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Walking in PO Ackley’s Footsteps
By Kevin O’Brien In a post we wrote a couple of years ago but that never appeared on this blog (because it was never finished), we wrote about legendary 20th Century riflesmith and cartridge wildcatter Parker Otto Ackley, known to all as P.O. Ackley. PO Ackley made an entire career of making what he calledContinue reading “Walking in PO Ackley’s Footsteps”
Training Jump Gone Wrong
My friend, Ken Bird shares a story about a very bad day on a training jump. Early 70s I was on a combat equipment jump on Sicily Drop Zone. I was about 10th man in the stick. Back then we rolled our lowering line at the bottom of our ruck attached to our main parachuteContinue reading “Training Jump Gone Wrong”
Gerber Armbar Slim
A recent goodie I got was a Gerber Armbar Slim. I had been looking for something with some tools but not much larger than my regular folder. I didn’t need a lot of tools, mostly just a screw driver and maybe bottle open most days. So this looked to fit the bill. It’s certainly aContinue reading “Gerber Armbar Slim”
Best Glock Barrels: Top 7 for Reliability & Accuracy
I know a lot of you weirdos really like the Glock. A friend sent me this article asking me ” what do you think?” I have no idea what to think of it because I don’t use glocks and have no idea about the quality of these barrel or lack thereof But, I think you guysContinue reading “Best Glock Barrels: Top 7 for Reliability & Accuracy”
WEAVER K4-F
The Weaver K4 was a top end optic of its day and it is easy to see why.
The Vietnam War “Duck Bill ” Shotgun Muzzle Device
Above is a picture of a shotgun choke using during the Vietnam war, mainly by the SEALs, for infrantry combat. You don’t see many pictures of them in use or in action. As you know, shotgun buck or pellets exit and spread in a cone or circular pattern, mostly. The duckbill was made to disburse the patter in a horizontalContinue reading “The Vietnam War “Duck Bill ” Shotgun Muzzle Device”
SWISS ARTILLERY RANGEFINDER
Back in the day these were sold by a company called Deutsche Optik for $399.
Late War Light Weight Tigers
Some great news. Something I have hoped and waited for a long time is about to come to pass. Repro Late War tiger stripes in the lightweight fabric will be out later this year from Moore Militaria. The producers is the always excellent and affordable Dragon company. They have made most of the tigers sold by Trey,Continue reading “Late War Light Weight Tigers”
7.62 NATO, Turning cover into concealment since…. well, not as often as you may think.
Almost anywhere you go on the internet and read about guns used for combat or defense you will find the guys who will tell you that to kill anything bigger then a cat, you need the .308 . Often this is followed up with the smarmy little quip, “308 turning cover into concealment since 1953.” Continue reading “7.62 NATO, Turning cover into concealment since…. well, not as often as you may think.”
