It’s more or less the unofficial end of summer. I won’t be doing any work this weekend. I will be squirrel hunting, watching movies and grilling with friends, family and the dog. Posts will return to normal on Tuesday. Have a fun 3 day weekend.
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Life Amidst Incipient Insurgency
Today we have another throw back post from our departed friend Kevin AKA Hognose. Insurgencies seldom break out overnight, but when they come, they lay their burdens first on the civilians associated with the hated government or occupying power. No less was that true in the early stages of the American Revolution, when life forContinue reading “Life Amidst Incipient Insurgency”
Thinking About Safety
From our deceased friend Kevin O’Brien ( Hognose ). Larry Vickers is thinking about safety: Hat tip Miguel at Gun Free Zone, who wonders if one of the mishaps Larry’s writing about is this one. You can click the link if you like (and it’s a good tale of real-world first aid), but for mostContinue reading “Thinking About Safety”
How Insurgencies are Broken
This is another re-post from our ongoing tribute to our friend Kevin OBrien , AKA “Hognose”. Who was the owner and primary of weaponsman.com who passed away much too early in the spring of 2017. “Is it safe?” Torture makes for great entertainment, but it’s seldom needed to roll up an insurgent network. We bumped into anContinue reading “How Insurgencies are Broken”
Quinn: Countdown To Crisis, Catastrophe, & Collapse
Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force.” – George Orwell “The future’s becoming muddled. The lines of vision are narrowing. But now they’re desperate. All paths lead into darkness.” – Frank Herbert – Dune Trying to decipher theContinue reading “Quinn: Countdown To Crisis, Catastrophe, & Collapse”
M4Carbine.net Sells Out To Sons of Liberty Gun Works, RIP
Well this is some bad news. M4carbine net has been bought by a gun company. We all see what happened to BARFCOM after it was bought out by Brownells. Not that ARFCOM had been all that great in the few years before anyway. The idiotic moderation team who would ban people on a whim orContinue reading “M4Carbine.net Sells Out To Sons of Liberty Gun Works, RIP”
New SCAR Products From FN
They still make these things? Does anyone even care? (McLean, VA — August 27, 2024) FN America, LLC is excited to announce the release of three new accessory products for the FN SCAR® family, the semi-automatic version of the rifle originally designed for USSOCOM and the most-tested rifle platform ever developed by FN. Available immediately,Continue reading “New SCAR Products From FN”
The Korean War Week 010 – MacArthur and the Incheon Meeting – August 27, 1950
50 Things That Everyone Should Be Stockpiling To Prepare For Election Chaos
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Are you getting prepared? Right now, millions of Americans are stockpiling food and supplies in anticipation of what they believe is coming. People are on edge due to the approaching election, the rapidly escalating war in the Middle East, the alarming natural disasters that we have been witnessingContinue reading “50 Things That Everyone Should Be Stockpiling To Prepare For Election Chaos”
Colt Target Model .22 LR Pistol
In the 1990s Colt decided to get back into the .22 target pistol market after many years of absence. They came out with two pistols in stainless steel and heavy barrels. The “Cadet” with the shorter and the target model with the 6 inch barrel. I have wrote about the Cadet before and this weekContinue reading “Colt Target Model .22 LR Pistol”
Scattered Shots 