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• A Video Tour of the Hatsan Factory in Kemalpaşa, Turkey November 23, 2018
  Hatsan Arms Company is an innovative builder of air guns and shotguns that was founded in 1976 and produce over 300,000 units per year.  Hatsan is located in Kemalpaşa, which is a large town located in the Izmir Province of Turkey.  There they product Hatsan airguns, Escort shotguns and Optima shotguns.     One interesting facet of Hatsan ...
• The Wicked Hatsan AT P2 Pistol / Carbine Combo – Powerful, Compact & Quiet November 22, 2018
  Hatsan is a Turkish company that was founded in 1976 and makes a number of airguns as well as shotguns. My first Hatsan was .22 Long Gladius Precharged Pneumatic (PCP) bullpup air rifle. The Gladius is amazing but I really wanted to find something smaller and more discrete. Even though the Gladius is a bullpup, ...
• A Fascinating Video Showcasing The Adoption of Quality at the Kalashnikov Concern in Izhevsk, Russia November 16, 2018
  I always find turnaround stories interesting.  While we often focus on the older AK rifles, there is a fascinating story about how Kalashnikov Concern modernized and developed world class capabilities.  They produced the video that spurred me to write this post to share with you. In the 1990s, Izhmash and Izhvesk were in tough shape.  They ...
• Watch This Amazing Video of Larry Vickers Shooting the AK-107 With No Recoil November 15, 2018
  Okay, once in a while I watch a video and my jaw drops.  Larry Vickers visited Russia and got to shoot a new AK-107.  Unfortunately, it’s unlikely we will ever get to see this amazing piece of engineering on this side of the pond thanks to politicians. The AK-107 is a chambered in 5.45×39 and uses ...
• WBP Rogów Videos How They Demil a Circle 11 Underfolder AK — Pretty cool but sad too November 15, 2018
  Wytwornia Broni Jacek Popinski (WBP) is a privately owned firearm manufacturer located in Rogów, Poland.  Some folks assume it is the old government Radom armory with a different name but it is not. In the US, we know about WBP because of the efforts of Arms of America (AoA) to import high quality Polish AK kits ...
• The Thinking Behind the Nazi Sturmgewehr (StG) 44 vs. Soviet AK-47 Video From Forgotten Weapons November 14, 2018
  I’m more knowledgeable about the Soviet AK-47 than I am the German Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44).  The main reason I even known about the StG 44 is from reading about it in books that cited it as being an inspiration to Mikhail Kalashnikov and his design team.  But was it really – I’ve heard some ...
• Video of Larry Vickers Touring the Kalashnikov Concern Factory in Izhvesk November 13, 2018
  In April 2018, Larry Vickers visited the Kalashnikov Concern factory in Izhvesk, Russia.  Given that armory was established on the orders of Russian emperor Alexander I in June 1807 plus most Westerners having mental images of antiquated machines and dimly lit dirty facilities, one might make some very, very wrong assumptions about the modern JSC ...
• Great Video of Ian McCollum and Larry Vickers Discussing the History of AK-47 Rifles November 13, 2018
  Two guys I really respect, Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons and Larry Vickers discuss the history of the AK-47 and also show Larry’s new book on AK rifles.  They cover a ton of information through questions submitted by Ian’s followers.  For people into the history of the Kalashnikov rifle, this is well worth your time. Here ...
• Very Cool AK Assembly Video From WBP Rogów – Tons of Tooling Shown November 12, 2018
  This past Spring I built a Polish Beryl inspired rifle from a WBP kit imported by Arms of America and was very impressed by the quality.  I was surfing around on Youtube and ran into this really cool video posted by WBP Rogow showing how they build an AK.  I found all the specialized tooling ...
• The Ingersoll Rand 125 Needle Scaler is a HUGE Time Saver + An Into to Needlers November 6, 2018
  One of the things you learn in Michigan when you have to work on cars is how to deal with rust. Most cars after 10 years in Michigan look like they were dipped in the ocean and then allowed to rust like crazy. It’s pretty much inevitable. The older the car the worst shape they ...
