Since the early days of the M16 troubles in the Vietnam war, guys had been taping the cleaning rod to the rifle in the event of a stuck case or malfunction that needs clearing fast. Unlike the much more over hyped AK-47, the M16 pattern rifle does not have a built in ability to carryContinue reading “The Rescue Rod”
Category Archives: Thoughts
More Finnish Archive Rarities!
By Kevin O’Brien A Simonov AVS-36 was rare everywhere except, it seems, in Finnish captivity. Many of the photos in the Finnish Army photo archive (which is the source of these) include captured AVS rifles, either being used by Finns, or, more often, in piles of captured stuff. That’s what this picture is, and itContinue reading “More Finnish Archive Rarities!”
Finnish Firearms
By Kevin O’Brien If you’re not, the guys in these pictures are. The pictures are courtesy of SA-Kuva, which is Finnish for Finnish Army Photo — the army archives there have just released a large quantity of wartime photos. (If you have a Russian-spec Mosin or other ex-Russian bangstick with the stamp “SA” in aContinue reading “Finnish Firearms”
Resource Review: The Guerilla’s Guide to the Baofeng Radio
My friend NC Scout recently put out a book that I think you should be aware of. While it’s officially titled, The Guerilla’s Guide to the Baofeng Radio, the actual contents of the book involves a lot more than just the Baofeng. Scout uses the Baofeng UV5r as a common reference point that many peopleContinue reading “Resource Review: The Guerilla’s Guide to the Baofeng Radio”
A Couple Of PPC 6 Shooters
I know you wheel gun guys will like this. Karl has a couple of revolvers on his site. A Wilscon Comabt PPC and a Ron Powers Premium PPC
Soviet Weapons of the Afghan War
I don’t know how many of you are familiar with kickstarter of Indiegogo but its a crowd funding websites where you give a creator money, and they use that money to make their project happen, Your reward for backing/investing in the project is that you get the project after it’s done and before the productContinue reading “Soviet Weapons of the Afghan War”
Neighborhood IPSC Shooter’s SIG P320 Max
Some how, unbeknownst to me until now, a long time IPSC shooter lives just up the road from me. How we did not meet I have no idea. The gentleman is 70 and lived here all of our lives. How we did not hear of each other back int he late 80s when I shotContinue reading “Neighborhood IPSC Shooter’s SIG P320 Max”
A Boy And His Rifle Part 3
Once upon a time in this very country, a boy could wander through the woods on a warm evening exploring his surroundings. and shooting small game or tin cans or anything he felt like shooting. He was trusted to use his rifle. It was not powerful rifle, but he was taught that it was stillContinue reading “A Boy And His Rifle Part 3”
A Boy And His Rifle Part 2
After college I worked for a man who really became a mentor to me when it came to precision shooting, I had been shooting for all of my life of course, but he was the person who is responsible for most of my knowledge of precision hand loading for extreme accuracy, Bench-rest shooting, proper cleaningContinue reading “A Boy And His Rifle Part 2”
Eye Protection
Today an Out Of Battery (OOB) failure, in a P22 with Remington ammo, broke the frame and sprayed debris into the shooters face. Fortunately the boy who was shooting this pistol was wearing his eye protection.
Scattered Shots 