Paul-Martin Foss

Not every gold investor wants to buy gold by the ounce. One ounce coins are expensive, not practical for small transactions and, for those who want some history behind their…

The recent mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH have many in the country in a tizzy. Everyone is looking to find something to blame, some reason they…

With the 12-gauge shotshell dominating the shelves of American gun shops and being by far the most popular gauge in the country, one might wonder if there’s even a demand…

One of the dominant themes of the 2016 Presidential campaign was President Trump’s combative attitude towards the US intelligence establishment. His distrust of the intelligence establishment was front and center…

Throughout China’s history the country was a silver standard country through and through. From its own silver coins to Spanish milled dollars to US trade dollars, the country made use…

With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Iron Curtain, vast amounts of Eastern European military materiel was exported to the US by countries desperate for…

While we’ve previously profiled the Mexican Gold Libertad coin, its Silver Libertad counterpart is perhaps better known. Mexico’s mining industry has existed for centuries and was long a source of…

The .30-06 Springfield cartridge wasn’t created out of thin air, just like the rifle for which it was created. The 1903 Springfield rifle was essentially a modified small-ring Mauser, developed…

The era of feudalism began to flourish in the years after the downfall of the Western Roman Empire, and reached their zenith during the medieval era. Far from being a…

Austria has had a long history of minting precious metal coins. From the time of the Maria Theresa Thaler, Austrian coins have been frequently used in international trade and have…

The past 130 years have seen a veritable revolution in small arms design and ammunition. Yet despite all the changes that have occurred since then, sometimes it makes sense to…

Probably no event had a greater impact on the development of handguns in the 20th century than the 1986 Miami FBI shootout. That shootout highlighted the inadequacy in police use…