• Hoover Carpet Shampooers are Totally Worth It!! November 5, 2018
  I bet you did not expect to see me do a post about carpet shampooers or as some call them “carpet cleaners” or “carpet cleaning machines”.  We’ve owned dogs and had kids for years plus we have light colored carpets.  Keeping them clean is no easy matter and maybe 4-6 times per year we shampoo ...
• Honeywell’s Howard Leight Electronic Hearing Protection is Great!! November 3, 2018
  This summer  I switched to Honeywell’s Howard Leight electronic earmuffs and absolutely love them.  The reason is simple, my hearing is horrible – I sure wish I knew to protect my hearing when I was younger and am paying for it now.  When I wear traditional earmuffs, I can’t hear anyone talk.  With these, you ...
• Ryobi P721 Hybrid 20 Watt LED Work Light is Fantastic!! November 3, 2018
  I finally gave up trying to keep my old Ryobi 18 volt flashlights working or converting them to LED.  Ryobi sells a 20 watt LED worklight, model # P721 that is really slick and uses their 18 volt batteries.  I bought one at my local Home Depot and used it all summer while working on ...
• Ryobi P739 18 Volt Compressor Is Very Handy And Is Holding Up Great! November 3, 2018
  The one thing I notice about getting older is that I don’t have the strength to go lugging around as much as I used to not to mention I don’t have a ton of patience either.  This issue affects me when it comes to portable compressors. Because of Ronin’s Grips, I have a big stationary 60 ...
• Range Results for the Sabatti .308 Urban Sniper – Most Impressive November 1, 2018
  In my last post, I discussed mounting the Vortex scope and tailoring a Plano hard case for my .308 Sabatti Urban Sniper.  This last post in the series is about my trip to the range with it.  I went to the range with high hopes – by all accounts it should sub minute of angle, ...
• Installing the Vortex PST Gen 2 Scope and Making the Plano Case for the Sabatti Urban Sniper October 31, 2018
  In my previous post, I gave you my out of the box impressions of the Sabatti .308 Urban Sniper.  In this post, I’ll give you an overview of the scope I went with, mounting it and the Plano hardcase. A Vortex 3-15×44 FFP PST Gen 2 Scope and PMR Rings I contacted Travis Boran, a fellow I ...
• First Impressions of the Sabatti Urban Sniper Out of The Box October 29, 2018
  This is the second post in the series about the .308 caliber Sabatti Urban Sniper.  In the first post, I provided a bit of history about Sabatti and the Italian Firearms Group (IFG) plus why I was intrigued by the rifle and its claim of sub-MOA accuracy with the Multi Radial Rifling (MRR).  In this ...
• The Remarkable Sabatti Urban Sniper – An Affordable Compact Sub-MOA Rifle October 28, 2018
  It’s interesting that a 400+ year old Italian firearms company is relatively unknown in the United States.  In the early 1700s, Mr. Ludovico Sabatti was making flint lock pistols and barrels.  Subsequent generations developed specialized barrel making capabilities as well as other parts.  It’s worth noting this history – they have been making barrels for ...
• Tips on Finding Decent Gunsmithing Tools on eBay October 27, 2018
  One of the challenges when starting out working on guns is building your tool collection.  It’s hard to find cost effective tools so you wind up making do with stuff, creating tools ad hoc, etc.  Interestingly enough, this is where eBay just might help.  While I’m not happy with their anti-gun position, there are a ...
• New SDS 10 Round Magazines At The Range – They Worked Great October 27, 2018
  As you may have read, my first range session with my new SDS Lynx shotgun didn’t go very well when I used new untested 10 round SDS brand magazines.  I posted my findings and David Fillers of SDS immediately reached out to me to address the issue. David told me they did have a few quality ...

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