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A real WWII gold grab with OSS shadows and missing bars reads like Kelly’s Heroes with receipts. The chaos was real, the loot was massive, and the ending still stings.

There are more guns that fold in half now than ever before. Folding guns are typically handy little things that thrive in how compact they can become. 

The Uberti 1873 Sporting Rifle brings the Gun That Won the West back to life with a slick toggle-link action, gorgeous Old West looks, mild .44-40 recoil, and a best five-shot group of 0.97 inches at 25 yards. This old-time rifle still has some game.

Henry’s first revolver combines .357 Magnum authority, heirloom-grade details, and accuracy that borders on showing off. The Big Boy does not merely wear the Henry name. It earns it.

The Arken EP-5 GENII 7-35×56 delivers sharp glass, confident tracking, and competition-ready controls for $749. It is not perfect, but this precision rifle scope performs well above the price printed on the box.

The RCBS MatchMaster Precision Case Trimmer promises to trim, chamfer, and deburr brass in one pass. After 523 cartridges and 78.5″ of brass removed on the same cutter head, I found out just how hard this $699.99 precision machine can work.

The SIG P226 TacOps earned its reputation the hard way, with training, hard use, and more than 1,000 rounds without a failure in this original test. More than a decade later, Legion, SAO, E2-style grips, optic-ready models, X-Fives, and the P320 have changed the shopping landscape, but not the basic question: Is the old-school hammer-fired P226 still worth the money?

Before Russell Johnson became the cerebral Professor on Gilligan’s Island, he flew 44 combat missions in B25 Mitchell bombers and survived being shot down in the Pacific. His real life was considerably more dangerous than anything that ever happened on that uncharted island.

The American shotgun market is huge, but it’s not necessarily ruled by American shotguns anymore.