Thoughts – Page 78 – Scattered Shots

SWISS ARTILLERY RANGEFINDER

Back in the day these were sold by a company called Deutsche Optik for $399.

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”

The 5.56x45mm SS109 Cartridge

This post contains a September 1984 magazine article from SWAT magazine that discusses the SS109 cartridge that was in the process of being adopted at the time and contains seven tables of test data.

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.”

Belleville Jungle Boots

Santa was really cool this year and delivered me a new pair of jungle boots. Not the lame brown or all black ones that are forced on us from 157 years or the US military wasting its time in the desert. No, These are proper colored, OD green jungle boots. It was just in theContinue reading “Belleville Jungle Boots”

HK’s Other 4.6: the HK36 in 4.6 x 36

By Kevin O’Brien Around 1970, Heckler & Koch was doing well, but their restless engineers were thinking: what’s next? One thing we learn from history is that no weapons system lasts forever, and there was maybe one more go-around in the company’s present line of roller-locked weapons, trading some militaries’ 7.62 NATO weapons for 5.56 NATO ones. ButContinue reading “HK’s Other 4.6: the HK36 in 4.6 x 36”

Two Gulf Wars!

While looking at some gun pages on instagram, I ran across this gem that is hilarious to me. But not in the way they intended it to be. Millennials and zoomers have literally become the meme they love to use over the 1911. The M9 is the pistol they grew up with the military havingContinue reading “Two Gulf Wars!”

David Clevinger Custom Colt

From pistol_purview An 80 series 1911 Colt by custom pistolsmith David Clevinger out of Arvada Colorado. Dave wears many hats. In addition to being a custom pistolsmith, he is also a master engraver, a police armorer for Thornton PD, an accomplished (nationally ranked) power lifter, and a teacher at his Alma mater, the Colorado SchoolContinue reading “David Clevinger Custom Colt”

George Mason Van Orden, Secretary of the Navy Trophy Rifles

Trophy rifles of George M Van Orden

Silent Night 2023

Man, it really pains me to write this review. John Woo is a personal favorite director of mine. Who knows more about action shoot’em ups than Woo? Apparently, Woo has gone the way of Ridley Squat. Whatever they had, is now gone. Or maybe the Hollywood system has to ruin every Woo movie? I’m goingContinue reading “Silent Night 2023”