatise is the necessary complement to Todhunter and Pearson's “History of the Theory of Elasticity,” in which an abstract is given of all the most important original memoirs bearing on ...