Near the main cemetery gates, a statue of a Civil War veteran, his arms draped over a rifle barrel ... Lyman Law, 1770-1842) and Connecticut Gov. Thomas McDonald Waller, as well as Civil War ...

He was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1842 — although he would claim his birthday ... found it odd that Packer had Miller’s knife and Swan’s rifle. What’s more, though he’d claimed ...

AN uneasy peace existed in the settlement at the headwaters of the Connecticut River known as Indian Stream. Both the United ...

Born in Maine in 1819, Nevada City pioneer Edward W. F. Ellis moved with his parents to Felicity, Ohio in 1838, and in 1842 ...

I’ve often said that the best deer rifle is the one you already own. That rifle, if not an actual treasure, has one quality that no other firearm can match — the experiences and memories it helped ...

Long before I was a writer at Outdoor Life, I was an OL reader, and mid-priced hunting rifles were my bread and butter. I grew up with modest means, so when it came to buying a hunting rifle, I sought ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new rifles to soldiers, but the service is apparently still working out the kinks with the systems' advanced optic, according to a new assessment from the ...

Bolt-action rifles have largely been supplanted by semi-automatic rifles in professional circles. Bolt-action repeaters have not been standard issue in the U.S. military since the World War I era ...

TEN months ago, a key informant warned investigators involved in the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) probe about the capability of the two Accuracy International AX2 bolt-action sniper rifles ...

At a time when rifles are made with such lightweight materials as kevlar, titanium, and carbon fiber, it’s easy to forget that not too long ago, high-quality lightweight hunting rifles weren’t ...