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Radio Show Available
For folks who are interested in listening, my radio show with Charles Heller on America Armed & Free is now available online in mp3 format: Part 1 Part 2
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Brief Downtime
There will be a couple hours of downtime on the site today (or possibly tomorrow) – we are moving onto our own dedicated server. You may have noticed timeouts or slow service in the last […]
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PSA: Removing Cosmoline (Video)
We have a bit of a departure from normal content today – I needed to clean up a really greasy C96 Mauser, and figured it might be useful for some folks to see the process. […]
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Live on “America Armed & Free” Radio Today
I’m happy to announce that I will be live with Charles Heller on “America Armed & Free” discussing firearms history and whatever else the conversation wanders into today, from noon until 2pm, Arizona time. It […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Dangerous Guns
After shooting the Bannerman Mosin-Nagant conversion recently, the subject of dangerous military rifles came up when I was talking with a friend. And y’know, there are more than a few designs and conversions that are […]
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Looking for a Beater Ross Mk III
Does anyone have a beater Ross Mk III (aka Ross M1910) rifle in the US that they would be willing to sell? The poorer the condition the better, as long is it’s in firing condition. […]
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Taking the Plunge
I’ve been writing this blog for a couple years now, and it has been an extremely rewarding, exciting, and educational experience. So much so that I have decided to take the plunge and make the […]
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Stuff for Sale!
I need to raise a bit of cash for some expenses, and so I’m putting a couple rifles and parts kits up for sale. Looking to add a rifle or a parts kit build project […]
Prototype
Earle Harvey’s T25: Replacement for the Garand
During the late years of WWII, the US military worked diligently on a replacement for the M1 Garand rifle, which was designated the T20. This was basically an M1, with the addition of a trigger […]
Commentary
Historical What-If
I happened to catch a show on the History Channel the other day about a group of archaeologists doing a forensic reconstruction of Custer’s annihilation at the Little Bighorn. One of the things they determined […]