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January 07, 2026

Errors Seeded Back-Up The West Wing

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Suppression

December 07, 2025

Hearing Loss NFA Safety Device SilencerCo Suppressors Yankee Hill

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Fall Cleaning

November 05, 2025

Cleaning Clenzoil Gun Maintenance gun cleaning Hoppe's Tri-Flow WD-40

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Fun at the Range

October 10, 2025

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Beretta Reimagined

September 16, 2025

92F Beretta Steinmetz Training Gun

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The Wall Speaks

August 18, 2025

.223 FMJ .223 Varmint 2-.223 Frangible AR-15 Home Defense Plasterboard wall Room Safe Sounds

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How Fast?

CCW Exposed Strong Side Carry Pocket Carry Shoulder Holster

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Get Out Now!

Escape. Go Bag Lord of the Flies Packing Out Survival

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TV Tip

I never thought I'd find a tactical tip from The West Wing, a TV show about a liberal president that ran from September 1999 to May 2006. But I did. You can find the episode I'm referring to in season 3, episode 23. In this, Mark Harmon portrays a Secret Service agent who accidentally walks into a shop and rob in progress. He confronts and manages to secure the criminal and remove the criminal's concealed weapon. He uses his radio to have his dispatcher send the police. Turning to the counterman, he doesn't notice the counterman is still acting hinky. A second shooter, hidden to the side, shoots and kills the agent and escapes into the night, followed seconds later by the panicked counterman. What’s the tactical lesson? ...

Recognize it?

Recognize it? I found it lying on the street like a drunk curled up to a signpost I found it on August 27 on Akron's High Street. I was a t the library researching shoe knives, and I decided to walk down to a local brewery, Akronym. I first thought it was a crumpled piece of copper-colored foil. But a second glance told me differently. This is a 9mm — a damaged 9mm from striking a hard object. I didn't think it was a prank from somebody with a slingshot or a great pitching arm who launched the round against one of the brick structures. I could see lands and grooves. It could have only been fired from a gun. A damaged 9mm FMJ So how did it end up on a sidewalk in downtown Akron? I think it is an up-and-down. Someone shooting their gun into the sky for some less than intelligent reason. A celebration, a warning shot, just showing off, who knows? Let me remind you of the Law of Gravity: what goes up must come down. When you shoot a gun into ...

Suppression

Suppression In January 2026 the Federal government will eliminate the $200 tax stamp needed for NFA firearms. This includers suppressors. You are still required to fill out the ATF Form 4 paperwork and some states, like Illinois, New York, Delaware (non-inclusive list) still ban their ownership. SilencerCo Suppressor and Baffles This came about in 1934 with the National Firearms Act which was designed to curb mob violence. My own personal view is criminals don't care about laws. Frankly, if you're killing people, you aren't worried about breaking firearms laws. But we are talking about the government who would rather address symptoms then causes. The tax stamp, $200, hasn't changed since 1934. That amount is the equivalent of $4800 in 2025 dollars. Today $200 is pretty cheap. If you own a gun, if you shoot regularly, if you take a class and training, you can afford the tax stamp. Still, it's going away. The Feds and several suppressor co...

Night Vision

Mk 1 Human Eyes “Don’t get a light that’s so bright it blinds you, kid,” the elder said to me one night over beers. “You want a light that saves your night vision, just enough to let you move through a dark basement at night.” We learn from experience, but nobody says we can’t learn from other people’s experience. That is the definition of wisdom and the foundation of an education system. But that doesn’t mean we should take everything on face value either. How bright should a tactical flashlight be? One school of thought says as bright as possible. You want, they claim, eye-searing, sunburn-causing, uber-bright light that make the VCA (violent criminal actor) blind and cringing in fear. Faced with that hype, other manufactures with less bright lights have retreat to claims about run time, size and functions. It’s all marketing. I haven’t heard one manufacturer advertise a tactical light that preserves your night vis...

The Cardboard Whisperer

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