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Limited Special Edition 50th Anniversary M1A Rifle
The new 50th Anniversary commemorative Springfield Armory M1A rifle is more than just a temporal milestone. Sporting a high-end stock with a unique commemorative coin, a military-style wooden crate, a...
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Echelon Earns Top Law Enforcement Gold Rating
Breaking a new product into an established market can be a tough sell — especially when that market is one where the cost of failure can make your kids orphans. A tough sell is not, however, an...
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Britain’s L42A1: The Ultimate Sniper Rifle?
Editor’s Note: For more about the fascinating history of the L42A1, read Jeff John’s new book Britain’s L42A1: King of the Enfield Sniper Rifles available at Amazon.com. Nothing better than being good...
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Are Guns Bad Investments?
In today’s article, the author explores the idea of investing in guns. This is purely an informational article that considers if guns are a good investment. It is not investment advice. The author’s...
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First Look: Echelons of Another Color
Mike Humphries — editor of The Armory Life — reviews the new color variants of the Springfield Armory Echelon. The pistols feature everything that makes the Echelon great, but now in Desert FDE or OD...
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Capt. Dye — This Almost Killed Me in Vietnam
The guy who almost killed me was named Khai. At least that was the part I could read before the S-2 Scouts policed up the bundle of papers I found in his rucksack. We met – stumbled into each other is...
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First Look: The Hellcat Pro Comp 9mm
In today’s article, Jeremy Tremp introduces us to the new Hellcat Pro Comp 9mm pistol from Springfield Armory. The handgun used in this article was loaned to the author by Springfield for the purposes...
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Lanchester Submachine Gun — German Inspired Royal Navy SMG
At the start of the First World War in 1914, the British Army was arguably one of the most “modern” fighting forces in the world. Having learned from its experiences in a series of colonial wars, its...
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Will This End Custom Gunsmithing Work?
As with all products, firearms evolve as new innovations and needs drive changes. Guns today look remarkably similar to those from 100 years ago, yet there have been major design changes due to...
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SOCOM 16 — Is a .308 Too Much for Home Defense?
The Springfield Armory .308 SOCOM 16 is an upgraded Information Age rendition of the classic M14 rifle. Featuring a stubby abbreviated barrel and state-of-the-art polymer stock, the Springfield SOCOM...
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First Look: 10-Round Prodigy 9mm
Unfortunately, the political reality these days is that many American shooters face misguided and pointless capacity restrictions on the magazines of their firearms. Law-abiding residents of states...
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Custom Competition-Ready Echelon with Springer Precision
In this article, Yamil Sued examines upgrades from Springer Precision for the Springfield Armory Echelon. The parts were provided to the author for the purposes of this review. I recently took a trip...
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Schwarzlose Machine Gun — The Austro-Hungarian Army M.07/12
Prior to the First World War, the nations of Europe made Hiram Maxim a very wealthy man. Maxim accomplished this with his machine gun, which was adopted by numerous nations in Europe and beyond....
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Which XD Is Right for You?
A car is often considered a “classic” when it is 20 years old — and, of course, one that is appreciated by its owners. Well, I think the same metric could be applied to the XD family of pistols, as...
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FMK-3 Submachine Gun — Argentina’s Uzi?
On April 2, 1982, Argentinean military forces mounted amphibious landings – known as Operation Rosario – on the British Crown Colony Falkland Islands. It resulted in the ten-week-long Falkland Islands...
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Is This the Ultimate Echelon?
In late 2023, the Springfield Armory Echelon hit the market like a sledgehammer. The Echelon, in its current form of a full-sized 17-round duty pistol, seemed to give us every option we wanted right...
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Review: Coyote Brown 1911 DS Prodigy
In today’s article, Joe Woolley takes a look at the new Coyote Brown 1911 DS Prodigy 9mm pistols. These guns were loaned to him by Springfield Armory for the purposes of this evaluation. Additionally,...
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Review: 1911 DS Prodigy Comp 9mm
The handgun renaissance continues at Springfield Armory with the introduction of the integrally compensated 1911 DS Prodigy Comp AOS 9mm pistol in both 5” and 4.25” configurations. Even for a...
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Springfield Model 2020 Boundary Review
In today’s article, veteran hunter Wayne van Zwoll reviews the new Springfield Armory Model 2020 Boundary rifle. Designed with an internal magazine and other features sportsmen will appreciate, the...
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Is the 1911 Too Heavy?
It’s a great time to be a handgunner, and even more so if you’re a 1911 aficionado. For more than a century, John Moses Browning’s masterpiece of engineering has benefited from not only incremental...
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