Super-Vel Ammunition
10 Jan 18 Latest development in the highly-competitive ammunition industry: My long-time friend and colleague, Peter Pi, has linked-up with Super-Vel Ammunition of Henderson, NV as their new CEO Peter, no longer associated with Cor-Bon Ammunition of Sturgis, SD, is a giant in our industry, and will be a great asset to Super-Vel. Super-Vel Ammunition […]
Behind the Scenes!
9 Jan 18 What we don’t see! Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a NATO luncheon in Jerusalem yesterday, said bluntly that his various intelligence bureaus have recently thwarted “several dozen” major Islamic terrorist attacks in the Middle East and in Europe. He said further that at least some frustrated attacks involved commercial air […]
Addendem
6 Jan 18 Addendum to yesterday’s Quip: I’ve received many responses to yesterday’s Quip about lethal self-defense, as you might imagine, and I thank all who took the time to get back with me. Here are some particulars that need to be added: 13) Don’t shoot unless you have to! It all comes down to […]
Where is “Safety?”
5 Jan 18 “Reasonable” Response. A student asks: “I’m in my 70s. When I’m the victim of an unprovoked attack by a younger, bigger, stronger person(s) who is using only his fists, elbows, knees, and/or shod feet, how much of a pommeling am I expected to absorb, and for how long, before I employ deadly […]
Update on Cor-Bon
4 Jan 18 Cor-Bon Update: I just got off the phone with TA Perrine, one of the new owners at Cor-Bon in Sturgis, SD. TA is the main guy, and Cor-Bon’s contact number is 605 347 4544. TA is the one to talk with! In my last Quip, I indicated that product was not being […]
Cor-Bon Update
3 Jan 18 Cor-Bon Cor-Bon ammunition has been a family-owned company since its inception. The only CEO the company ever had was Peter Pi, my good friend and colleague. I was just on the phone with him yesterday. At the end of 2017, Cor-Bon was sold to new owners. The Pi family is no longer […]
Personal Readiness in 2018
2 Jan 18 2018: This will be an active and dangerous year. 1) We’ll see increasing domestic political violence, particularly in metro areas, as we approach Mid-term elections in the fall. Agenda-driven goons, physically harming political opponents, used to be confined to third-world countries. Not any more! 2) It strikes me that precious few, in […]
Hypocrites!
1 Jan 18 “Lincoln had no patience with any who were perfectly sure they knew details of The Divine Will.” Elton Trueblood Hypocrites in the media! A recent photograph of our SECNAV visiting troops in Afghanistan reveals him openly carrying a pistol in a SERPA holster. This photo brought-on immediate censure from (who else?) a […]
New Years
30 Dec 17 “Be alert and of sober mind.” 1 Peter 5:8 New Year’s Eve, 2017 Bringing-in the New Year with much late-night celebrating is a tradition enjoyed by many Americans, and most of the rest of Western Civilization. Far be it from me to rain on anyone’s parade, but here, in my final Quip […]
Back Curve
27 Dec 17 The “Back Curve” “The Earth is round, so that we never see too far down the road.” Karen Blixen Conversations with “precision riflemen” often get into tedious, esoteric mathematical realms, and usually very quickly! Many factors influence the bullet during the brief fraction of a second (sometimes longer) while it is in […]
SMGs
20 Dec 17 “Yesterday’s ‘Advanced Weapons Platform’ is today’s museum exhibit!” Anon SMGs (Submachine Guns) No self-respecting Western movie-producer would dream of making a movie about WWII (European Theater) without equipping nearly all his actors portraying Wehrmacht (German) soldiers with MP-38 SMGs. The profile is unmistakable! The distribution of MP-38s throughout the actual WWII Wehrmacht […]
Deadly Season!
17 Dec 17 The “Deadly Season!” “‘Advice’ is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn’t” Erica Jong The Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, Pakistan is that latest Christian target of Islamic terrorism. Despite heavy security, suicide bombers shot their way inside the church this morning, murdering nine […]
When we “Go to Guns!”
14 Dec 17 “When I’m dead, I’d rather people ask why I have no monument, than why I have one.” Cato the Elder In 2008, then-Chairman of the JCS, Admiral Mullen, said “We can’t kill our way to victory.” Like all liberals, Mullen can’t abide the concept of victory, indeed is frightened by the very […]
‘Tis the Season!
11 Dec 17 2017 Holiday Season: “The power of observation is frequently called ‘cynicism,’ by those who don’t have it.” George Bernard Shaw Today’s bungled subway bombing attempt in NYC marks the beginning of an “exciting” Holiday Season in the USA, UK, and Western Europe! Islamic Terrorists are all too familiar with our weak spots, […]
National CCW Reciprocity
10 Dec 17 “‘The Nation’ will not be the organ of any party, sect, nor body. It will, on the contrary, make an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much […]
The Dead Can Wait!
7 Dec 17 “When it’s least expected….” From a friend and student in CA: “The fire here in Ventura erupted suddenly, like an earthquake. There was scant warning! On extremely short notice, we were forced to evacuate from our home late Monday. As we departed, we could see a literal ‘wall of fire,’ from our […]
Triggers!
5 Dec 17 “Trigger Control” “When you walk, just walk. When you sit, just sit. But, whatever you do, don’t wobble!” Ummon “The mind of a perfect man is like a mirror. It grasps nothing. It expects nothing. It reflects, but does not hold. Thus, the perfect man can act without effort.” Chuang Tzu My […]
Slaughter of the Disarmed
28 Nov 17 “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you!” Leon Trotsky On Saturday, Islamic jihadis attacked a Mosque in the village of Rawda, Egypt massacring over 300 disarmed Sufi worshipers. “Sufi” Islam is despised by ISIS, because it advocates at least a little tolerance of other religions. Knowing […]
Saint Pistol
21 Nov 17 “AR Pistols” Yesterday, at the ITOA Convention (Illinois Tactical Officer’s Association) in Oakbrook, IL, I had the opportunity to handle Springfield Armory’s “Saint Pistol.” SA’s “Saint” line of “standard” ARs has been popular, and we’ve had students bring them to class. All have run fine! However, this “Pistol” version features a 7.5″ […]
What People Say!
18 Nov 17 “Newspapers don’t print the truth. They print what people say” Frank Galvin (played by Paul Newman) in the 1982 feature film, “The Verdict” In our upside-down civilization, some crimes are considered so serious that innocence is no longer a valid defense! Provable guilt has become all but irrelevant! It is only necessary […]
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.
