Recent content by Brians356

"lawfully present in their dwelling" Can an illegal alien meet the "lawfully" requirement? I don't see how. -

Perhaps you're just the man: A chap on S&W forum told of shooting his way out of a pack of three circling and growling feral dogs in the Wisconsin woods. At least one chap was dubious and less than congratulatory. After all they weren't wolves or coyotes. My comment was that feral dog packs are...

Critical Duty perhaps? I don't find Hornady Critical Defense in 10mm, but Backcountry Defense yes. -

Brushing up on that Dale Carnegie material again? -

For self-defense, Hornady 180-gr XTP @ 1158 fps can't be beat for consistency in FBI penetration and expansion (LuckyGunner Labs tests). -

That was brief? -

Of course premiums will go up. Valuable items like collectibles and jewelry typically require adding a rider to a policy. One must first actually read one's policy closely, then talk to their agent. If a state villifies and punishes you for owning firearms you're simply in the wrong state. As...

Much of this applies to my other collection: vintage and valuable guitars. But there's no saving those with expensive "fireproof" safes. And any sprinkler suppression system will destroy a guitar. The important thing is proper insurance and documentation. I've been through testing insurance...

Re: the main batteries, en echelon means staggered fore and aft; the port side turret is abaft the starboard turret. Thus the ship is bilaterally asymmetrical in the plan view.

I also got the red stains, in S. Lake Tahoe, CA, circa 1980. I never saw the aircraft, I was a passerby volunteering to help drag a fire hose through timber when someone yelled "Cover!" and the guys around me dropped to their bellies and covered their faces. I heard the sudden roar and whoosh go...

I believe it was the largest single-engine warbird until the A-1 Skyraider. -

Incidentally, here's where to buy authentic kukris. https://www.atlantacutlery.com/knives/kukris-machetes -

No mention of Marine Corp Avengers? Award-winning author Samuel Hynes flew a ground-based USMC Avenger in the Pacific. They were crucial in nearly all of the island-hopping campaign. Hynes trained 100% as a Marine and never attempted a carrier takeoff or landing. They lived rough on the islands...

Yes, as mentioned in the article. We had a TBM modified for fire bombing at our airport in Lewiston, Idaho in the 1960s. It was huge! -

There weren't only Gurkhas carrying kukris in WW II. Renowned author George MacDonald Fraser's excellent memoir of his service in Burma, Quartered Safe Out Here (1993), dotingly describes the issue kukri he carried in Fourteenth Army under Gen. Slim. Military historian Sir John Keegan wrote...