Frank Jardim

Elizabethtown

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Freelance Writer at Guns of the Old West Magazine

Contributing Features Writer at American Shooting Journal

Freelance Writer, Researcher, Military Museum Consulant & Director, Vintage Ordnance Company.

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Articles

The Real Gladiators – Inside the Brutal Colossal Colosseum

1 month ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Have you ever wondered why there’s a maze of passageways in the Colosseum’s arena instead of a floor? It’s because you’re looking at the Colosseum’s hypogeum. The wooden floor burned and rotted away in antiquity, and those passageways are essentially the backstage of the Colosseum of Rome. Though in this case, it would be more accurate to call them the understage. The hypogeum was a major step forward in arena design that allowed theatrical versatility impossible with a solid floor arena.
Pocket Pistol: Taurus Puts .22LR In Your Pocket with the 22TUC

1 month ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Experienced shooters and novices can find value in Taurus’s new 22TUC .22LR polymer-framed, semi-automatic pocket pistol for self-defense. It’s a little gun weighing 11.5 ounces, loaded with ten rounds, and small enough to fit in my palm at 5.12 inches long. The virtue of a little gun is that it can go with you just about anywhere and not be a burden. Say what you will about the flaws of the .22LR as a defensive cartridge.
TNW Aero Survival Rifle 1911

1 month ago | gunsmagazine.com | Frank Jardim

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SPOTLIGHT: Triple K Holsters Offers Quality Outdoor Shooting Leather

1 month ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Triple K Holsters started 77 years ago, right after World War II, when veteran Leo Krasne opened an army surplus store in San Diego, California. By 1952, his son Jerry Krasne was running the business. At that time, the emphasis had shifted to manufacturing their own premium line of hunting and shooting accessories. Jerry Krasne renamed the company Triple K Manufacturing after his three children, Kim, Kurt, and Karen. The rest is history.
From PCC to Pistol: Hi-Point Delivers Its 995P 9mm Pistol

2 months ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

The latest evolution of the Hi-Point pistol-caliber-carbine, the 995P, looks like a great starting point for a versatile Poor Man’s suppressed SBR (Short Barreled Rifle). Featuring a configurable design, the 995P comes in a legal pistol format. However, if you are inclined to register it with the ATF, you can easily convert it to an SBR. The 995P’s 13.25-inch threaded barrel gives it room up front for a can without becoming overly long or nose-heavy.
SHOT Show: The Best Bolt-Action Rifles for 2025

2 months ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Back from SHOT Show 2025, we saw a tremendous amount of new guns and gear hitting the market this year. Rifleman rejoice, as many innovative designs head your way. Here are some of the best bolt-action rifle hitting store shelves in 2025. Delivering lightweight performance with pinpoint accuracy, the Cross Sawtooth short-action models in 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 Winchester expand the versatility to this proven high-country hunting rifle.
SHOT Show 2025: Best New Lever-Actions

2 months ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

The lever-action rifle resurgence continues, with several new rifles seen at the 2025 SHOT Show. From tactical survival rifles to classic hunting designs, we’re running the best new lever-actions hitting the market in 2025. Long live the lever!The Steampunk esthetic meets modern hog hunting in this .45-70 Government-caliber 1886 Winchester based lever action. It features a synthetic buttstock and forend with leather contact points. Three rows of M-Lok slots enable accessory mounting.
The Anderson Kiger 9C Pro is a Budget Friendly Glock 19 Clone

Jan 18, 2025 | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Good ideas will be copied. Glock’s reliable, accurate, and efficiently made Safe Action polymer pistols changed the way we thought about handguns. They’ve been around long enough that the ideas embodied in Glock’s core patents are fair game for imaginative people to expand on. This leads us to the example set by Anderson Manufacturing with its Kiger 9C Pro. You could argue that Glock’s fundamentally conservative approach to innovation set the stage for ZEV Industries.
Mossberg Model 151M

Jan 8, 2025 | gunsmagazine.com | Frank Jardim

; . In 1919, Swedish born Oscar F. Mossberg and his sons Iver and Alan founded the company we know today in a small rented loft.
M1919A6 Light Machine Gun: The Stop-Gap Defender of Freedom

Nov 30, 2024 | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

If you watched HBO’s World War Two saga “Band of Brothers,” you may recall the Browning 1919A6 Light Machine Gun making its appearance in the Bastogne episodes. It was a stop-gap gun that looked a bit like what you’d get if you crossed a M1919A4 belt-fed light machine gun with an M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR).