What Military Surplus Do You Want for Christmas?

It’s that time of year, and meaning it’s time to decide what military surplus you want want for Christmas.  We’ve got a whole list of stuff you can buy for your loved ones (or for yourself!) to show how much you care, and show support for our troops too.  Let’s get started! Military Uniform – [...]

List of Weapons – Pre-Modern Weapons

This is the third in our “List of Weapons” series.  Pre-modern weapons cover include military surplus from about the 16th century until World War I. Pre-Modern Hand Firearms – What we today call “guns” makes its first appearance in one of our list of weapons here.  Gunpowder was invented in China in the 9th century [...]

List of Weapons – Modern Weapons

This list of weapons article takes a look at military surplus weapons that are used on the battlefield today. Modern Hand Firearms – The early muskets evolved into the modern hand firearms we have today.  Muskets were smoothbore (a smooth inside of the barrels), which sometimes caused the bullets to tumble and be inaccurate.   Modern [...]

Gun Accessories – Cartridge Holder

Here we give you some cartridge holder options so you can keep track of your ammunition.  Who knew there was more than one way to store ammo?  Well there is, and not one way is the “right way.” There’s not much of a history to tell of the cartridge holder.  Guns that require a cartridge [...]

Gun Accessories – Cases

The last article on gun accessories addressed grips and cleaning kits.  Now we look to storing your gun.  Anyone who owns a gun needs a safe place to keep it.  It can’t be lying out in the open where someone who doesn’t know how to use it can get to it.  It also needs to [...]

The Bazooka That Gave the Bubblegum Its Name

“Bazooka” is the nickname given to any shoulder-mounted individual rocket launcher and is the precursor to modern-day rocket launchers.  The term was first coined when rocket launchers became prominent in World War II.  The first rocket launchers were also known as “stovepipes” (for obvious reasons). The rockets used in the bazooka — high explosive warheads [...]

Movie Weapons – Independence Day

We’re back with another movie weapons article, focusing on one movie in particular: Independence Day.  Check out our articles on other movie weapons in Transformers and The Matrix.  This weekend is the Fourth of July, so we figured it was the best time to feature this blockbuster film. Beretta 92 – One of the most [...]

Camo Gun – Firearms That Blend In

When we think of something with camouflage, we usually don’t think of a camo gun.  But word on the street is that camouflaging guns will soon be allowed in the U.S. Army. Just about everything a soldier wears and uses has some form of camouflage, so why not do the same for weapons?  Guns are [...]

Military Surplus Guns

Military surplus guns are one of the least popular items purchased in terms of military surplus.  When you think of military surplus, camouflage, helmets, and backpacks probably come to mind.  But what you might not know is that there is a huge supply of military surplus guns available for purchase. Most equipment that the military [...]

The One-Shoed Paintball Attacker

Paintball is a great asset for the military, you can read the interview with the world’s #1 ranked player we had here: Paintball In The Military (Ollie Lang). I started this game of paintball like any other.  I was wearing a camouflage shirt and yellow with stripes shorts (not exactly great for blending in, in [...]

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