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So I broke two fingers on my dominant right hand about two months ago, because it is a bad idea to take up roller skating with your kids over the age of 40. I haven't been shooting much since it happened, and I haven't fully recovered my range of motion or grip strength. I went to the range a...

Pfbbt. In my day, we had eight bits in our Atari 2600s, and we felt lucky to have them. Lucky, I say! I came home for Christmas one year, and my little brother got a 'Super' Nintendo, which I think had four buttons on the control pad. I remember looking at it and thinking 'Nope, too much.'

"Vampire the Masquerade" triggered a memory of my Navy days. The whole vampire thing was huge. Me and some of my buddies came back to the ship from shore leave, and one by one, requested to come aboard. The last guy come up the gangway and says "Permiffion to Come Aboard, Fir!" The officer...

You know, I thought a lot about turning in my EOTechs. Then I just decided to keep them. I do occasionally do some winter shooting with them, and it's been below zero several times, but I haven't noticed any significant shift. Then again, I wasn't looking for it, either. I never really cared...

Franken-gun right down to the pins. That's impressive. It's really the pins that got me; I've mixed a lot of different parts in a build before, but I've always used the pins that came with the lower parts kit. Nice parts selection, though. I am a fan of everything but the Spike's Tactical...

I have never read any of the Game of Thrones books. I have watched most of the TV series, because my wife loves it. I get the impression that it is most popular with people such as her, who may not have ever read a sci-fi / fantasy book in her life. It is essentially a soap-opera; a Hard-R...

When on assignment, I work six days a week, 12 hours a day, in the field with a 95% surly male workforce. It was fun to tell them all I couldn't go to lunch today because I needed to sort out Pokemon cards for my son's next battle. Also, the print on these things is so small I need one of...

I'm going to try, although half the posts I read look like they were written by zombie ee cummings Twitter account. And I am equally sure most looked at that wall of text and thought 'Nope, not today.' My daughter makes fun of me for texting in complete, appropriately punctuated sentences...

Carib, good to see you back here. I was unaware of the SFS system, and learned something new. Though I am not inclined to give up cocked & locked on a 1911 I carry, it really does sound like a better system for concealed carry with a High Power. I will have to look around and see how...

Hi. I've been around a while, but I seldom venture out of the Guns topic on this site, in part because I don't play a lot of video games and I am on the older end of the membership base here. Old enough to have played Wasteland in my senior year of high school, and old enough that my oldest...

All of mine are second gen, though the other two are part of the XE series which came out in 2016. In all honesty, I like the way the first gen late 80s models look a little better, with the narrow but angled serrations and the old school Colt bluing. But they are rare birds around here. I...

I realize I have been on the same theme for a while, but I just got back a 10mm Delta I sent to Nighthawk for a little work. Before: After: This was a little... pricey. I could have bought another 10mm Nighthawk for what I paid to have the Delta worked over. But I don't regret it. The...

That was totally going to be my follow-up line. - If you still live in Australia, I have no idea what is even available to you.

One from Star Trek, I suppose.

Sure. If you get hit in a vital organ, you will die. You may even drop right then, and immediately stop being a threat. Or you might live long enough to send a couple rounds my way before you shuffle off. A well designed hollow-point increases the odds of hitting that vital area by staying...

With a well designed hollow-point 9mm round, the difference in performance between the two in human flesh is very comparable. The real differentiators between the two are the capacity and characteristics of the guns that shoot them. So if you are a civilian shooter, go with whichever you shoot...

Got two new holsters in the mail today, of very similar design, but for different purposes. First up is a Garrett Industries Silent Thunder, kydex with leather lining. This will be for my Nighthawk longslide for competition. Easily adjusted for tension and cant. It clicks in well, but...

Social carry in the sense that it is going to be carried in the world of people, cars, and buildings, as opposed to bear, moose, and trees. I originally got into 10mm for woods carry, but a Norma spec or greater load that can penetrate 8" of elk muscle and bone would have a tendency to go right...

Back in town for a week. I found out I could order a custom Dan Wesson direct from the factory a couple months ago, so I spec'd out a Valor BOB (VBOB) in 10mm. Couple minor custom touches, like a recessed and nubbed slide-stop, EGW matched bushing & plug, flush-cut and crowned barrel, solid...