Space Combat
Space combat will likely have a lot in common with the age of sail.You can spot the enemy a long ways from where you can identify or shoot him.You'll know who he is long before either of you can shoot;...
View ArticleDisconnected
First my cellphone, a Motorola Droid Razr M, decided to not restart after reinserting the sd card. I remembered that there was a forced restart button combination that made the phone act like you'd...
View ArticleComms Restored
Got a stylish new router!Two day from get a human on the phone to back up isn't too bad.I'm pretty sure that what died in the old router is actually the wall wart because its status light was dark.So...
View ArticleFear
I've got about five posts in drafts.I'm basically afraid to open my mouth anymore.I'm wrong, no matter how carefully I research the topic.I'm sick of being wrong. Well, I'm sick of being told I am wrong.
View ArticleReliability
It just occurred to me to check something.There's 13 changes made from M16A1 to M16A2 (according to The Black Rifle 2). None of them are aimed at a reduction in mean rounds between failures. Most are...
View ArticleFree Tuition
As if some people weren't already getting free rides...As I mortgaged my life getting my bachelor's in business admin I had many fellow students who weren't paying a dime of their tuition. Tuition is...
View ArticleWent To Sleep Watching The Wrong Movie
Woke up to the dog going nuts.Grabbed the gun and headed to check it out.Just me missing the FedEx guy. He's just putting the truck into gear as I get to the window.I open the door to try and catch...
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Motox
Rhymes with botox!I have renewed my indenture to the mighty Red V.All hail the mighty Red V! Teacher. Mother. Secret lover.Living in the future!Hop on the internet on your tablet, order a phone...
View ArticleStar Wolf
Vargr (Traveller: Alien Races 1 p.88)4 PointsAttribute Modifiers:ST-1 [-10]; DX+1 [20].Secondary Characteristic Modifiers:FP-1 [-3]; SM 0.Advantages:Acute Taste/Smell 3 [6]; Acute Vision 1 [2]; Blunt...
View ArticleHypocrisy
No, Dancing Monkey, there aren't too many guns out there in the world.There are too many guns in Hollywood. Especially considering how you bleat so bitter about them while you portray characters using...
View ArticleYikes
Alternate Title: It happened again.Starting to see 5.56 gun blown up by chambering a .300 Blackout about as often as someone blowing up a Glock now.As the link says, pay attention to what you're...
View ArticleUnwants
There are a few guns in my collection that I own merely because I used to own one like it.Yet there are a couple of guns I've owned (or been issued) that have zero nostalgic value.I don't see me ever...
View ArticleLittle Things
After, literally, decades of sniper scopes having blinking colored lights and meaningless number readouts...It was super refreshing in American Sniper to see the correct reticule for a PSO-1 being used...
View ArticleJe Ne Suis Pas Charlie! Je Suis Arme!
Quote of the day. In the comments.Another quote, this one from a movie, "I don't wanna get killed for lack of shootin' back!" A film that also demonstrates the dangers of gun control.I tend to not make...
View ArticleOld Savage
Another $200 gun I am blamed for.A .30-30 bolt gun in a world where thirty thirty meant Winchester... And stamped parts where milled was expected.Forgot to take a picture though. The one I'm blamed...
View ArticleUngrateful
A policeman received free ammunition to test fire a prospective purchase and has the audacity to complain about it?Plus a free demonstration in the effectiveness of .380 ACP.Some people just can't be...
View ArticleG42
I can't be the only person who's disappointed when they click on a link talking about a G42 and sees and article about a Glock instead of a rifle.
View ArticleSIG Brace
OK, now can we start demanding the NRA start putting some of it's mass against the NFA?Not even demanding Hughes be nuked, just to eliminate the BS that is SBR?
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