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OSPREY Publishing: Modern African Wars (4) – The Congo 1960 – 2002

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Strike-Hold Osprey’s first title in the Men-At-Arms ”Modern African Wars” series-within-a-series appeared in 1986, and the series has been a big hit ever since. The first title was “Modern African Wars (1) Rhodesia 1965-80″, followed by “Modern African Wars (2) Angola and Mozambique 1961-74″ and...

A Made-In-America .308 semi-auto FG42?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Strike-Hold YES – is the short answer!  Now here is the longer answer…. Smith Manufacturing Group located in Decatur, Texas specializes in recreating rare, foreign, WWII-era firearms in semi-auto, ’civilian-legal’ (i.e., no special licenses or paperwork required) form. The company’s product line includes such legends as...

UPDATED: Announcing SIERRA HOTEL Manufacturing – who, what, when, where?

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Strike-Hold You could be forgiven for wondering what is up with this new company – for one thing, those who’ve never served in the US military might not know that the name is military slang meaning “shit hot”.  And when you look at their...

Happy New Year – and 2013 Annual Report

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Strike-Hold A very Happy New Year to you all!  And I hope you had a happy holiday season.  You might have noticed that things have been a bit quiet around here over the past week or so – I was enjoying a bit of...