Cool Guns

Pigeon-guided bombs, incendiary bats, a barrel that shoots around corners, and a gun that fired square bullets. The strangest military weapons ever built.

Blanks that can kill, the cold-gun call, and the tragedies of Brandon Lee and Rust. How Hollywood armorers actually work, from a firearms reviewer.

A plastic gun that never existed, a cop-killer bullet that protected gun barrels, a camping gun saved by three inches. Guns banned for the weirdest reasons.

From a 13-pound revolver to a 1,350-ton railway gun that fired seven-ton shells, these are the biggest guns ever built, ranked from handheld to monstrous.

The Tommy Gun, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Bonnie and Clyde’s stolen rifles. The real history of Prohibition gangster guns, myths sorted from facts.

From a $1.84 million Colt Walker to a Winchester with only eight ever made, these are the rarest production guns in the world and why collectors chase them.

AR does not stand for assault rifle, the design is older than the moon landing, and one rifle can shoot a dozen calibers. Ten surprising AR-15 facts.

From Washington’s Lafayette pistols to Teddy Roosevelt’s safari rifles and a million-dollar revolver, here are the documented guns of the U.S. presidents.

From the pistol that started World War I to the gun that killed Lincoln, these are the most famous guns in history and the moments that made them legends.