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- Upgrading Your Toyota From A Plastic Oil Filter Cap or Housing To a Far More Durable Aluminum Unit January 28, 2023A number of years back, Toyota decided to move from the old spin-on canister-type oil filters to the use of cartridges encloused in a housing. The cartridge is really just the filter element so that’s what get’s tossed, burned, recycled or whatever and the housing is re-used. The problem is that they made ...
- Using a Vevor Air Bag Jack To Lift Vehicles To Work On Them January 26, 2023Hi folks – back in 2020, I wrote about buying a Mophorn 3 ton pneumatic/air- pillow jack to work on our vehicles. Actually, I bought it in 2019 and it’s still going strong. This past Fall, I decided to get a second air bag jack but decided to get one with a higher ...
- Boy Did I Get Lucky – Foster Coupler Blew Off Just Over 3,200 PSI And Hit Me In The Glasses January 24, 2023Time for a safety briefing and, yes, I am the cause of the briefing. This is not a blame game post – what happened to me will likely happen to me again and may happen to you as well. The important thing is to learn from it because I got real, real lucky. I ...
- Pick Your Gun Rights Group Carefully January 24, 2023This will be a short piece but I want to take a minute and warn you about the tons of supposed gun rights groups that have popped up to, as they say it, “fight for your rights”. They are all fighting for your money – it’s just that some of them actually do meaningful ...
- Update on the Hatsan Jet II – It’s Pretty Wicked! January 22, 2023I wrote a series of posts about purchasing a .22 Hatsan Jet II right after I bought it in early January 2022. After shooting it for a month I have some feedback to share. I’d guesstimate I have just over a 100 rounds through it. I’ve changed quite a few 7 round mags – ...
- You Can Use Spacers To Fit Tires That Are Just Barely Too Wide On A Car January 22, 2023My wife has a 2001 Camry with a V6 and stick shift that is her baby. It’s also 21 years old and a daily driver so on one hand we want to keep it running but on the other we have to be mindful of costs. When it needed new tires and rims, ...
- The Brace Ruling Is a Nightmare January 21, 2023Okay, I wrote about the ruling, barrel options and was working on a post about removing the brace to avoid the whole SBR declaration when I saw a video interview of Steven, a Gun Owners of America attorney attending SHOT explaining how the brace rule and legal gun owners availing of the SBR option ...
- Trying to figure out what to do with your braced pistol? You could either lengthen the existing barrel by installing a sufficiently long muzzle device or you could install a brand new barrel January 17, 2023Please note that I am not an attorney and this is not legal advise. It is critical that you read the actual final rule and follow it as well as any state or local laws that might apply. Well, on Friday, January 13th, 2023, the ATF decided to post their final ruling on stabilizing braces. ...
- What does the January 2023 ATF Brace Ruling Mean? What you need to know January 16, 2023Well, on Friday, January 13th, 2023, the ATF decided to post their final ruling on stabilizing braces. Technically, the US Attorney General signed off on ATF final rule 2021R-08F “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces'”. I’ve had a dozen guys asking me for my thoughts on this so I decided to write ...
- Introducing the New Unique Hatsan Jet II: Post 3 – Mounting a Scope January 3, 2023In first post, I told you a little about the Jet I and II pistols and how I ordered a Jet II in .22 plus I shared some specifications and photos. In the last post I went over adding a moderator and in this post, I am going to show you how to add ...
- Introducing the New Unique Hatsan Jet II: Post 2 – Adding A Moderator January 2, 2023In the last post, I told you a little about the Jet I and II pistols and how I ordered a Jet II in .22 plus I shared some specifications and photos. In this post, I am going to show you how to add a moderator. Because the Jet I and II are ...
- Introducing the New Unique Hatsan Jet II – A Versatile Compact PCP Airgun: Post 1 – Out of the Box January 2, 2023I first saw a photo of the forthcoming Hatsan Jet I and II airguns in November of 2022 and was very interested in them. As more info started coming out, I really focused on the Jet II as it has twin air tanks. You see, I like short airguns for handling pests so ...
- Do you want replacement grip panels for your RIA A2 HC pistol? Check out Guuun Grips December 28, 2022In the first post, I told you about Stoner CNC for grips made from G10 composite, in the second I told you about a great option for wood – Browne Works and in this third post, we’ll cover a firm with a unique name and good grips. The firm is called Guun Grips and they make ...
- Do you want wood replacement grip panels for your RIA A2 HC pistol? Check out Browne Works December 28, 2022In the last post, I told you about Stoner CNC for grips made from G10 composite and in this one, I want to tell you a great option for wood – Browne Works, Inc. Mark Browne is the owner of Browne Works, Inc., located in Pasadena, MD, southeast of Baltimore. He is a true custom ...
- Erika’s Artwork – Neon Cyberpunk Samurai December 25, 2022Another set from her – I am finally caught up on the backlog of images she’s sent me over the last few months. I hope you enjoy them too.
- Erika’s Artwork – The Phantom Pirate Ship On A Stormy Sea December 25, 2022Here’s another amazing set from
- The Knife I Carried The Most In 2022 Was A ZT 0357BW December 25, 2022I have a collection of good pocket knives including some I will not lose sleep over if I lose one. On the good scale that I would hate to lose are a few Zero Tolerance, Hinderer and US made Kershaws (they and ZT are both owned by KAI). At any rate, when I ...
- Erika’s Artwork – The Samurai of the Green Bamboo Forest and Mountain Mist December 24, 2022Here’s another batch of her artwork. This time it is themed around bamboo forests and mountains with fog:
- Erika’s Artwork – The Mirror of Infinity December 24, 2022Some dad’s put their artwork on the wall but this is all digital sharing it on our blog seems even better:
- Erika’s Artwork – The Samurai of Flame December 24, 2022My daughter, Erika, created a series of new images for me and I’m just finally getting a chance to post her work: