No, not like that you degenerates, foul weather. Now that you’ve finally left your house and are out backpacking, camping, hiking etc you will need to consider foul weather or rain gear. This would be part of the planning process to begin with, as you’ll want it to balance with your area, situation and type ofContinue reading “Backpacking: Get wet”
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Food for Thought: Terrain Consideration
Know your area.The lower or inland regions of California are mostly hills covered in low grass and scrub brush and dry, rocky desert effectively. Very wide open affairs most of the time. But in the mountains or higher areas its chaparral. If you’re not familiar with it it is very dense high brush and lowerContinue reading “Food for Thought: Terrain Consideration”
More 1,000 yard shooting, M1903 , M14 And Even A Colt Commando
An oldie but goody resurrected from the old site. After my last two posts about shooting at 1,000 yards with the service A2 and the M4 carbine with SOCOM barrel of 14.5 inches along with some 800 yard shooting with 16 inch barrel and T-1, I was talked into to shooting some other rifles underContinue reading “More 1,000 yard shooting, M1903 , M14 And Even A Colt Commando”
The Designated Marksman and the Prepared Civilian Part II
Last time, we took a look at the DMR concept from an equipment standpoint. Some key points from the last discussion: Glass turns your rifle *as is* from a 0-300 yard gun to a 0-600+ yard gun. Free Floating enhances POI consistency Any rifle with a decent chrome lined barrel can be a DMR QualityContinue reading “The Designated Marksman and the Prepared Civilian Part II”
How Does the Designated Marksman Concept Apply to the Prepared Civilian?
In practice, the Designated Marksman concept revolves around additional training more so than additional equipment. Sure the different branches have “accurized” versions of DMR style rifles such as the SAM-R, Mark 12 SPR, and the SDM-R, but they all accomplish the same goal: enable an individual soldier with additional marksmanship training to better engage targetsContinue reading “How Does the Designated Marksman Concept Apply to the Prepared Civilian?”
Townsend Whelen On Mastering The Rifle
by Townsend Whelen From the 1918 book he authored The American Rifle In my work in the Army I often come across men of a rather low order of intelligence whom no amount of practice will teach to shoot, chiefly because they have never learned how to use their brains. Any man of ordinary intelligence,Continue reading “Townsend Whelen On Mastering The Rifle”
Alps Mountaineering “Swift Insulated” Air Mat Review
After last years less that ideal experience with the Kylmit Static V air mattress I decided to try to out the Alps Mountaineering “Swift Insulated” air mat. I have not been able to find much in the way of reviews for this pad online so I had to base my choice on just the productContinue reading “Alps Mountaineering “Swift Insulated” Air Mat Review”
ALICE Rucksack Updates (updated)
So way back in 2015 I read one of “The Baldwin Files” posts on Soldier Systems and in he talked about upgrades to the old ALICE pack. I liked the idea and wanted to try to put together my own. But as time went on I forgot all about the idea. Then I saw aContinue reading “ALICE Rucksack Updates (updated)”
Long Range Data Made Easy
When I and my friends first started our long range shooting career we learned to have handy little cheats with us for faster hits. This is certainly nothing new and it continues to this day in a different form. Before there was hand held computers and all manner of technology to help make the longContinue reading “Long Range Data Made Easy”
What Is Your Plan To Make It Through The Worst Global Food Crisis In Any Of Our Lifetimes?
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, We are being warned well ahead of time that it is coming. Joe Biden has publicly admitted that the coming food shortages are “going to be real”, and the head of the UN World Food Program is now telling us that we could soon see “hell onContinue reading “What Is Your Plan To Make It Through The Worst Global Food Crisis In Any Of Our Lifetimes?”
Scattered Shots 