Category Archives: Thoughts
Molon’s “A Compilation of Red-Dot Sight Evaluations”
B-ARFCOM user Molon posted a helluva RDS eval thread which I have yoinked and shared below. First and foremost, the Aimpoint red dot sight is a combat sight. Its primary purpose is for use in situations that require “reflexive shooting” at multiple targets, at close ranges. The Aimpoint excels in this type of shooting becauseContinue reading “Molon’s “A Compilation of Red-Dot Sight Evaluations””
The American Cal. .60 Anti-Tank Rifle, T1 & T1E1
By Kevin O’Brien Germany, Poland, the UK, and the USSR all developed anti-tank rifles and used them with mixed results (the Germans, in World War I, then all of them, in the early years of World War II) Other nations including Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Finland and Japan built anti-tank rifles, essentially huge rifles that fired a kinetic penetratorContinue reading “The American Cal. .60 Anti-Tank Rifle, T1 & T1E1”
A Look Back at Pre-Y2K Survival Gear and Conventional Wisdom
By Luis Vakdes As a child in the 1980s who came of age in the 1990s. I lived through an odd era of the gun culture. With the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, a lot of survivalists and those preparing for WWIII suddenly had less to worry about…untilContinue reading “A Look Back at Pre-Y2K Survival Gear and Conventional Wisdom”
Buying A Used Smith & Wesson Revolver; What To Check & Look For With Nelson Ford The Gunsmith Inc.
Model 37 & Unertl Programmer
A guy in one of the groups has shared this superb combo. A Model 37 Remington target rifle with a 20X Unertl Programmer.
Nelson Ford Q&A #10 1911 Extractor Tension, Ball Vs Flake Powders, Revolver Lifespan, Glasses Lenses
Today we talk about what to do when adjusting the extractor tension in a 1911 doesn’t seem to be working, ball powder vs flake powder in how it relates to burning forcing cones on K frame Smith & Wesson’s, a story from the Colorado School of Trades Circa 1979, Overstamps on Police Guns for collecting,Continue reading “Nelson Ford Q&A #10 1911 Extractor Tension, Ball Vs Flake Powders, Revolver Lifespan, Glasses Lenses”
Classic Custom Winchester Shotguns — Model 12 & 1897 — 12 & 20 Gauge — Simmons Gun Specialties
Really nice examples of Mid-century custom Shotguns, the 97 likely built for card/turkey shoots, and the 20 Ga Model 12 for upland bird chasing.
Bovard: Waco, Epstein, & Washington’s War On Truth
Submitted by James Bovard How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995. Thirty summers ago, Washington was fixated by a Capitol Hill showdown over the greatest federal abuse of power of the decade. Unfortunately, trusting congressional hearings to discoverContinue reading “Bovard: Waco, Epstein, & Washington’s War On Truth”
Paris Theodore ASP
Here is a treat for everyone today. The ASP. The reworked M39 by Paris Theodore. You can see him in the photo. Not very easy to find these days since only about 3,000 of them ever got made.
Scattered Shots 