Knot on my watch
I’ve heard knots called “an orderly tangle of lines”. While that might be true, the knowledge of a few useful knots is something that is…
Year: 2017
Happy Birthday, America!
Here’s a little light reading as you wait for the grill to heat up.
I have got to close some of these tabs
(As usual in this situation, I forget where these come from. I’m sure more than one was from Michael Bane on Facebook.) I was hoping…
Winning
I ran across this article this morning. It has three interesting points about the changing face of gun ownership in the US. It seems 2/3…
What is it with these Canadian
(As found on Gab.) Snipers. 11,319 feet for the record. Plus an unknown number on lives saved by his work.
The GOP says its going to get strapped; the left loses its collectivist mind
I should have seen it coming–really I should. When I posted this morning about GOP Congressman Thomas Massie introducing a bill calling for concealed carry permit…
DC reciprocity?
After the recent shooting at a GOP practice for a charity baseball game, some folks I know were predicting moves by Congress–on both sides of…
Zeroing your AR-15
It’s a deceptively simple subject. If you’ve ever been in the service of Uncle Sugar, he says 25 meters and you’re done–or at least he…
Brevard County (FL) Sheriff Wayne Ivey Gets It
I wish I could embed this video, but it’s on Facebook, so yeah. (Thanks to True Blue Sam for the lesson in how to embed videos…
Just in case you’ve been wondering
I have to admit that all this Alt-this and Alt-that have had me a tad confused. Just what is the Alt-Right anyway, and what, all…
Bullet-proofing
(Via SurvivalBlog) How about a product you can mix on site and apply to your walls to make them bullet proof? If that sounds like…
June 6, 1944
Once again, we remember the men of Operation Overlord. Here you see one of the iconic photos of that day, taken by Robert Capa, of…
A bit of progress (Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 4)
Yes, in the fading light of day, there it is in all its glory–an antenna mast. Some progress has finally been achieved. 
Actually, I…
The definition of fun
At least for today, the definition of fun is shooting a 14″ steel gong at 100 yards with a suppressed .22 pistol, from a rest,…
I was away from the Intertubz
But forgetting about today and the nature of it? I don’t think so.
The slow slide toward civil war continues
On both sides. At this point, we’re chumming for sharks nearly as much as they are. It was inevitable. I catch myself doing it. Can we…
Ocular dominance
There’s a topic you don’t often see on blogs. I’m one of the 30% or so of the population who is cursed with being…
Back to the gardening theme
At least for a moment. If we should happen to get that mini-Ice Age some are calling for, this document from the Alaskan Energy Authority…
Food for the Fighters
That’s the thing about YouTube. You can spend an entire afternoon on it, wondering from one interesting thing to another.
Shooting the double action revolver the FBI way
(From the Ruger Facebook group) From 1961, the FBI opines on how to shoot the double action revolver. Don’t snicker, there’s a lot in it…
Need to learn something?
(From Reccomendo) You might want to try Richard Feynman’s methodology. If a Nobel Prize winning physicist could use it to reduce complicated subjects down to…
Rethinking hostage rescue
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) For those among us who have had reason to be anywhere near those who work in this area, we know…
This is getting to be too frequent
The gunny part of the blogosphere has lost another member, this time Bob Owens of Bearing Arms. It wasn’t a frequent stop for me, but…
You’ve got to be kidding me! (Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 3)
So, I’ve taken the refurbed pipe die apart, and found… That it has the “wrong” cutting teeth in it. In actuality, the teeth are just…
Gab is now open for business
Gab is now open to the public–1 zillion lines, no waiting! You don’t need an invite to get in now, you can just sign yourself…
Welcoming to the blogroll…
For the most part, I’ve stopped noting when a blog or web site comes or goes from the left hand side of the page. However,…
Further thoughts on why you stay away from demonstrations
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) We’ve talked about how your presence at one of the current crop of demonstrations violates Farnam’s 3 Rules of Risk…
OK, so it’s one groups opinion
(From the AR15 Builder group on Facebook) The Best AR-15 Lowers for Any Budget, early 2017 edition. Nice to see Anderson in there, since I…