After reading about how some military primers can rust a gun, I ran to my safe and held the rifle’s barrel up to the light. What had once been a shiny bore looked like a mine shaft.

The M14 rifle, designed in the 1950s to be the US military’s single, do-it-all battle rifle, had a notoriously short and ...

A shortened (18" barrel), lightened version of the M1A is catalogued as the M1A Scout Squad Rifle. It was introduced in 1998 (see “Dope Bag,” April, 2000, p. 50).

Every Thursday we'll share an article from the American Rifleman archives. In this week's article taken from September 1985, we revisit Jeff Cooper's original vision for this do-it-all utility gun.

The Marine Scout Sniper War Memorial will look something like this: a bronze World War I observer, with an iconic brimmed helmet and a specialized Winchester rifle slung over his shoulder, points ...

A Marine attending the Prescout Sniper Course camouflages his rifle with the surrounding foliage during a stalking exercise here, Nov. 20, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo) ...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has approved a plan to create 25-Marine Scout ... SOCOM is officially getting its hands on the new sniper rifle everyone in the US military wants ...

After the author thought he ruined his M48 Yugoslavian Mauser, he got to work and turned it into a scout rifle. Join the 1871 Club · The Greatest Stories Happen Outdoors · Subscribe Today Gear ...