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

From Ashes To Airborne

2 weeks ago | gunsmagazine.com | Frank Jardim

A few years back, a fire burned my barn and among the casualties were a pair of American M1 helmets I had since my youth. These iconic helmets became the symbol of the American soldier in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and the Cold War. Mine was cooked to bare steel with the chin straps burned off, but they were not crushed or deformed. Nostalgia prevented me from scrapping them with the rest of the ruins. I thought I might someday restore them for my kids. That day came sooner than expected.
Sinclair International Hand Press

2 weeks ago | gunsmagazine.com | Frank Jardim

With this solid but compact stainless-steel bench-top press, precision handloading of rifle cartridges during load development can be an easy operation on the range. Designed for use with precision reloading dies, this arbor press eliminates the need for repeated mallet blows to de-prime and neck size your brass in the field and is ideal for all bullet seating applications.
GForce Arms Saddlehorn LTAC 357 Lever-Action Carbine

2 weeks ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Regarding pistol caliber carbines (PCCs), the manually-operated lever-action Winchester Model 1982 still remains one of the world’s most successful PCCs. From 1892 to 1941, Winchester made at least 900,000 of them. The Spanish made around a million more clones from 1915 to 1938 under the “El Tigre” brand. Brazil still produces clones of this slim and handy little carbine today. Miroku of Japan manufactured Model 1892 replicas for Browning and later for Winchester.
REV Industries High-Capacity Revolver Speed Loader

3 weeks ago | gunsmagazine.com | Frank Jardim

It’s hard to dream up new and practical accessories for a 189-year-old weapons system, but REV Industries has done it with their 18-round RI Speed Loader. With a lightweight body made of hardened ABS plastic, the patented design holds three reloads for six-shot, .38 Special/.357 Magnum revolvers. Cartridges are released to drop into the chambers when a central button on the face of the loader is pressed against the revolver’s cylinder ratchet.
Hornady High Speed 3-in-1 Power Case Trimmer

1 month ago | gunsmagazine.com | Frank Jardim

In terms of performance, Hornady just created the F-35 fighter jet of case neck preparation tools. If your appetite for rifle shooting led you to become a handloader, this time-saving, high-precision, production-grade tool is worth every nickel. Insert the case in the collet chuck and slide it forward so the absurdly quiet 2,000 RPM trimming, deburring and chamfering cutters do their work.
TESTED: Chiappa Big Badger Folding Rifle Built for Survival

1 month ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Imagine survival scenarios with an inexpensive, spartan firearm of minimal weight and bulk serving as a better choice than a fully featured, full-sized, conventional long gun. The ability to attach a suppressor, making the shooter harder to find, greatly adds to the appeal. This completely describes the Chiappa Big Badger Folding Rifle chambered in 350 Legend.
Steyr M1912

1 month ago | americanhandgunner.com | Frank Jardim

By World War I, the early designers of semi-automatic pistols had overcome the initial ergonomic, caliber and reliability limitations that hampered their wide acceptance, and many practical models were in general use by civilian, police and military forces. The American .45 ACP caliber Colt Model 1911 and German 9x19mm caliber P-08 Luger are the most famous semi-automatics of this period on the military side.
Back to Its Roots: Why You Should Care That Walther Returns the PPK .32 ACP

1 month ago | athlonoutdoors.com | Frank Jardim

Walther is again producing the elegant and well-made PP and PPK for the American market, in their original .32 ACP. Likewise, they are also available in the much snappier recoiling .380 ACP. I am especially glad that the .32 ACP models are back. In 1929, Fritz Walther revolutionized personal defense autoloading pistols with his patented single-action/double-action trigger mechanism. It allowed for the speed, safety, and instant readiness of a double-action revolver on the first shot.
SDS Arms Tisas ASF M1911A1

1 month ago | americanhandgunner.com | Frank Jardim

Call me a Tisas fan if you like, but the truth is I just appreciate good value. A year ago, I bought their 1911A1 U.S. Army 45, which is a nice, budget-priced, parkerized, lanyard loop equipped, military M1911A1 style pistol. I found the gun to be an excellent value and about as accurate as any of the government-issued M1911A1 I had experience with, which is to say adequate but not impressive.
The Real Gladiators – Inside the Brutal Colossal Colosseum

2 months 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.