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Independence Day for a Newly-American Canadian

Ben Philippi photographed with the American Flag and his trusty Mossberg 500 12-gauge shotgun. (Photo: Ben Philippi/Guns.com) A Canadian by birth, this year’s Independence Day is different for me. I was recently granted a green…

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Biden Fails Fact Check on Revolutionary War Cannon Ownership

Screenshot of Vice President Joe Biden’s recent interview along with a split-screen of General Gage’s orders of Feb. 1775 instructing his men to be on the lookout for cannons not under the King’s control. In…


Vintage Boom: Testing the Navy’s WWII Big Guns in Kodachrome

The Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia was established in 1918 and has been testing ordnance for the fleet ever since. We found a great series of original color photos taken at Dahlgren during World…


Big Guns Going BOOM!!

As a producer for Guns.com, I’ve got the pleasure of photographing and filming many large-caliber guns over the years at gun shoots and shows. Witnessing the explosive power of military hardware up close and in…


75mm of Freedom: M116 Pack Howitzer Maintains Its Thunder

The 75mm M116 Pack Howitzer was designed in the United States in the 1920s. It met a need for a compact artillery piece that could be moved across difficult terrain, replacing the 1900s-era Vickers Mountain…