Format: 6 × 9 inches, softcover, pp. 117 + x

Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms is a multidisciplinary academic journal publishing research from scholars around the world, and serves as the peak international publication promoting the scholarship of contemporary arms.

In addition to full-length research articles and shorter research notes, Armax publishes book reviews, conference reports, obituaries, and other material relevant to the contemporary arms studies community. Armax is published by Helios House Press on behalf of the Cody Firearms Museum, with two issues annually. All research submissions are double-blind peer reviewed.

Issue Contents:

• Editor's Preface (N.R. Jenzen-Jones)

• ‘Mauser Japonés’ & ‘Remington Ruso’: A History of the Arisaka and Mosin–Nagant Rifles in the Mexican Revolution (Luís Gonzalez)

• American ‘Gangster Gats’: Illicit Automatic Conversions of the Winchester Model 07 Self-loading Rifle in the 1930s (Hans-Christian Vortisch)

• The Ranger Rifle: An Alternative Firearm for Conservation Law Enforcement (Kurt W. Steiner)

• West German Single Action Army-inspired Revolvers in the United States (Paul Tusting)

• Locally Manufactured Bren & Vickers Machine Gun Mountings in Hong Kong (George Colclough)

• Report: The 2022 Kurt Swanson Bucholz Arsenals of History Symposium (Danny Michael)

• Book Reviews

• Kunstoffe: A Collector’s Guide to German World War II Plastics and Their Markings by W. Darrin Weaver (reviewed by Jathan Clark)

• Sniping Rifles in World War I by Martin Pegler (reviewed by Mark Murray-Flutter)

• Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them by John Bainbridge, Jr. (reviewed by Tyler Berger)

• In Memoriam: Larry L. Ruthv

All back issues are available to retail customers exclusively through Headstamp Publishing. Subscriptions for future issues can be purchased from armaxjournal.org.