November 2025 – Page 5 – Scattered Shots

The Full Metal Jacket Match Bullet

by: Germán A. Salazar hat do the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Woolly Mammoth and the Dodo have in common with the full metal jacket match bullet? Yes, they’re all extinct species! Evolution occurs with blinding speed in our technological world, at least as compared to the natural world and in 1959, when Sierra introduced the 168Continue reading “The Full Metal Jacket Match Bullet”

Nelson Ford Q&A #21, Why Do Influencers Drag On Colt 1911’s, Series 80 Half Cock, 97 Winchester Date

Today we talk about Colt’s 1911 Quality (and Tisas’), dating serial numbers on Winchesters, Smith & Wesson hammer spring weights and much more.

Galco Launches the Masterbilt Dual Defense Rig

Galco launches the Masterbilt™ Dual Defense™ Rig. Galco’s Masterbilt holster series combines our finest-quality premium leathers with the skills of our most experienced craftsmen. The Masterbilt series is the pinnacle of leather holster construction, unrivaled by anything on the market. Masterbilt holsters get their final drying on a last, a solid form around which theContinue reading “Galco Launches the Masterbilt Dual Defense Rig”

Battle of the .22 CALIBERS: Airgun vs. Rimfire vs. Centerfire (vs. Monkeys) | Oxwagon Diaries, Ep.54

The Hidden World War

Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, World War III is already underway, but most people don’t recognize it because they’re conditioned to expect war to look like traditional physical violence with bombs, guns, and battlefield confrontations. This bias stems from centuries of warfare taking a particular form, similar to how people once couldn’t conceive ofContinue reading “The Hidden World War”

Vietnam Sniper Study

Today’s article is a repost from our deceased friend Hognose, owner of Weaponsman.com. Kevin, AKA Hognose passed away in 2017 and as an ongoing tribute to his memory and excellent work we repost the his works to help preserve it. In 1967, the Army got the idea to study whether, how, and how effectively differentContinue reading “Vietnam Sniper Study”

.45 ACP Ball Case Of Ammo

Here is something I had heard of but never saw before. This case of .45 ammo from the war era. Best part, it has never been opened. Whenever I see something like this, I instantly want to have it. But later as I think about it and wonder, ” what would be the point?” IContinue reading “.45 ACP Ball Case Of Ammo”

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