When I shopped for a few surplus products, I discovered an entire world of modern surplus gear that I didn’t know existed. 

Winchester and John Moses Browning were tightly connected. Winchester helped Browning write patents and purchased nearly every design he’d produce, even if they were never going to produce it.

The Cold War seemingly saw an uptick in domestically produced designs and unique rifles across the world. Today we are going to examine some of the best rifles from the Cold War, but we are also going to look at examples you can own right now.

If you’re somewhat new to any genre of firearm or firearm accessory, it’s often tough to see why one firearm or firearm accessory costs so much more than another. What are the differences?

I’m not going to give the common-sense answers. We all know your range bag should contain your eyes and ears, ammo, spare magazines, etc. I’m not going to bore you with the basics.

Recently the Hi-Power has seen quite the revival. Maybe the industry’s hard time coming up with something new spurned it.

Winchester produced single—and double-barrel shotguns, lever-action shotguns, and a few semi-auto shotguns, but their main claim to fame was pump-action shotguns. 

Guns are expensive, ammo is expensive, optics are expensive, and you get the point. It’s expensive, and inflation isn’t helping, and election years certainly don’t help.

The AR might be the ultimate modern patrol rifle, but it’s not the first patrol rifle. Look at a few historical examples of patrol rifles before AR dominance.