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Spring issue cover: Philippine troops loading the M1s for shipment to CMP last year.
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The Spring issue is going to the printer today, so the first copies should start to go to the post office late next week :) It has been a bit of a slog but it turned out great.

Most people think the "hider" somehow stifles the flash, but all it does is reduce the amount of flash that comes back to the shooter's eyes. The fireball is the same, just elongated and focused to...

When the M1C was having such terrible accuracy problems (as many as 200 rifles in rehab for failing the tests) SA was desperate to identify the cause. One suspect was the flash hider because Ordnance...

I was discussing it with Steve Norton, he elaborated with info not in the article, including a quote from Dick Culver, the archetype Marine:

"A cone flash hider designated the M2 was adopted in...

Interesting indeed. The author (Steve Norton) speculates that it might have been developed because the thinner profile of the bell allowed the regular sights to be used, whereas the standard hider...

The Spring issue is in final assembly, although it's still a couple of weeks from going to the printer. There are some really interesting articles besides the two early Winchesters mentioned...