2018 SHOT Show, Range Day
22 Jan 18 2018 SHOT Show, Range Day: We had the opportunity today to shoot some of the guns being displayed tomorrow at the 2018 SHOT Show. Range Day has become huge, and just seeing most everything I wanted to see consumed the entire day! Of note: Ruger’s PC Carbine, a pistol-cartridge-firing longarm, has been […]
Exportable Terrorist Scenario!
21 Jan 18 “Take a look around you, Boy. It’s bound to scare you, Boy!” From “The eve of Destruction,” written by PF Sloan. Most famous rendition was Barry McGuire’s from 1965 In 2018, Western Civilization will take a beating at the hands of Islamic terrorists. Yesterday was the first major blow, in Kabul, Afghanistan: […]
Revolution!
19 Jan 18 “Personal freedom brings-forth innovation” Frank DeSomma Follow-on from this morning’s Quip: As it so happens, I’m hanging-out today with my good friend, Freddie Blish, here at Robar in Phoenix, AZ. This morning, the two of us visited Frank DeSomma, CEO of POF (Patriot Ordinance Factory), also located in Phoenix. I know Frank, […]
Battle Rifles
19 Jan 18 Our Next Battle Rifle: What we currently call the “M4″ has been, in various forms, our standard Infantry rifle since the 1960s. As with any new piece of critical equipment that is haphazardly rushed into service in the middle of a war (Vietnam), testing was inadequate (much of it glossed-over), and there […]
New Surface Treatment from Robar!
17 Jan 18 Industry Info: This evening, I enjoyed dinner with my long-time friend, Freddie Blish of Robar. Most of us are familiar with Robar’s famous coatings, including NP3. Freddie showed me a new coating they’re introducing in February. It’s called “Armorlube” It has some natural lubricity, but not nearly as much as NP3. However, […]
New Guns!
15 Jan 18 Handgun Trends: Last week, I got my hands on a Ruger “Security 9″ 9mm autoloading pistol. Basically, it is Ruger’s version of the G19. But the price-tag on the one I handled, at a local retailer in CO, was $300.00! At that price, they’ll likely sell briskly I didn’t shoot it, but […]
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, […]
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.
