Recent content by James45

My infantry battalion (stationed at 29 Palms, California) was the first USMC unit to receive the A2. It was 1984. When I was handed my new rifle, I distinctly remember the round handguards felt strange in my hand vs. the familiar triangular handguards of the A1 which we had carried for years...

Excellent article. Thanks for writing.

About ten years ago, I bought a few dozen .45 ACP rounds that were headstamped 1917 and 1918. All but one round fired. Not bad for ammo almost 100 years old.

Excellent, interesting article. While in Ukraine in 2014, I saw a KV-2 on a pedestal in a park in Dnipropetrovsk. Big tank!

I was aware of these Japanese balloons, but learned more thanks to this excellent article. Sad to read that children and a woman were killed by one of them.

Excellent article. Can someone give a recommendation on a good, small flashlight? I am unfamiliar with this topic. Most sales literature tout the superiority of their product. I don’t wish to spend money on something I’ll later discover is junk. I’d be happy with something that reliably works...

BSD, thanks for your kind reply and good advice. Back-up guns are not authorized for us. I have talked to our training guys, firearms instructors, etc. about this reasonable idea. Their buoyant smiles turn to frowns as they exclaim that such a policy would be impossible to get approved...

Excellent article. Thank you for writing. In regards to the topic of shooting with one’s support hand, perhaps someone can write an article about how to respond when one’s shooting arm is injured and you are unable to reach your holstered weapon. I work as an armed guard with a full duty...

Good informative article. Thanks for writing.

Looks like a nice gun, and an excellent, well-written review by the author. Too bad that 10mm ammo is so expensive.