In the past couple of days I’ve discussed projectiles that look like screwdriver bits and one that looks like a slotted screw. Today, we’re going to discuss some projectiles that literally incorporated screws! The first to appear was the “Ultra Shock”, designed by Alex Goodrich. It was meant to give hard cover penetration, while alsoContinue reading “Ultra Shock and Omni Shock Data Dump”
Category Archives: Historical
Unertl 20x Target RifleScope
Everything about oozes quality and I am not kidding.
Early/Mid-1980s Widebody M1911 Frame Prototypes
In my previous article on custom competition handguns, I mentioned previous attempts to make widebody M1911 that predated the Para-Ordnance, Caspian, and STI. The following is one of Jim Boland’s modified frames for Astra A80 magazines. The Spanish pistol was a rough clone of a SIG-Sauer, available as a 15-rd .38 Super. The styling detailsContinue reading “Early/Mid-1980s Widebody M1911 Frame Prototypes”
WYATT EARP ON SHOOTING VS. GUNFIGHTING
Interview taken from “Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshall” by Stuart N. Lake “I was a fair hand with pistol, rifle, or shotgun, but I learned more about gunfighting from Tom Speer’s cronies during the summer of ’71 than I had dreamed was in the book. Those old-timers took their gunplay seriously, which was natural under theContinue reading “WYATT EARP ON SHOOTING VS. GUNFIGHTING”
Colt’s Short Lived . 22 Cadet
It will surprise exactly no one to know I had that same sweatshirt at the time. And the Colt cadet.
Some Model 70 Stuff
It’s been a bit of a slow week for gun news and whatnot so I felt like talking about the Model 70 again for a bit. Some pictures shared by the scout sniper association and others came up on facebook this week. I thought they are worth sharing. The SSA is raffling off this preContinue reading “Some Model 70 Stuff”
Model 31 Remington
When I was young. all of my shotgun use was with the M870 and the M1100/11-87. Always in 12ga. When I was 23 and was working for Brady ( famous already to long time readers) I walked in one morning and Brady had a shotgun apart and was carefully polishing some internal parts and cleaning.Continue reading “Model 31 Remington”
WeaponsMan – The Magic Rucksack
In Special Forces from 1960 to the mid-1980s, there was a capability called, among other things, “the Magic Rucksack.” (This weapon, and its mission, were prolific producers of slang and nicknames, most of which were as compartmented as the mission itself; it’s unlikely anyone knows them all). It was the Special Atomic Demolition Munition, SADM, aContinue reading “WeaponsMan – The Magic Rucksack”
Colt Low Mass Match Trigger
Sorry this is not some new item. Brent shared this item on his Instagram the other day. The FCG is the match one Colt made for use in the Colt Accurized Rifle HBAR Elite. They called it the low mass trigger system. And it works pretty damn good. You can see how the hammer wasContinue reading “Colt Low Mass Match Trigger”
PMC Starfire Data Dump
After yesterday’s post on the Hydra-Shok, Shawn asked if I had any information on the PMC Starfire. As a matter of fact I do. Tom Burczynski started working on the Starfire around the same time as the Hydra-Shok, but the commercial development of the latter took priority. Burczynski filed his patent application back in MayContinue reading “PMC Starfire Data Dump”
Scattered Shots 