Historical – Page 16 – Scattered Shots

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”

Detonics Timeline

As promised, here is my data dump regarding the history of Detonics, including its various models, accessories, and patents.

“White Feather” Unertl

A friend of Carlos Hathcock shared this in the Unertl collectors group. This scope is the 10X USMC Sniper Scope Unertl ade for the USMC for the M40A1. This was the last new design from Unertl. Presented as a gift to Carlos, it has the special serial number of “93”, Carlos’ official confirmed kill totalContinue reading ““White Feather” Unertl”

George Farr And His Famous 70 At The 1921 National Matches

A history of the Farr cup trophy.

Patton and the M1 Garand

Most of you have probably never read Patton’s comments of the Garand in context with his views on infantry tactics.

1965 Popular Science Article on Colt SP-1

This is a one page article that appeared in the Feb. 1965 issue of Popular Science promoting the Colt AR-15 Sporter.

Hydra-Shok Data Dump

I’ve seen some bad history lately regarding the Hydra-Shok. Federal Cartridge’s PR department keeps stating its introduction date as one year later, and some folks don’t realize that the Hydra-Shok was marketed for roughly a decade before Federal licensed the patent. Filing in February 1974, Tom Burczynski received US Patent #3,881,421 a little over aContinue reading “Hydra-Shok Data Dump”