Geha Shotgun: An Interwar Curiosity
Introduction In 2021 I grew a fascination with military surplus, leading me to travel all over South East Pennsylvania looking for small little treasures of surplus in gun stores, usually being turned off by...
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SIG SG 510 / Sturmgewehr 57: The World’s Deadliest Swiss Watch
The SIG SG 510, known in Swiss service as the Sturmgewehr 57 or Stgw 57, is a machine built around Swiss engineering and stubborn practicality. Adopted in 1957 the rifle served as the Swiss...
Red Dot Sights in the Modern Pistol Technique
The Mainstream Paradigm of Slide-mounted Pistol Optics The paradigm of slide-mounted optics on duty and concealed handguns have been mainstream since the mid 2010s, as optics have gotten durable enough, holsters have become available...
Kit Culture 2.0: How Cosplay, Film, and Tactical Fashion Are Converging
Tactical culture isn’t confined to ranges or training grounds anymore. Over the past few years, it’s been leaking into cosplay, film, and even street fashion. What was once a niche interest for collectors and...
Book Review: The Collected Works of Skeeter Skelton
It’s that time of year again. The magical time where temperatures in the Midwest dip below the 0 mark and I attend family reunions with 40 people packed in a single 2 story house....
With A Little M-10: The History of MAC
It’s interesting how the concept of the machine pistol has two seperate divergent concepts. When I say “machine pistol” as a term, your mind will automatically cycle to one of two form factors for...
Husqvarna Sporter Mausers: Yesterdays Workhorse, Tomorrows Heirloom
The affordability and utility of today’s modern deer rifles are unmatched. Whether it’s a Ruger American or a Savage Axis on the lower end or a Bergara or Tikka on the slightly higher end,...
Poor Man’s Shadow 2: Customizing the Pre B CZ-75
Intro The CZ Shadow 2 is probably the best out of the box competition ready handgun on the market right now. At least, that’s what people tell me, I’ve always been more of a...
A Comparison of Common Camo Under IR
As someone who is frequently broke, modern civilian camos that are proven to be IR compliant are simply out of budget. Typically this is what will draw some in the market towards surplus camo,...
Retro Review – Beretta 92FS Pistol
A VHS retro review on the Italian WonderNine recently adopted as the M9 Pistol
