May 2026 – Page 4 – Scattered Shots

VKTR Industries LLC. Releases Stand Alone Ambidextrous Lower Receivers

VKTR Industries, a manufacturer of premier piston driven AR-15 rifles and accessories, is excited to announce the release of its patented ambidextrous lower receivers as a stand-alone product. These were previously available only to customers who purchased complete rifle packages. The lowers are available for dealers and distributors to order immediately. They are available forContinue reading “VKTR Industries LLC. Releases Stand Alone Ambidextrous Lower Receivers”

The Korean War Week 99: The War’s Most Humiliating Crisis – May 12, 1952

The world turns it’s eyes to the UN POW camp at Koje-Do island when the Communist POWs in one of the compounds kidnap the Camp Commandant, an American General no less, and issue demands that they say must be met before his release. Can this be settled diplomatically, or is the army going in inContinue reading “The Korean War Week 99: The War’s Most Humiliating Crisis – May 12, 1952”

Global Fertilizer Shortage Means Spring Planting Season Disaster In The Northern Hemisphere

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Nobody is going to be able to save the spring planting season in the northern hemisphere now, and that is really bad news because according to the UN the number of people in the world experiencing acute hunger was already at an all-time high even beforeContinue reading “Global Fertilizer Shortage Means Spring Planting Season Disaster In The Northern Hemisphere”

Askins on the 1911

This article was originally published in American Rifleman, May 1983 It is pretty generally agreed that the most difficult handgun to shoot is the .45 Model 1911. The soldiery from two wars, the U.S. Expeditionary Force of 1917-18 and the buckos who were in the last brouhaha of 1941-45, are in hearty agreement. When theContinue reading “Askins on the 1911”

The 1919 National Matches at Caldwell, New Jersey

by: Alexander Ramsey Thompson, United States Army, New York Coast Artillery Corps To give an idea of the work at Caldwell and of the interest it held for those present we give an account of the work at the range by one of our officers, told in his own words. “On July 7, 1919 IContinue reading “The 1919 National Matches at Caldwell, New Jersey”

Weaponsman: The Rise and Fall of the Halftrack

As a kid in the sixties, you couldn’t get away from ’em. Turn on Combat with Vic Morrow, and there’d be one in every few episodes, hauling American infantry up to the point where they’d start walking. A couple years later, The Rat Patrol stuck German Balkankreuz symbols on them and made ’em the bad guys. Around that time, they made the TVContinue reading “Weaponsman: The Rise and Fall of the Halftrack”

The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction

Authored by Madge Waggy, For nearly three decades, much of the modern world behaved as though the nuclear age had quietly expired sometime in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union created the comforting illusion that humanity had stepped away from the edge permanently, as if the terrifying balance that defined the ColdContinue reading “The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction”

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