Christian Orr

A recent report about a senior U.S. military officer who publicly stated that the much-feared, much-vaunted J-20 ain’t all it’s cracked up to be is making waves.

The XP-75 Eagle made her maiden flight on November 17, 1943. She was built by the now-defunct Fisher Body Division of General Motors.

Meet the Glock 47: Fellow Glock fans, rejoice: Yours Truly is about to review yet another model from your favorite handgun brand. As for the Glock haters out there, you might actually be able to stomach this writeup. I’ll be discussing a Glock product that left me slightly underwhelmed compared to other Glock pistol models. […]

In the annals of U.S. military aviation, a fair number of fighter planes’ monikers have been passed from one generation to the next. You have names like “Thunderbolt,” which passed from the WWII-era P-47 Thunderbolt to the A-10 Thunderbolt II, which celebrated her 50th birthday last year. You have “Lightning,” passed from the WWII-era P-38 […]

China is facing a storm of challenges that could bring down its mighty empire in a decade, according to geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan.

The proverbial trouble in paradise arose with both of these guns. The P320 in particular has been hit with a slew of horror stories about drop safety shortcomings.

Specifications included a barrel length of 24 inches, an overall length of 37.94 inches, and an empty weight of 31 pounds. Cyclic rate of fire was 400 to 600 rounds per minute, with an effective firing range of 600 yards and a max firing range of 1,500 yards.

Time to stir the pot again with my fellow gun enthusiasts amongst our dear, this time by asking this question: Who’s the best gunmaker in the world? To simplify the discussion, I’m going to divide it in separate categories to be covered across multiple parts of a series. Moreover, in order to minimize biases as […]

One good Walther striker-fired semiauto pistol review deserves another. (Hey, gotta be “Fair and Balanced” and show some spirit of “Equal Time” after all those Glock and Beretta articles this journalist has written, eh? Having already covered the Walther PDP, now we’re going to travel back in time a bit and cover its immediate ancestor, […]

Many a successful full-sized semiautomatic pistol has in turn spawned a compact and/or subcompact edition. The Glock 17 begat the compact G19 and “baby Glock” G26, the full-sized Beretta 92F begat the Beretta 92 Compact, the CZ-75 begat the CZ P07 Duty, and so forth. So then, it only stands to reason that the most […]