Category Archives: Historical
History: Bill Brophy
A follow up post on a man I have talked about in the past a bit. The most significant man at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in 1941, was General Julian Hatcher. Hatcher was one of the most prominent members of the nation’s shooting fraternity. He was also the Commanding General of the Ordnance Training Center. PerhapsContinue reading “History: Bill Brophy”
M16A1 Still In The Jungle Fighting
I ran across these photos of a Hmong fighter in Laos. Still with the M16A1 the US gave him. Still killing commies after all these years. With considerable less finish than it left the factory with. Funny how only the much overrated AK47/Type56 is supposedly the only rifle that could hold up under tropical jungleContinue reading “M16A1 Still In The Jungle Fighting”
Colt R0633DC upper receiver
In this image is a Colt R0633DC upper receiver conversion kit from around late 1998 (based on analysis of packing materials). The Colt model R0933 was a 9mm submachine gun (SMG) design that was provided to the Department Of Energy for security use. The model R0633 is more commonly referred to as the “DOE SMG”Continue reading “Colt R0633DC upper receiver”
De Simone (10X – 30X) scope
De Simone scope with variable power. These were produced in California the ’60 or ’70s, and were of the highest quality. On the left side there is a movable slide that would change the power.
Old Article On Colt HBAR
Logan County, WV Sheriff Don Chafin
Last year, I talked about the Matewan Massacre over in WV and some of the stuff that went on. Everyone has heard about the Hatfield and McCoy feud of course but unknown to most people the Hatfield clan almost ended up in another feud in the mid 1920s. This was not with another family butContinue reading “Logan County, WV Sheriff Don Chafin”
Colt Armalite AR15
Brent found some great pictures of early promotional material on the AR15.
Unertl Eye Piece Power Booster
I have seen these in pictures. But I have never seen on in person or the container for one.
.222 Remington Colt AR15
Did you know Colt made a few variants of the AR15 in the .222 Remington round? Mainly export models usually to get around odd laws about “military calibers” There are versions in the SP1 configuration, the SPII versions with a mix of A1 and A2 parts and in rifles that are more or less “A2″s.Continue reading “.222 Remington Colt AR15”
Scattered Shots 