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- A Shooting Star T-33A Stands Guard at American Legion Post 295 in Breckenridge, MI May 15, 2024On September 20, 2020, we were driving up to visit my son and passed through Breckenridge, MI, when a cold war jet fighter on pedastals appeared on the left. It didn’t dawn on me until we went by it. We turned around and I got out and snapped some photos planning to write ...
- A Brief History of the Japanese Nata and Three Modern Examples May 15, 2024From 1988 to 1989, I went to school in Kobe, Japan. On weekends I would wander through shopping areas and always looked carefully at the hardware, tool and knife vendor stores. Even then, big chopping blades would catch my eye and I found out they were known as “natas”. They were used much like ...
- How I almost burned my Simplicity Broadmor tractor down May 12, 2024I got my 16HP Simplicity Broadmor tractor out the other day for another season. As usual, I checked the oil, tires and the battery had discharged some over the Winter so I hooked my portable jump starter to it and fired it up – after a bit of sputtering of course. I brought it over to ...
- How to fix a nylon gun case seam without sewing May 12, 2024Have you ever needed to use a nylon soft-sided rifle or pistol case only to find a seam is pulling apart? Yeah, that happened to me again the other day figured it would be a good time to share a trick with you. I re-use my cases and went to use a flat dark earth ...
- How to add an AR stock to a Zastava M77 April 24, 2024Okay, some guys hate AR gear on AKs and if it’s not your cup of tea, that’s fine. I do like AR stocks and have no problems putting whatever stock on whatever family of firearms. I’m more into pragmatism and making a firearms do what I want than arguing over AR vs. AK ...
- Finally, ALG AK Ultimate Triggers (the AKT-ULs) Are Back In Stock April 19, 2024I started seeing them two weeks ago and I just ordered two. Folks, the ALG AKT-UL is hands down my favorite AK trigger. Smooth and crisp. I can’t recommend them enough. I like the Enhanced model, which is a step down, but given the choice, I’ll go for the Ultimate. These have ...
- Why Some Grips Will Not Fit Yugo or Zastava AK Rifles April 14, 2024I am often asked if some model of grip will fit a Yugo surplus or current day commercial Zastava rifle and the answer is a bit of an “it depends”. Let me tell you why. When Zastava was still located in the former country of Yugoslavia, they did a number of modifications to the base Soviet ...
- Adding a RS Regulate GKR-9DY Handguard To A Zastava M77 March 27, 2024Ok, so I planned to completely redo the M77 and keep the Battleworn wood for the future just in case. The first step was to swap out the wood handguards for a RS Regulate GKR-9DY. It’s a 9″ MLOK rail for Zastava AK-type rifles – this matters because a Zastava handguard is longer ...
- The Century Zastava PAP M77 in .308 – With Battleworn Furniture March 25, 2024Years ago, I had a Zastava M77 and regretfully sold it back in 2014. It was one of those situations where I had to sell it to fund other projects but I didn’t even get a chance to shoot it. I also had a custom M76 (the 8mm version) for a while ...
- Added Browne Works Wood Grips to My New RIA 52000 Big Rock March 23, 2024Back in May 2023, I posted how I put Browne Works wood grips on my 9mm RIA 51679 Tac Ultra. I was honest when I said I did not like wood Grips before I saw what Mark Browne produces and actually had them on a pistol. In early March 2023, I picked up my second ...
- Swiss P Defense BlackRound 9mm NATO 124 Grain 1,500 Rounds With Ammo Can March 23, 2024Folks, Palmetto State Armory (PSA) has an interesting Daily Deal going on right now. They have 1,500 rounds of Swiss P Defense Blackround 9mm NATO ammo. Two reasons you should care: First, this is the NATO load which is slightly hotter than 9mm Luger – SAAMI pressure for 9mm Luger is 35,000 PSI and Nato ...
- Videos: Three Good Documentaries on The History of the Israeli Uzi – 2024 Edition March 18, 20242024 edition prologue: I had to revise my list of Uzi videos to reflect one that had been removed from Youtube and two that were added. As part of my research into the iconic Israeli Uzi, I found these videos that do a very nice job providing background on the political climate driving the need ...
- My WordPress Contact Form Was Drowning Me With Spam Until I Got CleanTalk March 18, 2024I want to share a Wordpress plugin that made a huge difference for me. I was getting spammed via my contact form many times every day and it was getting very frustrating. I absolutely hate spammers and needed to find a solution that could be installed by a non-technical person. I started by searching ...
- Tightening or Replacing a Pride Mobility GoGo Elite Traveller Scooter Ignition Switch March 17, 2024It was our last outing with the Scooter that I noticed the ignition switch, if we can call it that, was floating on my mother-in-law’s Pride Mobility GoGo Eliter Traveller Scooter. I was surprised that it happened given how well it had performed up to that point. From what I could tell, the ...
- Replacing the Batteries on a Pride Mobility GoGo Elite Traveller Scooter March 17, 2024Back in 2022, we bought a used Pride Mobility GoGo Elite Traveller scooter for my mother-in-law. I wrote a blog post about replacing the battery charger and the original batteries were still good though I knew that if the scooter was made in 2019, they probably only had a year or two left. ...
- Why you need to clean, lube and break in Rock Island Armory Pistols March 16, 2024As some of you may know, we make custom magazines for the Armscor Rock Island Armory (RIA) A2 HC family of .40 and 10mm pistols. Once in a while I get to talk to a new owner before they go to the range and either they ask for advice or I give it regardlesss ...
- Quick Post: Do you need to download Amazon Order History for taxes? There is a cheap fix March 4, 2024As a small business, I order a lot of tools and supplies from Amazon each year. Of course, when tax season rolls around, I need to start pulling stuff together for my accountant. Guess what? Turns out Amazon discontinued the order history report that I have used for years to download all ...
- Hungarian Blue Stocks Do Not Have A Standard Color February 24, 2024Have you ever heard someone refer to a stock color on an AMD-63 other Hungarian AK variant and they called it “Hungarian blue”? Well, I’ve had a lot of guys ask me to make AMD grips in that color but I could never get my hands on the original and the demand was never really ...
- Japanese Type 96 25mm gun and North American T-28 Trojan on Display at Villa Escudero February 24, 2024In my last post, I introduced Villa Escudero located near Quezon in the Philippines. I have a few more photos of static displays near their museum that I want to share in this last post from the visit. Japanese Type 96 25mm Anti-Aircraft Gun – Single Mount The Type 96 was a variant of the French ...
- A Japanese Type 89B I-Go Otsu Medium Tank Is On Display at Villa Escudero in Quezon, Philippines February 17, 2024On July 16th, 2017, I had the opportunity to visit the Villa Escudero Plantation and Resort during a trip to the Philippines. Villa Escudero (VE) is a working coconut plantation about two hours drive from Manila near Quezon and was founded in the 1880s by Don Placidio Escuderio and his wife Dona Claudia ...