(October 2007 Quips)
1 Oct 07 Aimpoint Micro and LaRue Quick-Detach Mount: At an Urban Rifle Course in NV last weekend, I had the opportunity to test an Aimpoint Micro on my DSA/FAL/Congo. My good friend Mark LaRue, at LaRue Tactical, is now making a wonderful, low-profile, quick-release mount, and even I was able to install it on […]
(September 2007 Quips)
4 Sept 07 Incident in OK, from a colleague there: “One of my off-duty officers was at a local convenience store last Thursday. Staring at him, he noticed a VCA he had previously arrested for assault. Our officer turned to leave, having no wish for a confrontation. Unfortunately, the suspect, actively seeking a confrontation, continued […]
(August 2007 Quips)
1 Aug 07 Hoot & Shoot, 2007 On 10-12 Aug 07 (Fri-Sun), my long-time friend and colleague, Evan Marshall, is once again hosting his “Hoot & Shoot” event in Midland, MI. I’ll be attending for the first time and also presenting a class. Like Skip Gochenour’s “NTI,” in PA and Tom Givins’ “Polite Society” in […]
(July 2006 Quips)
2 July 07 Evil Roy? During a Course in WY last weekend, I had the opportunity to use a copy of Action Target’s new “ERPT” portable, steel target. “ERPT” stands for “Evil Roy’s Practice Target.” It seems “Evil Roy” is the pseudonym used by a well-known Cowboy Action shooter. Having no interest in Cowboy Action […]
(June 2007 Quips)
3 June 07 More Marxist-agenda-driven, media sewage: The History Channel recently aired a program on the subject of modern piracy at sea. When asked, selected “industry experts” all united in adamantly recommending against arming of ships’ crews. Here is their peculiar “logic.” It sounds curiously like the same, tired arguments routinely advanced against concealed-carry permits […]
(May 2007 Quips)
1 May 07 Comments on personal weapons management, from a pilot who is one of our students, currently stationed in Baghdad: “I couldn’t help but to respond regarding this subject, as I am currently dealing with the same nonsense. I am here in the Green Zone as part of an aviation unit. Base commanders have […]
(April 2007 Quips)
2 Apr 07 My friends with big gun retailer in Oklahoma City, OK tell me that the one gun they sell more of than any other, week in and week out, is the S&W642, Snubby 38Spl revolver! Many want to “go armed ,” and they think a five-shot snubby in a pocket provides what they […]
(March 2007 Quips)
8 Mar 07 From a friend in the security business: “To be frank, exciting incidents I can do just fine without, but, due to the nature of my work, such things are prone to occur, which is why I think it important to have a plan ready to activate instantly. It happens to me each […]
(February 2007 Quips)
10 Feb 07 Yesterday, 9 Feb 07, at 9:00AM (local time) I shot and killed a huge Cape Buffalo here in Africa. Buff was DRT! I used a borrowed, iron-sighted FN bolt gun in 458WM. I hit the buff twice. First round was a Barnes 450gr solid. The second a Barnes 450gr DPX. Both had […]
(January 2007 Quips)
1 Jan 07 Living with Guns Many years ago, while attending The US Army Command and General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth, KS, I submitted a paper entitled, “Living With Guns”. In it, I described my sometimes exasperating experiences as an infantry second lieutenant, platoon commander in Vietnam in 1968. I observed that, during that […]
(December 2006 Quips)
4 Dec 06 My car-gun combination: RA/XCR (223), EOTech (forward mounted), and Cor-Bon DPX ammunition (53gr). This day, we went pig hunting in FL! Today, I shot two, large, wild pigs and one white-tail deer with my XCR. We were on a large ranch, owned by a friend. My shots were all on running animals […]
(November 2006 Quips)
1 Nov 06 I apologize for taking so long on this. Our new contact in Iraq is: Gy/Sgt O’Toole MWSS 373/MP Platoon Unit # 41116 FPO AP 96426-1116 brian.otoole@acemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil He will see to it that all care packages get to the Marines who need it most. Many thanks to everyone for their generosity. Let’s not […]
(October 2006 Quips)
1 Oct 06 Today, at an Urban Shotgun Program in MA, a Mossburg 590, being used by a student suddenly went down. Normally, the Mossburg is among the most reliable of all the shotguns we see, but, on this copy, the magazine follower got stuck in the forward portion of the magazine tube, and spring […]
(September 2006 Quips)
4 Sept 06 The Graham Flashlight Method My friend and colleague, Matt Graham, president of ITC and manufacturer of ITC three-dimensional targets, have developed a new pistol/flashlight method that I like. For those of us who don’t like physically attaching flashlights to guns, particularly pistols, the Harries and Goode Techniques, along with several others, have […]
(August 2006 Quips)
2 Aug 06 Comment on my Quip last month about the Wall Street Journal article on knives in America and the “need” for more regulation (as in the UK): “Mr Farnam: … knives really are dangerous. Regulation is probably needed.” My reply: “Son, if politicians set out to regulate every ‘dangerous’ thing, our entire government […]
(July 2006 Quips
1 July 06 Details from the Johannesburg, SA shooting last week, in which a number of police officers were murdered: “They stormed the building where the gang was hiding.. Officers were armed with Z88s (Beretta 92 copy, built under license). The criminal gang was armed with Kalashnikovs. R5 patrol rifles are theoretically available, but they […]
(June 2006 Quips)
2 June 06 NTI 2006 “The reason the American Army does so well in wartime? War is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis.” -from a post-war (WWII) debriefing of a German General Yes, physical conflict, in general, is indeed chaotic, and the NTI is designed to confront each participant with […]
(May 2006 Quips)
1 May 06 From one of our Marine instructors, now in Iraq. He is teaching enlightened pistols classes there to Marines and Army troops, semi-officially: “Taught my first Pistol Class here Sunday. Fifty students, mixed Marines and Army. I only had a day with them, so we went right into movement, drawing, firing, reloading, and […]
(April 2006 Quips)
1 Apr 06 Comment on unarmed federal agents: “Please inform Mr Farnam that it is federal policy that agents keep pistols concealed while in public. Also, it is possible these SS guys were trainees.” My response: My friend whom I quoted originally is a seasoned police officer, and he is pretty sure all the agents […]
(March 2006 Quips)
2 Mar 06 Radical Islamists are now active in South Africa, the only sub-Saharan country on the Continuant with a functional infrastructure: “Rolling blackouts persist here. A hard-line, Muslim group has claimed responsibility for acts of sabotage that have caused the problem. Rumors abound. Some claim it is just a cover story by the government […]
Gun industry legends Dave Spaulding, Massad Ayoob, Mike Boyle, and John Farnam join Fernando Coelho to dive deep into the history of the gun industry, shedding light on how firearms and firearms training have transformed over the decades. They discuss the dramatic shift from traditional print reviews to the digital age of internet forums, social media influencers, and YouTube personalities of the industry.
