SWANSBORO, N.C. – November 30, 2022 – High Speed Gear® is excited to introduce the continued expansion of the TACO® line with the Double Extended Pistol TACO® and the Duty Double Extended Pistol TACO®. The Duty Double Extended Pistol TACO® was designed with law enforcement professionals in mind. This product speaks to the end-user whoContinue reading “High Speed Gear Introduces More TACO Pouches”
Monthly Archives: December 2022
“I Used To Be Disgusted, Now I’m Just Tired…”
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via DailyReckoning.com, The midterm elections, the “most important elections of our lifetimes,” are over. Whoever won, it wasn’t really going to change much. Today’s system is simply too deeply entrenched. While the much-touted differences between America’s political parties get obsessive, hysterical attention, the sameness of Imperial corruption, waste and squalorContinue reading ““I Used To Be Disgusted, Now I’m Just Tired…””
Swenson “Ugly Man” Custom 1911
From Custom_Handguns “Ugly man” is coming to town. The latest #ArmandSwenson to the collection. If #custom1911 gunsmiths are to be compared to artists, Swenson is the Picasso. I have examined many, seen pictures of dozens of Swenson guns and no two guns are exactly alike. I repeat, no two Swenson guns are exactly alike. IContinue reading “Swenson “Ugly Man” Custom 1911″
Today in History: Monte La Difensa
79 years ago on December 2nd 1943, the First Special Service Force had their baptism by fire. While technically their first operation or battle was the attack on Kiska, there were no Japanese troops present by they time the landing force arrived. The mountain had been holding up US and British units due to it’sContinue reading “Today in History: Monte La Difensa”
Smith & Wesson New Performance Center Pistol: the Competitor
SPRINGFIELD, MA., (11/29/2022) – Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), a leader in firearm manufacturing and design is excited to introduce a new member of the M&P metal-framed series, the Performance Center® M&P®9 M2.0® Competitor®. Built for competition right out of the box, this metal-framed 9mm pistol is designed to give competitiveContinue reading “Smith & Wesson New Performance Center Pistol: the Competitor”
Albert Mosielle SOG 1-0
From friend of the site, and fellow Vietnam War historian, Bud Gibson. “Al was a terrific 1-0 of RT New Jersey. His 1-1, Bobby Coleman, my good friend was KIA on my birthday. Al later came to NKP as our primary FAC Rider. He was in “Bungalow Bill” Sanders’ OV10 back seat when they wereContinue reading “Albert Mosielle SOG 1-0”
Bob Chow Match 1911
Pistol_purview Bob Chow was appropriately born in 1911 (in the U.S) to Chinese immigrants. He was a pioneer ham radio operator in his youth and he joined the Navy Reserve in the early 1930s. He would become a noncommissioned officer—a rarity at that time for an Asian Americans. An accomplished competitive shooter, he hung 37Continue reading “Bob Chow Match 1911”
Scattered Shots 