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Cool !!! Makes me want to go out and buy another 1911... or two.

well, this was quite the promotion piece... but hey, I'm not complaining. I'm glad to read anything about 45s. I love mine. I know they have come a long way in 9mm ammunition design, but I still feel the .45 is superior it's ability to stop an attacker. I am a big proponent of hitting what I aim...

First I have read about the Chinook being used this way. I have read about the C-130 and C-47 gunship conversions which were used to great affect. I believe the C-130 gunships are still in the US arsenal today, although drones and advancements in portable carried AA rockets have limited their...

I love these history write-ups. I couldn't help but notice the wood decks. I only assume there is steel under that.

Excellent history lesson. One that is presented as just a footnote in school. But it had a substantial impact on shaping the world we live in today.

Yes, aptly named "Hitler's buzzsaw". I had the pleasure of watching one of these in action at the range when the machine gun club was having there annual shoot. Unique sound, accurate, and a shocking realization that you do not want to be down range of one of these.

Wow, that is really cool. Where have I been? It never occurred to me that I could have built a cannon. But I can tell you back in the 60s I had fun with a carbide cannon consisting of two three lb coffee cans.

Soooo coooool!!! the part about your kids being young for only 15 minutes is exceptionally true.

I grew up in Yreka just out side of Mt Shasta. Beautiful area...

Takes a special breed to be a submariner. Don't think I could have done that. I would have gone bat crazy. Scary business doing what those men did. Great story!!

I have owned two of these through the years. Fun to shoot and a great history. I had trouble getting either of mine to group acceptably. Not sure why. It does take a little finesse to shoot auto loaders accurately. like all shooting disciplines, It's something you learn and improve over time. I...

"a bit of a curiosity"... describes this perfectly. I could imagine the feeling a trooper would have when his CO handed him one of these and told him to "stop any armor coming down the road". Like taking a Red Ryder BB gun into combat. :oops:

"closed off" as in restricted due to the ability of skin (elasticity) to restrict a small hole (such as created by a 9mm) to reduce/impede the loss of blood to the point that blood pressure remains viable for Consciousness. There are limits to the bodies ability to restrict holes and .40/10mm...

If you want to call me a liar without doing one ounce or work so you can retain your views of the world... you are fee to do that. You are free not to believe me... Read the book. It's buried in their somewhere. Read it and draw your own conclusion... It is why the felt that they needed to move...

it a book... the study lasted two years and produced thousands of pages of documentation. here's a link to the book.... https://books.google.com/books/about/Forensic_Analysis_Of_The_April_11_1986_F.html?id=-dJLBAAACAAJ Title Forensic Analysis Of The April 11, 1986, FBI Firefight Author W...

This is in the FBI study. It noted that the 9mm failed to produce the need rate of blood loss to render a man unconscious due to the elasticity of the skin reducing the wound channel. This is why the went to a larger caliber... i.e., skin elastic limitations can not close larger wound channels.

They have made some real advancements in 9mm personal protection rounds in the last 10-15 years. It vastly improves the performance of the 9mm as a personal protection round. However, The FBI did extensive testing after 1986 FBI Miami shootout that cost the lives of several agents. They...

Great read!!! Loved this one.

Sooo cool... :)

looking at you user image... are those cars sitting in your garage? If so... I'm jealous. :)