As the years go by, I have less in common with younger people… which makes sense, as people are formed by events and experiences and the world is a quite different place now than when I was young. Young people today hold collaboration and popular consensus, rather than individual thought […]

I have the flu, so I am not quite sure in what direction this article will tack. It is difficult to concentrate with watery eyes, dribbling nose and a hacking cough and I have clearly run through my flu per incident allocation of sympathy. Somewhere around the third whining, moaning […]

The name “STI International” should be a component of every handgunner’s vocabulary. The company’s products are prominent in practical pistol competition events and they serve range dwelling paper punchers, literally, the world over. STI handguns fill law enforcement holsters and they provide peace of mind to civilians exercising their Second […]

When we left off in Part II, the following bullets has been selected and dimensions had been determined. I included the information here also to save time flipping digital pages. Bullet Type Application Grains Weight Bullet Length “ Potential COL “ Final COL “ COL Factor Sierra Varmint Master 1710 […]

Been here before. Just finished prepping 6.5x55mm brass, which included removing the protective oil from a set of Redding match grade dies and the use of kerosene, die sealer, Kroil, and case lube. I smell like a gasoline refinery on a dead air day and the legends on my keyboard’s […]

I’m on vacation… taking a break…. momentarily tired of writing about wonderful products, with broad applications, that sincerely deserve objective coverage, but personally bore the crap out of me. Usually a cup of coffee and shooting holes into something can get me there, but sometimes I just have to spend […]

Silencer or suppressor? Maxim’s patent is for a “silent firearm”, the patent abstract refers only to a “silencer”. All marketing of Maxim’s 2,400 product models refers to “silencers”. Derivative patents 1910 and forward fall under the U.S. Patent office classification “silencer”. The ATF, within the context of the Gun Control […]

Hiram Percy Maxim designed the first firearm suppressor. He was subsequently awarded a patent for a “silent firearm” and his company went on to produce 2,500 product models that saw widespread government and civilian use. While Maxim’s achievements were laudable, it was a 1979 20/20 interview with the enigmatic Mitchell […]

I was thinking about why I hunt less these days and concluded it was getting more difficult with each passing year to find a spot level enough to set up my lawn chair and beach umbrella. I don’t mind roughing it, but there is a limit. I remember dragging my […]

DPMS, Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services of Huntsville, AL, has been in business for approximately nineteen years. The company’s founder Randy Luth managed the business from a military contract parts supplier into the second largest manufacturer of AR-15s serving military, law enforcement and civilian markets. DPMS developed full manufacturing capability very […]