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WebI Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Colt Anaconda Weighs Between 47 and 59 Ounces Depending on the Barrel. That Weight Is Not Styling. It Is the Reason You Can Shoot a Full Cylinder of.44 Magnum and Still Be on Target for the 6th Round.
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (636+ words) The Colt Anaconda was stainless only, never blued, in 4-, 6- and 8-inch barrels. Colt discontinued it around 2000 and brought it back in 2021 with reworked internals and a $1,499 MSRP....
Iran Ordered 80 Made in the USA F-14 Tomcat Fighters Under the Shah and Took Delivery of 79 Before the 1979 Revolution. By 1986 Only 25 Were Still Operational. Israeli Strikes on Isfahan in March Destroyed at Least 2 More, and Nobody Outside Iran Knows Whether Any Are Still Flying.
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (548+ words) The US Navy retired the F-14 in 2006, leaving Iran the only operator in the world. Satellite imagery after the Isfahan strikes showed at least two Tomcats destroyed on the ground....
The US Army Has Built 6,700 Bradleys, Is Buying 700 More at $4,350,000 Each Through 2029, and Said in 2019 the Design Had Hit Its Limits.
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (639+ words) The M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, approved for production in 1980 and named for Gen. Omar Bradley in 1981, has passed 6,700 built. In Desert Storm more than 2,200 deployed, three were lost to enemy fire, and crews killed Iraqi tanks at 3,700 meters with TOW missiles....
The Littoral Combat Ship Should Serve as a Warning to the US Navy
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (1007+ words) USS Cleveland, the last of 16 Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships, was commissioned on May 16; USS Fort Worth, 14 years old, was retired ten weeks later, joining Detroit, Milwaukee, Sioux City, and Little Rock. Constellation lost four of six frigates; FFX starts from…...
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: A 240-Grain.454 Casull Load Leaves the Taurus Raging Bull at About 1,900 Feet per Second With 1,923 Foot-Pounds Behind It. That Is.30-30 Rifle Energy, Out of a 5-Shot Revolver.
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (339+ words) Taurus introduced the Raging Bull in 1997 and retired it in 2019. The.454 Casull version delivers.30-30 rifle energy from a five-shot cylinder. The.480 Ruger version is gone....
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: Factory.44 Magnum Makes About 800 Foot-Pounds Out of a Ruger Super Blackhawk. Ruger Got There by Adding 8 Ounces of Steel to a Gun That Was Already Punishing, and Selling It for Less Than the Smith & Wesson.
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (531+ words) Ruger put a.44 Magnum on dealer shelves by the end of 1956, alongside the Model 29. The Super Blackhawk followed in 1959 with a heavier grip frame and eight more ounces....
The M551 Sheridan 'Flying' Light Tank Has A Message for the M10 Booker and the US Army
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (531+ words) The M551 Sheridan could be dropped by parachute with the 82nd Airborne and carried a gun that fired the Shillelagh guided missile. Nothing since has managed both, including the M10 Booker....
'They're Playing With Fire': A Russian Drone Struck 1.2 Miles From NATO's Border, Beside a Train Carrying Former U.S. Intelligence Officials.
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (455+ words) A Russian drone struck beside a train 1.2 miles from the Polish border on September 14, just after a train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt, and Radosław Sikorski had crossed into Poland....
Contractors Glued Bolt Heads On Inside Britain's Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard. Seven of 3,000 Bolts, and the Logbook Never Mentioned Glue.
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (391+ words) Babcock crews glued bolt heads on inside HMS Vanguard, the nuclear-armed submarine: seven of 3,000 bolts and a logbook that never mentioned glue....
Venus Takes 243 Earth Days to Turn Once on Its Axis and 224.7 Earth Days to Circle the Sun. Its Equator Creeps Along at About 4 Miles per Hour??? Slower Than a Person Walks??? While the Planet Itself Races Through Space at 78,000 Miles per Hour.
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (759+ words) Venus is often called Earth’s sister planet because the two are remarkably similar in basic physical dimensions. Earth’s diameter, for example, is about 7,918 miles. Venus has a diameter of about 7,521 miles. Venus has about 95% of Earth’s diameter, 82% of Earth’s mass,…...