This story is all truth, however, and stranger than any fiction I could imagine. Frank Luke was born in May 1897, one of nine children in a German-immigrant family. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he lived his life as an early 20thcentury cowboy. It would seem military discipline didnt really connect with him. He was arrogant, often wild, and usually restless. Early missions with the 27thAero Squadron saw him break formation to chase a German recon aircraft....
It literally saved his life on countless occasions. I probably put 5,000 rounds through that rifle, without a single malfunction I can remember. The M1 Garand was limited as a battle rifle by its semi-auto-only operating system and8-round en bloc clip. With a five-position length-of-pull adjustment and two position cheekpiece, Springfield brought ergonomics of the M1A platform more in line with a modern defensive rifle with the addition of an Archangel stock system....
On top of that, they are downright fun and challenging! You will obviously want to search for indoor ranges, outdoor ranges, and/or gun clubs in your vicinity. But where do you start looking more specifically? The community is widespread yet small, diverse but similar, and helpful yet competitive. And what better way to share your love of firearms than with others who have the same interest? Most of your involvement with other shooters will be at the range....
November 8th, 2019 5minute read Think that fancy new suppressor you bought will silence your gun? Theres more to it than just that. But lets start at the beginning. Slapping a suppressor on your pistol or rifle will not make them silent. It takes more than that to stifle the sound of a round being ripped off. There are two components to gunshot noise: muzzle blast and sonic booms. The noise we associate with muzzle blast is a result of pressure differential....
Two years prior Georg Luger developed the 9mm Parabellum to feed his eponymous P08 pistol. Mr. Browning took this superlative German bullet and roughly doubled its weight. Now fast forward more than a century and the landscape is littered with laser designators and weapon lights. Will’s tricked-out Springfield Armory SAINT AR-15 rifle is shown with a Streamlight Protac HL-X combination laser and high-output weapon light. Lots of folks make them, and quality ranges from superb to doorstop with everything in between....
Tom Laemlein introduces us to the experiences and equipment of these brave men who boldly entered the Black Echo. When the U.S. military deployed to Vietnam, it did so with the M1911 semi-automatic pistol on its hip. The rugged pistol soldiered on, sturdy and reliable as ever. Lance Cpl. John R. Gartrell, a United States Marine Corps tunnel rat, enters an enemy bunker during Operation Meade River near Da Nang, Vietnam....
Is it enough to simply own a gun? Or is there more you’ve got the option to do? Watch Those Windows and Doors Of course, we lock all our doors when we leave. While your home may seem totally secure to you, it could have numerous access points in the eyes of a potential home intruder. But what about the windows? Have you ever come home to find that you left a window open?...
You get behind wheel, familiarize yourself with the controls, and take it for a spin. Yes, Id buy the car. But this isnt a gun intended for polite use. Picking the gun up out of the box the most noticeable feature was how light the gun is. Weighing in at 31 oz. unloaded, this aluminum-frame gun wins high marks in the featherweight division. The grip itself has a Posi-Lock front strap grip texture but smooth wooden grip plates....
Do you ever have a gun in your control area that is off body? Safety is a must, balanced with making sure the firearm is accessible when you need it. Your environment, situation and preferences may not be the same, so your storage conditions may be different. If you are going to carry off-body, it requires different rules than one carried on your person. Never allow a gun to fall into unsupervised/unqualified hands that is absolutely the most important rule....
Inside the waistband, outside the waistband, appendix carry, ankle, pocket, etc. But, beyond where you carry it, are you carrying enough gun for your situation? And, if youre going to carry this way, its nice to have a full-size pistol. The one were using here is the Range Officer Elite Operator full-size pistol in .45 ACP. This is a lot of gun and feels good in the hand, and its 41-oz....
His primary weapon had been ruined during vicious hand to hand fighting. Not wanting to endanger his comrades, Sergeant Baker asked for a 1911 pistol containing eight rounds of ammunition. When last seen alive he was resting with his back against a tree in a jungle clearing. The Springfield Armory 1911 Mil-Spec is shown on the right. On the left is an original 1944-production M1911A1 bearing the sweetheart grip my wife’s grandfather carried through two years of combat in Europe....
They are responsible for evaluating Marine Expeditionary Units, including basic infantry forces. Yet the MEU(SOC) SOTG Rifle Qualification has always stuck out in my mind. I also like to write and use drills that require minimal logistics to accomplish. It can be great training, but exclusivity is a pain. The SOTG Rifle Qual is a simple piece of shooting that can be done with minimal gear and ammo. Here is a breakdown (below) of the entire drill....
October 29th, 2019 4minute read We all probably own too much stuff. Just try emptying out a closet or, God forbid, moving. Youll discover really fast how much stuff you really have. But is that stuff really important? If not, what is? It all comes down to prioritizing. The bad news, however, is that it might require a bit of a mindset change. Many people think of five-gallon buckets of things like beans, corn, and hard wheat....
