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• The actual March 2017 ATF letter approving stabilizing braces has a section about customization you need to know about May 25, 2017
  Yes, I am late to the game on actually reading the March 2017 ATF letter clarifying the use of stabilizing braces.   It’s been on my to-do list for some time and I finally did.   I do think this is very helpful – notably: With respect to stabilizing braces, ATF has concluded that attaching the ...
• Video: Ostfront 1987: Walther WA-2000 vs SVD Dragunov from InRangeTV May 24, 2017
  This 30:11 long video had me seriously drooling.  You have Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons and Karl Kasarda from InRangeTV squaring off on targets.  Ian is firing a rare German Walther WA-2000 sniper rifle in .300 Win Mag and Karl is shooting the Russian 7.62x54R SVD Dragunov.  They role play a bit and take this back ...
• How to remove rust from a tool with apple cider vinegar May 24, 2017
  I live in Michigan and work in an unheated shop.  In the winter, when I use a space heater to work, condensation forms on metal surfaces and rust happens.  I try to keep my tools oiled but once in a while I miss something.  There is a real simple way to remove rust that is ...
• Video: Walther WA-2000: The Ultimate German Sniper Rifle by Forgotten Weapons May 23, 2017
  The first time I saw the Walther WA-2000 I fell in love.  Wow.  It was the most amazing looking sniper rifle I had ever seen and I’ve only seen one once years and years ago.  Like the HK PSG-1, the WA-2000 was developed in response to the 1972 Munich Olympic Games incident.  Development started in ...
• How to remove the Zastava M92 PAP Pistol’s Factory Thread Cover May 23, 2017
  A few folks have asked how to remove the factory installed thread protector from their M92 PAP pistols.  Zastava does actually thread the pistols and it’s a 26mm diameter x 1.5mm pitch left hand thread (M27x1.5LH is the short cut way to write it) under that cover. These things were installed for importation, ruin the ...
• Video: H&K PSG-1: The Ultimate German Sniper Rifle by Forgotten Weapons May 22, 2017
  When the H&K Präzisionsschützengewehr (German for “precision shooting rifle”) PSG-1 came out almost 30 years ago, I thought it was the most amazing rifle I had ever seen.  Chambered in 7.62×51 it was the West German’s response to a decided lack of effective sniper rifles in their police forces after the Munich attack at the ...
• Buy a big Neiko 10048A set of quarter inch driver bits and not worry about having the right one when you encounter something weird May 22, 2017
  You know the quarter-inch bit really gives you amazing flexibility 4 installing or removing different types of screws, bolts and even using some tools such as Spade bits and step drills. With them you can overcome the problem of having the right type of screwdriver to install or remove specialty security screws or even things ...
• Video: Rare Weapons of Saddam’s Iraq 1979 to 2003 by jmantime May 21, 2017
          I like jmantime’s videos – lots of photos, organized and set to music.  He assemble this video around the weapons found in Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s reign between 1979 and 2003.  The video ranges from Tariq handguns and Tabuk rifles all the way up through through tanks, the Babylon Gun, rocket launchers and so forth. ...
• Irwin Lock-n-Load Quarter-inch bit extensions can save your bacon May 21, 2017
  Irwin make some very nice quarter-inch drive extensions in different lengths that you can use for extending your reach of everything from screwdriver bits, socket drivers and even step drills. I have even stacked the units for getting into really bizarre locations. I have use them for everything from reaching down inside butt stocks to loosen ...
• Video: Race Car Driver Jeff Gordon Scares The Hell Out Of An Internet Troll: Test Drive 2 Prank May 20, 2017
  Here’s the follow up prank video to the first test drive with Jeff Gordon.  Oh man, too funny.
• Video: Chinese Type 56 AK-57 (Shooting and History) by Forgotten Weapons May 20, 2017
    This is a cool review of an actual North Vietnamese Army (NVA) Chinese Type 56 AK.  It was a captured rifle and brought back to the US.  Ian of Forgotten Weapons does one of his usual exemplary reviews of the rifle and discusses its history.  
• Blazer GB2001 micro torches are very handy May 20, 2017
  I work a lot with plastics, paracord and webbing.  Thus, I need to melt ends, heat small tools/probes to poke holes and what have you.  I use lighters for a while but the problem was they didn’t generate very much heat. They were good for searing the end of a paracord but not quickly. Sometimes ...
• Video: I Have This Old Gun – Chinese Type 56 (AKM) Rifle May 19, 2017
  The NRA did a nice American Rifleman TV segment on the Chinese Type 56.   It’s only 5:37 long and worth your time.
• Video: Pepsi MAX / Camaro / Jeff Gordon Commercial – Test Drive May 19, 2017
  Oh man, I forgot about this hilarious video of Jeff Gordon pranking a car salesman.  If you need a good laugh, check it out!
• I miss the Romy G AKM Kits – They were a great learning experience, reliable and fun to shoot May 19, 2017
  You know folks, I miss the old Romanian Garda kits.  I literally built about a dozen of them trying different variations on rivets, screws, welding and so forth.  You could get them from $79-119 with the barrel and sometimes even a Tapco G2 fire control group (FCG) included.  Copes, Centerfire, DPH and others had pallets ...
• Video: How to Lubricate Your AKM (AK47) and AK74 Rifles – AK Operators Union 47-74 May 18, 2017
     In this video, Rob Ski, of AK Operators Union, does a great job explaining how to lubricate your AK.  Rob is the real deal having grown up around AKs and having also served in the US military.  Be sure to Like him on Facebook.  He’s always posting news and information.
• How to cut the folding stock weld on a Vepr IV May 18, 2017
  Back in 2014 I bought one of the 5.56 Vepr IV RPKs.  Boy was it nice but it had a folding stock that was spot welded.  I installed a Tapco G2 FCG, the appropriate muzzle device and one of my Molot Gen 2 grips and then US mags.  I’d planned to replace the gas piston ...
• Video: Two Computer Graphic Videos of AH-94 Nikonov Operation May 17, 2017
  Here are two videos that use computer graphics to demonstrate the operation of the Russian AK-94 5.45mm rifle.0 Here’s the first video that gives more overall information (in Russian though): Here’s the second video that gives a very clear view of loading:
• Video: Rocket Surgery: Inside the Russian Nikonov AN94 by Forgotten Weapons May 17, 2017
  The Russian AN94 Nikonov is a rather bizarre rifle that is often described as complex and expensive.  Just those words alone should make you realize the rifle is a hard departure from the relatively simple and inexpensive Kalashnikov design maxims.  I have been hoping to see a more thorough breakdown of the AN94 and Ian ...
• Step Drills Can Simplify the Drilling of Clean Holes in Sheet Metal and Relatively Thin Stock May 17, 2017
  One type of drill I use a lot are step drills.  They are best thing since sliced bread for cutting circular holes in sheet metal and relatively thin stock where the the thickness of the material is less than the height of the “step” in the drill.  Unlike a normal twist drill, the step drills ...

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