Gun Stories

On this episode of Gun Stories, host Joe Mantegna explores the mystery behind a Winchester rifle found in the Great Basin National Park. Was it a hunter who intended to return and retrieve it later? Was it an outlaw on the run abandoning it when he ran out of ammo? This model 1873 has been shrouded by a mystery that so far, no one has been able to unravel.

The largest growing market for handguns today is concealed carry. Now legal and allowed in all 50 states, over half require no special permit. Join host Joe Mantegna as he takes a closer look at some of the most popular choices in conceal carry today.

Host Joe Mantegna looks back at one of the most unique and odd pistols in firearms history. Join us as we discover this extraordinary evolution in gun manufacturing with the Dardick pistol.

There is no doubt that the battlefield is an ever-evolving place, new and better technology is always around the next corner. One Manufacturer is already around that corner and leading the way. Come along with Joe Mantegna as he travels to Sig Sauer’s headquarters in New Hampshire to check out their new belt-fed machine gun, the MMG338.

Host Joe Mantegna joins Sig Sauer to discover the replacement for the workhorse M4 carbine. Sig Sauer’s M7’s aim is to overcome the limitations of the 5.56 and 7.62 NATO rounds.

Select fire handguns might have limited capacity and application but are still exhilarating to shoot. Join host, Joe Mantegna as he looks back at some of the most exciting and interesting full auto pistols in firearms history.

2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day and Cabot Guns has set out to commemorate it with a very special pistol. Watch as Cabot Guns builds a one of kind Damascus steel 1911 using scraps of metal that survived WWII and the Normandy Invasion.

Come along with host Joe Mantegna as we look back at the short-lived US service of the Krag-Jorgensen. Used briefly in the Spanish-American war by Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders it quickly became obsolete in the ever-changing landscape of firearms development.

More than three decades after the Vietnam War, when the totals of modern American snipers were added up, it was discovered that one man had 103 confirmed kills and as many as 216 probable kills, more than any other Marine Corps sniper. Host Joe Mantegna explores the life and accomplishments of Chuck Mawhinney.

Eugene Stoner was one of the United States' most prolific military small arms designers of modern times. But Stoner wanted to create something that he hoped would be revolutionary. A firearm that could be easily reconfigured for different needs, the Stoner 63.