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- A Surprisingly Good Tomahawk From Amazon – The Nedfoss 12.2″ Tac – Yeah, I’d never heard of them either February 14, 2024I like axes, hatchets and tomahawks. I actually inherited a number of axes and hatchets from my dad and grandpa. I also have a number of CRKT and ColdSteel models among others – some are worth talking about and some are best forgotten or not mentioned out of sheer embarassment. This story ...
- How to do Home Manganese Parkerizing February 13, 2024The Following is a Basic Do-it-yourself Manganese Parkerizing Formula A couple of friends online, Elkaholic and Ding, got me interested in parkerizing years ago and gave me a home brew formula and process steps they use. I have been tuning that formula for a few years and thought I would share it as I use it ...
- The Best Reference Book On Uzis February 13, 2024I recently wrapped up building a semi-auto Israeli Uzi in 9mm. At the start, I researched about this iconic submachine gun and guys kept mentioning that I should get the book “The Uzi Submachine Gun Examined” by David Gaboury. I ordered a copy from Amazon and must say I was very impressed. [Click here ...
- Need a compact hand stop for a Picatinny rail? Check out the Arisaka HS-P February 11, 2024When I built our a pistol with recoil, I worry about my hand slipping off the handguard and going in front of the muzzle. I recently bought a Stribog 10mm and that was running through my mind – so I started digging for hand stops that could mount on a picatinny rail. I should point ...
- What Magazine Loader To Use For 10mm Stribog Magazines? .45 UMP Loaders February 10, 2024The Stribog line of subguns, pistols and pistol caliber carbines are really cool. When the brace fiasco erupted, I sold my 9mm SP9A1 and regretted it. When Grand Power said they were coming out with a 10mm, I was an early buyer. One question popped out though – what was out there ...
- Refinishing Olive Wood Spoons January 21, 2024In 2014 we visited Greece, and on December 30th, we were in Delphi staying at a small quaint hotel whose elevator put the fear of God in us. The vibrant town was quiet and subdued – the summer tourists weren’t there and the arrivals for New Years Eve handn’t arrived so we had the ...
- Read This Before You Change the Brake Pads On Your 2015-2019 F150 Ford Transit Van January 20, 2024Okay, I’ve done a lot of brakes over the years – mainly on Toyotas and a smattering of other makes. We bought our 2016 Ford F150 Transit with an Explorer conversion new at the end of 2016 and the original brakes were really starting to squeek in November of 2023 so I knew it ...
- Are Weaver and Picatinny Rails the Same Thing? January 20, 2024The short answer to that question is “No” but then when someone asks if they can use some Picatinny mount on a Weaver rail it becomes “It depends”. Why is that? Well, the Picatinny rail does have a true military specification – “MIL-STD-1913″ that lays out the details but nothing like that exists for Weaver ...
- 2016 Ford F150 Transit Explorer Conversion Van Custom Fuse Block December 31, 2023We got a good deal at the end of 2016 on a Ford F150 Transit that was converted by Explorer vans in Warsaw, Indiana. It’s no longer under warranty so I’m now responsible for all maintenance. With cold weather here, my wife reminded me that her passenger seat heater was no longer working. First ...
- Civil War Monument With an Eleven Inch Dahlgren Gun in Saint Joseph, MI October 26, 2023In Saint Joseph, MI, near the intersection of Lake and Broad Streets sits a civili war monument consisting of an Eleven Inch Dahlgren and some stacked shot. The gun is pointing out to the lake and there is a simple sign for curious folks to read. I’ve read this sign and looked at the cannon ...
- Restoring a Pair of Director’s Chairs October 25, 2023Our church has a rummage sale once a year to raise money for the school and people donate stuff to sell. Maybe 3-5 years ago, my wife and I saw two old director’s chair wooden frames towards the end of the sale when they were just trying to get rid of stuff. The ...
- Fitting a Ronin’s Grips Beryl Grip To Your Rifle October 24, 2023Some time back in 2017 or 2018, I bought some original Beryl second generation grips – the larger one with finger grip cut outs. I then made a couple of molds based on the originals. I thought they would be popular right away, but I’d sell one here and there and then Arms ...
- Fitting a C39 Micro Orca Handguard October 2, 2023By popular demand we are bringing back our C39 Micro handguard that can also be fit to the Micro Draco. The purpose of this post is to share some fitment issues you need to be aware of and general guidance. In my honest opinion, installing the Orca requires some expertise with woodworking or machining and ...
- S&W M&P .22 WMR Photo Gallery September 16, 2023As I mentioned in the last post, I am a new owner of a S&W M&P .22 WMR pistol. It wasn’t really planned – I had young nieces coming to visit and nothing really that I would consider a good pistol for them to start with. It worked great – I have no ...
- The Smith & Wesson M&P .22 WMR – What a Blast!! September 14, 2023My nieces were coming to visit from the Philippines, and it dawned on me that they wanted to go shooting but I didn’t have a 22 caliber pistol anymore. It just so happened that Smith & Wesson had released their M&P 22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR) pistol to the market and my good friend and ...
- Reflections After Owning and Using an Edgun Leshiy 2 for Six Months September 14, 2023This is my last post about my Edgun Leshiy 2 in this series. I’ve now had it for just over six months (I bought it in February and it’s now September) and have some thoughts to share on it and the various accessories I stuck on it – some stayed on and some ...
- Upgrading the Leshiy 2 to a 300 Bar Carbon Fiber Tank September 13, 2023When I bought my EdGun Leshiy 2, I was trying to keep the costs down so I decided to start with the standard air reservoir. In talking with Brian at Edgun West, filling it to 250 bar would yield about 28 shots before the pressure would dip below the regulator’s 130 PSI setting (the ...
- Customizing the Leshiy 2 – Adding the Behemoth and Mounting the Athlon Scope September 12, 2023As mentioned in the last post, I had my various parts and it was time to start assembling them. In this post I’ll cover the Behemoth moderator and mounting the Athlon Midas Tac scope. The Wolverine Short has a 250mm Walthar Lothar barrel. The four screws you see toward the front of the receiver ...
- Looking for a Wicked Russian Designed Semi-Auto Airgun? Check Out The Edgun Leshiy 2 September 12, 2023Folks, in February 2023, I bought an EdGun Leshiy 2 Short Wolverine (REPR) from EdGun West. For those of you not familiar with it, the Leshiy 2 is a semi-automatic precharged pneumatic (PCP) airgun. I can sum up my feelings about it having used it for six months now in one word – ...
- Thomas’ AMD-65 With Our Blue Grips August 28, 2023Hi folks, Thomas shared this cool photo of our blue AMD-65 grips on his rifle. It looks pretty cool!! A big shot out to Thomas for sending me these. His rifle is definitely cool – note the riser he installed on the buttstock to make it more comfortable also – nice touch!