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  • Filti is selling Fabric For DIY Filtering Facemasks – It’s 9x Better Than Cotton And Can Reach N95 Filtration April 28, 2020
    Ok folks, quick public service announcement – just read on Business Insider about a manufacturer in Oklahoma, NXTI, who has developed a nano fiber fabric called “Filti” that is 9x better than cotton in terms of filtering and can hit N95 in commercial face masks. It’s a better filter than blue shop towels and ...
  • Buy Hand Sanitizer From Journeyman Distillery – Order Online For Pick Up Or They Can Ship It To You April 27, 2020
    Journeyman Distillery is in the little town of Three Oaks, Michigan. To help with Corona Virus / COVID-19 problem and the shortages of hand sanitizer, Journeyman is one of the distilleries that has picked up the ball and is producing hand sanitizer according to the Word Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. For those of you ...
  • Palmetto Sells A Very Solid 36″ Tactical Rifle Case At A Very Affordable Price April 26, 2020
    For a number of years now, Palmetto State Armory (PSA) has sold a solid 36″ tactical rifle carrying case that you don’t hear about! I’ve owned a number of them over the years. When I bought my AK-E and needed a case, the PSA unit immediately sprang to mind. Yes, I really ...
  • Print Your Own Targets At Home Using These PDF Files And Your Printer April 26, 2020
    Sometimes you need targets and don’t have any handy. This happened to me the other day when I needed to sight in two rifles. Since I needed them right away, I whipped up some targets that I then printed and used. It dawned on me that maybe others could benefit from them ...
  • Making Hand Sanitizer That Actually Works April 23, 2020
    Finding hand sanitizer is next to impossible. You can make your own hand sanitizer but you need to follow proper guidelines and most people refer to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidance on making hand sanitizer with glyercerine and/or the CDC guidance
  • Building a Pork Sword – Part 5: Changing the FARend, Installing a Quick Release On The Magpul Bipod and The Savior Case April 23, 2020
    Ok folks, this is the last post. In the previous posts we covered the parts and where to order them, installing the barrel, the trigger and chassis, brake and optic. Now we are going to change to an 8″ FARend, add a quick release adapter to the Magpul Bipod, show you the Savior ...
  • Building a Pork Sword – Part 4: Installing The Muzzle Brake and Optic April 23, 2020
    Okay, we’re coming into the last post. In the first post I covered all the parts that were used. The second covered installation of the barrel. The third post provided an overview of the trigger and chassis and now we’re almost done with the installation of the brake, optic, bipod and angled ...
  • Building a Pork Sword – Part 3: Installing The Trigger and Chassis April 22, 2020
    In the first post, I provided a list and links to the various sources where I bought the parts for the Pork Sword. In the second post, I covered installing the barrel and in this post will review the installation of the trigger and the actual Pork Sword chassis. The TriggerTech Primary Trigger I went with ...
  • Building a Pork Sword – Part 2: Installing The Barrel April 20, 2020
    In the last post, I outlined the major parts of the Pork Sword pistol I planned to build. As it turns out, building a Pork Sword is very straight forward and I had fun doing it. Research As always, I did some research before I did the actual build. First off, Black Collar Arms ...
  • Building a Pork Sword – Part 1: Thinking About The Build April 19, 2020
    I was surfing around on the web one day looking at interesting builds and ran across something I had never seen before – a Pork Sword pistol. It looked like a short barreled bolt gun on a chassis with a pistol brace, scope and can. What in the heck? So it sure ...
  • Primary Arms Has WMD NiB-X AR 5.56 Bolt Carrier Groups On Sale April 16, 2020
    Folks, Primary Arms has WMD Nickel Boron bolt carrier groups (BCGs) on sale and in stock! These are my favorite AR-15 BCGs and I always recommend them. Note, they make a .308 BCG but I haven’t tried one yet. Their Nickel Boron coating is excellent the lubricity is superb – even without any ...
  • PSA Had Both Yugo M70B1 and M70AB2 Parts Kits – But Are Sold Out Now April 16, 2020
    11/28/2020 – This is an old post. Please note that both kits are sold out at PSA. I would be highly surprised if they get more in but who knows. Hi folks, I’m a fan of Yugo AKs and have been for some time. I wanted to do a quick post to let ...
  • Restored An Almost 100 Year Old Samson 5263 3.5″ Machinists’ Vise For Regular Use April 11, 2020
    Growing up, my dad has this big rusty vise on his work bench and we’d use it for all kinds of stuff ranging from holding mower blades and axes during sharpening to bending metal for brackets and so forth. I knew it came from my grandfather’s farm in New Hampshire but not much else., ...
  • PSA AK-E Part 5: The End Result April 8, 2020
    This is the final post of the series. Here are the previous AKE posts listed so you can view them if you so wish: Part 1: Research Part 2: Out of the Box Observations and Photos Part 3: Tear Down and More Detailed Observations Part 4: Customizing the Rifle In this final post, I want ...
  • PSA AK-E Part 4: Customizing The Rifle April 8, 2020
    In the past three posts, I covered some of the reviews I read, initial observations out of the box, and a more detailed look and the internals. Now, I’ll cover the customization work that I did. For me, the AK-E was always going to serve as a base platform to build on. I ...
  • Do It Yourself Resources For Protective Face Masks – Use Shop Towels!! April 5, 2020
    Everyone is scrambling for face masks to protect themselves and it makes perfect sense. On one hand we want to protect ourselves and our loved ones and on the other, we don’t want to spread the illness either. At this point, if you are going to the store or other area with people, ...
  • PSA AK-E Part 3: Tear Down and More Detailed Observations April 5, 2020
    In my last post, I showed you a bunch of photos with my observations of the AK-E right out of the box. In this post, I am going to take it apart and see what I see. Like the last post, I’ll post photos with my thoughts in the captions. I’m going to be ...
  • PSA AK-E Part 2: Out Of The Box Observations and Photos April 3, 2020
    After researching and deciding to buy the AK-E, I ordered it and then waited about a week. The trick with any of PSA’s AKs these days is finding them in stock. Here’s my tip to you – the email notification is broadcasting the news to a ton of people and anyone may buy ...
  • PSA AK-E Part 1: Research March 31, 2020
    In 2019, I bought a PSA AK-V and really liked it. The little pistol caliber carbine was reliable, accurate and fun. I did an initial four blog posts about the purchase and then one on converting it. PSA AK-V Part One: Good Reviews Really Raised My Interest After They Fixed Initial Problems PSA AK-V Part ...
  • Are you having challenges Finding 9x19mm / 9mm Luger ammo? March 22, 2020
    I’ve read a few guys asking about where to buy ammo so I did a quick dig on availability and assembled the below ammunition listings from my sponsors. Also, so you are aware of what’s moving, I get a feed from Brownells of their current Top Sellers: I hope this helps you out some.

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