Browning's BAR (Automatic Rifle) remains in use today. Even though it was retired in 1957, the U.S. military continues to use this weapon. Nothing in it's size and power has been able to do the same job. Using a standard 30.06 cartridge, this weapon has no equal as a one man machine gun. Designed fo...

The basics of .38 Special vs. 9 mm: • .38 Special is a revolver round; 9 mm is typically a semi-auto round • .38 Special is rimmed; 9 mm is rimless • .38 Special is taller than 9 mm and has a larger case capacity • Both calibers are popular for self defense and perform well in ballistic gel tests • ...

]The .38 Special was designed and produced in 1898 to be a higher velocity round, with better penetration properties than the .38 Long Colt that was in Government Service in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War. The .38 Long Colt revolver round would not penetrate the shields of the insur...