Though the IRA made peace with the British, Irish guerrilla fighters sometimes remained killers. In this case, a bar fight led to a death by a Makarov PM.
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The Killing of a Killer: The IRA, Jock Davison, and the Makarov PM
Published: September 25, 2019 { 6 comments }Lights Out: 10 Things I’ve Learned About Shooting in the Dark
Published: September 24, 2019 { 4 comments }If you get the opportunity to shoot in the dark — indoors or outdoors — by all means, do it. I suspect you’ll find what I did: Muzzle flash isn’t all that big of a deal in a self-defense shooting situation.
Prepping 101: Software Defined Radios
Published: September 22, 2019 { 11 comments }As the empire begins to collapse around us, and the more aware among us begin to question if the American prosperity bubble will remain, it is pretty easy to freak out about being cut off from knowing what’s going on. When I first started looking at communications options for after the grid goes down, like [...]
NSSF: The Evolution of a Gun Grabber
Published: September 20, 2019 { 13 comments }It makes you nostalgic for the days of old when at least gun control politicians tried to be sly. No longer.
Let’s Get Small: The Case for the Pocket Pistol
Published: September 17, 2019 { 42 comments }True though that might be, we carry tiny guns specifically because they’re not Glock 19s, CZ 75s, Walther PPQs or Smith & Wesson M&Ps.
Springfield SAINT Victor Rifle Unboxed at the Gun Counter
Published: September 17, 2019 { 16 comments }The new SAINT Victor Rifle (available in 5.56 and .308) from Springfield delivers ultimate reliability in a lightweight package.
SCCY Firearms Adding New .380 ACP to the CPX Lineup: The CPX-4
Published: September 16, 2019 { 13 comments }SCCY Firearms is releasing a new concealed-carry pistol chambered for .380 ACP, called the CPX-4, in all black and two-tone versions.
Jeff’s Five Favorite Targets
Published: September 14, 2019 { 0 comments }With so many different types of rifle and pistol shooting it can be a real challenge to pick the best targets for your money to take to the range. However, after 30 years of shooting these are my top five picks for getting in some great practice, and they can be used for rifle or pistol.
Winchester 1907 & The Super-Villain’s Sidekick
Published: September 13, 2019 { 8 comments }On June 30, 1934, the German Schutzstaffel (SS) under orders from Adolph Hitler executed Operation Hummingbird. This decapitation strike against their erstwhile brothers in the Sturmabteilung (SA) was intended to remove the reprobate SA commander Ernst Rohm and consolidate supreme power in pre-WW2 Germany under Hitler’s personal control. Between 85 and 200 Germans fell to these brutal extra-judicial killings. History has come to refer to Operation Hummingbird as the Night of the Long Knives.
Prepping 101: Cooking With Diesel/Home Heating Oil/Kerosene
Published: September 13, 2019 { 0 comments }As I explained last week, in this iteration of Prepping 101 I plan initially to go through topics that I covered somewhat piecemeal originally. A big one of those is cooking. Because as I discovered new ideas and the associated products, and educated myself as to the options out there for cooking off grid, I [...]









