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I have only had to fire a pistol for target practice, thank God. I happen to enjoy shooting .40 S&W better than 9x19 mm.. My EDC is a .40 compact. When it first became legal to carry in your vehicle without a license, I bought a 9 mm. because my weak hand is arthritic, and I needed a pistol I...

One of my health problems is arthritis in my hands, which interferes with my pistol shooting. I use corrective lenses and remind my optometrist to prescribe lenses that correct to 20/20 not 25/20. By me. doctors should have a pamphlet to hand to all their patients who shoot to use hearing and...

Part of the success of D-Day was Teddy Jr.'s famous command. "We'll start the war right here" when his troops missed their landing zone and accidently outflanked the Germans. Similarly, our paratroopers missed their landing zones badly and tore into the enemy rather than getting discombobulated...

Given my head I will carry several knives. Usually, I carry a Benchmade Model 62 Balisong, a Benchmade Auto-Triage, and a third knife, plus pen knives. If I was forced to carry only one knife it would be the Auto-Triage. A good knife should be sharp, sharpenable, tough, reliable, and handy.

My wife's stepfather told me that the AVG was recruited pretty openly at Army Air Corps and Naval Aviation bases. This leads one to wonder if they were truly mercenary type soldiers of fortune or agents of the US using the cover of serving as foreign volunteers for the Chinese. Regardless, they...

The Owen came out in Farewell to the KIng. I've heard the Johnson MG was used by Marine Raiders a bit and that the SEALS in Vietnam used the Stoner in MG configuration. Latter probably due to need for 5.56 squad weapon. Be good to make a new movie about WWII Marine Raiders, use Johnson MG's.

A few years ago after a mass shooting in my town (EL Paso, Tx.) people started the "If I had been there with my gun I would have..." routine. To be honest I don't know if I would have frozen, covered other people's escape, shot and missed, shot and hit, peed or soiled myself, run away, vomited...

My doctor needs to know of my carry habits and how frequently I go to the range if (s)he is treating me for arthritis in my hand and wrists, carpo tunnel issues, hearing loss, or problems resulting from inhaling fumes from the burning powder. My eye doctor might need to know to make sure he...

Elvis Presley's military service is an example I am afraid too many young people won't get. The willingness to submit to the draft just like any other young man of his time is an example that should be included as a sidebar in all history books.

The Marines in the Pacific improvised a similar weapon known as the Stinger. It used a lightweight M1919 scrounged from an out of commission fighter plane, a BAR bipod, and a Garand stock. I understand that the failure of the T42 was due to someone messing up the chamber dimensions when changing...

I began to write a comment, but a virus kicked in, began inserting vulgarities into my comment, and my typing in other sites. I apologize for any offense. Villa's men took heavier casualties than the people of Columbus and the 13th Cavalry troopers who helped them defend their town (90 to 170...

While the Expeditionaty Force never caught up with Villa, it did cause him to lose the fight.

Many years ago one of my co-workers was a Luftwaffe veteran from WWII. He often described the M1911 .45 as "pocket anti-aircraft."