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Happy Halloween
And just for you, enjoy the late Sir Christopher Lee reading Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven And if you aren’t properly creeped out, take this.
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Somewhere on Ft. Drum…
On Saturday May 14, 2011 while doing a combat patrol with my unit, 10th MTN 4th BDE 2/30th INF Charlie Co 4th Platoon 2nd Squad. We encountered a group trying to set up for an ambush for 1st squad. We...
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20mm single shot DIY Vulcan. Yup, you read that right
Josh, a 4Chan user, finally got his ATF Form 1 approved and commenced to building a single shot 20mm cannon project that just screams recoil pad. As the builder has a stockpile of 90 rounds of M55A2...
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A look at the DL-44, AKA the ‘Greedo Getter’
With all things Star Wars this week, you may be interested in hearing more about ol’ Han Solo’s “Blastech” DL-44 blaster. A product of Bapty Props in England, the the gun uses .30 Mauser (7.63×25 mm)...
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Of men and steel
“Today I held hell in my hands,” said a firearms buff who came across a battered 1911, pockmarked from its wartime service before it was recovered from a World War II battlefield. Some 71 years ago...
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Haunting images of a dying ship
Iconic shot of the Endurance lit by flares at night. Photo by Frank Hurley 1914-1917. Single use permission from the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Designed by Ole Aanderud...
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Spent some time recharging
Took a while this weekend and bummed around Geiger Lake, getting my camping and hiking on and it really helped.
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If you think its cold where you are…
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Cody W. Torkelson Sentinels, assigned to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), stand guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Jan....
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A marksman’s rifle donated for war, sent back in peace
Maj. Hession’s rifle served him well in competition for over 30 years, then was loaned to the British to help Londoners from learning German in WWII. (Photo: National Firearms Museum) Canadian-born...
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Ahh, my favorite people often aren’t
At SHOT you run into all sorts of people. I shook hands this year with Lou Ferrigno, Jesse James, R. Lee Ermey, lots of industry types and sharpshooters, Second Amendment attorneys, politicians etc....
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Send me
SOFREP has a pretty interesting tip on a study about the ISA. You do know the ISA, yes? Today I want to draw your attention to a white paper titled Truth Conquers All Chains: The U.S. Army Intelligence...
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He’s no good to me dead
Marc Lee just did a great take on the Galac-Tac International Mandalorian armor. I saw this piece at SHOT Show and talked extensively with the creator, the AR-500 armor guys and HK about it and it’s...
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Now that looks cold
Amazing footage of 1/25 SBCT “Arctic Wolves” and 5-1 CAV competing in the U.S. Army Alaska’s Winter Games on 25 January – 27 January at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Events included cross-country skiing,...
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Get a little lean on
An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Vipers” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 48, prepares to take off from the flight deck of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile...
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You know these guys
Task and Purpose has a great run down of the “7 Guys You Meet In Every Infantry Platoon” and details each by their strength, weakness and favorite MRE. Classic. For instance, there is Hemingway (I...
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The real lone ranger
Forget Armie Hammer. Born a slave in Texas in 1838, Bass Reeves escaped during the Civil War and took refuge in the “Indian Territory” of present-day Oklahoma. After the Civil War, he moved to Arkansas...
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Happy Birthday, Chuck
Brig. Gen. Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager, after service in WWII (where he finished the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter), Korea and...
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I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I didn’t hear you…can you speak into the microphone
Image From Historical Firearms : Stanley Llewellyn Wood’s painting of Lieutenant Young, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment [now part of the Princess of Wales’s Royal...
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A heck of a ride with the Jolly Rogers
Super Hornet catapult shot on the Truman. Just click and drag your mouse along the screen for a full 360-degree view. Get inside a F/A-18 Super Hornet as it launches off the deck of Norfolk-based USS...
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