from: The Galaxy, August 1876 by: Frederick Whittaker A HUNDRED years ago there was no doubt as to the nationality of the rifleman. He was peculiar to the only republics then existing, America and Switzerland. The Swiss, until very recently, have changed little in their habits and weapons. The short Yager rifle, with its twoContinue reading “THE STORY OF CREEDMOOR“
Category Archives: Historical
Full Disassembled 2 Inch Unertl 15X
A fellow in the Unertl group took it upon himself to take his 15X Unertl varmint scope apart. Not something any of the various John Unertl recommended you do. Though oddly enough a lot of the Unertl was designed to be field serviceable. Common things of the day would have been fogging, water getting intoContinue reading “Full Disassembled 2 Inch Unertl 15X”
Unertl Instruction Sheet
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.
Scattered Shots 