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Springfield Armory has just announced three new Aimpoint COA-equipped Echelon models.When the Aimpoint COA and its neat new A-CUT mounting system were announced last year, many shooters were excited to get their hands on it. The ability to do so was limited, however, due to it being exclusively available on…

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Eugene Morrison Stoner was born in Gosport, Indiana, on 22 November 1922. He passed away in Palm City, Florida, in 1997. In the intervening 74 years, Stoner established himself as the most successful American firearms designer of the modern age. When Stoner graduated from High School in 1939, his parents…

Editor’s Note: In today’s article, author Joe Kurtenbach reviews the 9mm Speer Gold Dot Carbine ammunition in a Springfield Armory SAINT Victor Carbine. Speer provided the ammunition for testing. When the editor-in-chief of The Armory Life reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in testing out a new Speer…

Maciej Torbé has returned to his Civivi stomping ground for a new fixed blade, the Scoopth. The Scoopth falls right in line with previous Civivi/Torbé collabs, which have always been fixed blade models with striking lines. What is a Scoopth? Perhaps only Torbé knows, but it’s certainly fun to say.…