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December 07, 2025

Hearing Loss NFA Safety Device SilencerCo Suppressors Yankee Hill

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November 05, 2025

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

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October 10, 2025

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Beretta Reimagined

September 16, 2025

92F Beretta Steinmetz Training Gun

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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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Escape. Go Bag Lord of the Flies Packing Out Survival

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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...

Ricochet

Of the three pistol ranges I have available to me, one is my favorite and I prefer to do all my shooting there. The area is well bermed, open and airy with early morning and late afternoon shade. What’s especially attractive about the range is the backstop is mostly mudstone and at least 40 feet tall. The green stuff on the backstop isn't the top; it's what's growing out the side of it. Mudstone is relatively soft. Soft compared to granite that is, but not as soft as mounded dirt. Bullets, from .22LR to .30 caliber rifle hit the stone, damage it and are in turn deformed, robbing the bounce back of substantial amounts of energy. This makes for relatively safe shooting, but even considering this we require eye (and ear) protection. Pistol bullet marks in soft mudstone. The marks are shallow but wide craters. Mushroomed .45 ACP. Most of the mass is still present. However, we recently brought out some st...

How Fast?

Concealed carry is always an issue. The prudent person ensures he or she doesn't print, that is, show an impression of the gun under clothing. Getting it off the strong side hip can almost magically make the gun disappear. There are options. Appendix carry is popular now. I met several NYC cops twenty years ago who carried a Glock 26 completely submerged behind their duty belt. Appendix carry isn't new. There is pocket carry in which a J-frame or other small gun in a holster is carried in a pants pocket. This works best in your weak side pocket, especially if you are used to carrying things in your strong side pocket. But you need to practice that a lot. I like ankle holsters. But they have problems and disadvantages. You can read more https://tactical-talk.blogspot.com/2014/08/long-pants.html . Training takes on a new dimension, when the targets shoot back Then there is the classic secret agent or the Mike Hammer d...

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...

The Cardboard Whisperer

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