Cultivating a New Vice: Cigar Basics
Any list of cigar basics list should always begin with, “It’s okay to smoke that cigar.” Justifications like a major life event are not required.
Building for Black Powder: Muzzleloader Kits, Scratch Builds, and Finding Your Why
Atavism: a noun. According to Oxford Languages, atavism describes a tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral. More generally, this...
Leodegrance: Patrick Stewart’s Awesome Armored Arthurian Role
You may remember him as Picard, Xavier, or even Gurney Halleck. I know him as Excalibur’s Leodegrance of Cameliard. We are not the same.
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War Hulk Marines: Free Novella
A Combat Interception Team (3rd Platoon, A Co., “Outlaws”) from 1/9, Marine Corps Space Station Basilone Pacifica, is missing. Is it a TKIA?
CHVK Irlandets: A Good Add for Your HOPSET
Irlandets (chvk_irlandets) is an X/Twitter OSINT source from the Russo-Ukraine War. It’s an excellent channel to add to your freq hops.
22LR: What You Need to Know About 22 Long Rifle
Jim discusses the history and utility of the 22LR cartridge.There are many versions of 22 caliber, but 22 long rifle is the classic plinker.
Sci-Fi Military: Nuke Them From Orbit (and Eat Pancakes)
You can’t always nuke them from orbit. Sometimes ya gotta put boots on alien (or occupied) ground and go bug hunting. That’s Sci-Fi Military.
It’s Simple Math: SP5 + SBR + FRT = Best. Gun. EVAR
What do you get when you take an SBR -ed HK SP5, an FRT trigger, a great can and optics, and put ’em all together? This. Best gun ever.
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The Kids Are Going to Be Alright
It’s easy to say things like Kids today! and Back in my day! They’ve been saying it since we were carving each other with sharp bronze. But that doesn’t make it right.
Marlin 30-30: Why I Learned to Embrace the Marlin 336 and Forget the 94 Winchester
The Marlin 336 (aka Marlin 30-30) is a classic lever action rifle. Although Ruger makes a new one, don’t overlook the original for your next meat getter.
Bag Guns Are The New Truck Guns
If you’re going to carry a Bag Gun, you’re going to need a suitable Gun Bag…and the gun itself. Vertx Gamut + SPF5K is a good combination.
Ghost Soldier: Corporate Corruption vs. American Badassery
Ghost Soldier is an action film starring Jim Caviezel as Fitz, a former Green Beret who takes the fight to a land-hungry corporation. It’s Special Forces vs. corporate greed.
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Federal Punch 22LR: Gel Test [Video Review]
Federal Punch 22lr is a great choice of .22 defensive load. This video shows its performance in gel after penetrating four layers of denim.
45-70: Following the Big Bullet from the Big Horn to the Big Screen
The 45-70, aka 45-70 Government, aka 45-70 Springfield, is an iconic rifle cartridge still doing work 150 years after the Army first welcomed it.
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