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January 07, 2026

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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? ...

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...

Beretta Reimagined

Beretta 92F This is my 92F Beretta. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I bought it more years ago than I would want to recount. It was my first semi-auto in centerfire. I took most of my training classes with it. I shot a lot of IDPA with it. I've come to like the double action first shot feature. It's an excellent pistol. The other day I was hanging out at the Design-2-Part Show in Akron. The companies present were promoting their functionality. It could be custom electronic circuits, laser tempering metals, perhaps you needed metal sub assembly components. It was open to the public and I enjoy looking at practical technology. Imagine my surprise at the Steinmetz booth. Steinmetz is a custom molding company. On the table was a plastic 92F Beretta, with a functioning magazine release. It felt so real, that I kept wanting to work the slide after I dropped the magazine before examin...

Fall Cleaning

Autumn is gun cleaning season for me. Throughout the spring, summer, and early fall, I've been shooting, and now I have to pay the gun cleaning piper. Why clean guns? With modern powders, we don't have to worry about corrosion, right? It turns out it's not powder, but primer, that’s the problem. Corrosive ammunition uses a potassium chlorate-based primer. The chlorate forms a hygroscopic residue in the bore. This material attracts water and causes rust. You should remove these salts with hot, soapy water and then oil the bore. That’s not much of a problem anymore with non-corrosive ammunition. But even modern ammo leaves some residue in the bore, and sometimes that can attract moisture. Both lead and copper bullets leave films of metal that slowly alter the lands and grooves. Cleaning your gun is a great way to check for the wear that comes from using firearms. I once found a crack at the junction of the chamber and barrel in my Ber...

The Cardboard Whisperer

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