January 2022 – Page 3 – Scattered Shots

Recovered after Battle of The Bulge WW2

Consider The Possibility That This Is Already The Dystopia You Fear

Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, Consider the possibility that the Orwellian dystopia you fear is already here and has been in place for many years, you just haven’t noticed because you’re still allowed to watch Netflix or buy a gun or say whatever you want to say within a small impotent online echo chamber.Continue reading “Consider The Possibility That This Is Already The Dystopia You Fear”

‘Smart’ Gun Mocked After Demonstration Fail

Smart guns are being pushed in mainstream media to prevent unauthorized people from firing guns in the hopes of preventing mass shootings. Biometric recognition technology using fingerprints and or RFID technology is used to activate the high-tech pistols. However, as outlined by the pro-gun website Bearing Arms, smart guns aren’t so smart after a possibleContinue reading “‘Smart’ Gun Mocked After Demonstration Fail”

Jeff Wassom “Shooting Star Industries” Pistol

Since I posted the photo of Chip McCormick with his 1988 Steel Challenge pistol, I figured you might want to look at another example by Jeff Wassom from the same era. It even has the signature welded-up “rat tail” grip safety like McCormick’s own pistol. McCormick’s previous winning pistol in 1986 had been built byContinue reading “Jeff Wassom “Shooting Star Industries” Pistol”

Is the Dan Wesson DWX as Dead as DMX?

Dan Wesson Firearms just released an update the other day suggesting that their vaporware DWX is merely “pining for the fjords.” We know that many of you have been anxiously awaiting an update on the DWX, and as you all know, the COVID-19 Pandemic has drastically effected businesses world-wide through lockdowns, illness, and supply chainContinue reading “Is the Dan Wesson DWX as Dead as DMX?”

10 Years with the Colt 901 (Part 3)

In Part 3 of the ’10 Years with the Colt 901′ series, I’m going to take us on a journey looking at the variations of the Colt SP901, LE901 and we will end with the Modular AR Carbine (M.A.R.C.) 901 variations.

Totalitarian Paranoia Run Amok: Pandemics, Lockdowns, & Martial Law

Authored by John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Totalitarian paranoia runs deep in American society, and it now inhabits the highest levels of government.” – Professor Henry Giroux Once upon a time, there was a government so paranoid about its hold on power that it treated everyone and everything as aContinue reading “Totalitarian Paranoia Run Amok: Pandemics, Lockdowns, & Martial Law”

SOTECH Revives the ARVN Ruck

Made in the US for the smaller stature Vietnamese troops, the Indigenous Rucksack (ARVN ruck) was original made of cotton canvas. A very handy pack. Looks like SOTECH has decided to bring it back but make it from the modern materials of the loved ALICE pack. I can see myself buying one. Below are photosContinue reading “SOTECH Revives the ARVN Ruck”

Prototype Smith & Wesson XR-357 Budget Revolver

I’ve previously posted an ugly Colt prototype budget revolver, so now it is Smith & Wesson’s turn. During the late 1970s, the Director of Research and Development, Dwayne W. Charron, was tasked with examining new methods and materials. The goal was to produce parts to near finish configuration with a minimum of machining. Ideally, employeesContinue reading “Prototype Smith & Wesson XR-357 Budget Revolver”

Only Cold War Fools Hit Replay On Doomsday

Authored by William Astore via Common Dreams, In the early 1960s, at the height of America’s original Cold War with the Soviet Union, my old service branch, the Air Force, sought to build 10,000 land-based nuclear missiles. These were intended to augment the hundreds of nuclear bombers it already had, like the B-52s featured so memorablyContinue reading “Only Cold War Fools Hit Replay On Doomsday”