Select-fire Rifles
HK XM-8: What Was it and Why? (With Larry Vickers)
Larry Vickers has the closest thing most any of us will ever have to a true XM-8 rifle, and has more than a little trigger time on the original XM-8 rifles. So, I asked him […]
Revolver
Colt Boa: Rarest of the Snake Revolvers
Of the seven revolvers Colt named after snakes, the rarest is the Colt Boa. Only a single production run of these were made totaling just 1,200 guns. They were made in 1985 as a custom […]
Flamethrower
US M2/M2A1 Flamethrower
After a dismal first attempt at designing a flamethrower (the M1) in 1941, the US Chemical Corps along with several universities and industrial partners put in a lot of research to develop a more usable […]
“I’ve actually shot EM-2s in both .280 and 7.62” – possibly the one sentence that makes me green with envy . . .
1) Don’t you disrespect my M14!
2) It’s a miracle that any T48’s survived and they weren’t all scrapped
3) For a reference that thoroughly damns the Ordnance Corps, I refer you to
“Misfire: The Story of How America’s Small Arms Have Failed Our Military”
– https://www.amazon.com/Misfire-Story-Americas-Failed-Military/dp/0684193590
Just like to point out that the trigger guard on the L1A1 did in fact fold inside the pistol grip. There is a slot in the front of the grip, covered by a plate. You have to unscrew the plate, flip the guard inside and screw it back on.