I arrived back in California from Maine this morning. My wife and I went there to inspect a giant water filled hole in in the ground, which we occasionally, and fondly, refer to as our new home. On my desk was a package from GMDR, Greg Mushial Digital Resources, the…...

I just competed an article regarding mainspring housing changes on a 1911 type pistol, and was thinking about my use of Jerry Kuhnhausen’s “The Colt Automatic – Volume I M1911 Shop Manual” and “The U.S. M1911/M1911A1 Pistols & Commercial M1911 type Pistols – Volume II M1911 Shop Manual”. While I’m…...

You know how it is, you’re sitting in Denny’s chomping on the 12th strip of bacon from your All American Artery Buster breakfast, when the waitress leans over and asks if you know the muzzle velocity of an M242 Chain Gun. Through your mouth full of food you drool, “3610…...

In light of the very recent foundationless ruling by the 9th Circuit court of appeals, which declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, a ruling with a logic so skewed it could easily be used to declare the Bill of Right and the Constitution itself unconstitutional, I thought I’d offer something…...

The Academy Award for the biggest book, with the longest title goes to… the envelope please… Ken Howell’s “Designing and Forming Custom Cartridges for Rifles and Handguns”; 4 lbs 4.3 oz, 596 pages, 8.75″ x 11.25″ x 1.5″. “DFCCRH” was published in 1995 and is currently in it’s second printing,…...

This book, or more appropriately “booklet” at 41 pages, represents one of the best values I’ve received from a publication. At first I was annoyed when I opened my $16 package and found this little black and white work inside, but as I read each page, I realized that I…...

There are many books with old publication dates that do a great job of providing insight into machine operation. In fact. many of the pre-computer era books are much closer to the small lathe and milling machines going into home workshops today, than many of the newer books that drift…...

I bought this book a while ago, just before I got the mini lathe and mini mill, but I set it aside as being less than useful. As I set up metal working projects after the new equipment was installed, I began to realize how little current practical material there…...

There are a number of good books on the market that focus on ballistics; internal, external and terminal. They are written on several levels, directed at different audiences, quite probably with different intent. “Modern Exterior Ballistics”, Robert L. McCoy which actually includes “The Launch and Flight Dynamics of Symmetric Projectiles”…...

God forgive me, I love these books. At the risk of having half of the state of Massachusetts letter bomb my web site, these books represent more entertainment value, and thought provoking content, than half of the gun related snooze material I’ve read over the past year. They are skinny…...