The CMP Expert Grade M1 Garand: Initial Review
Intro Earlier this summer when the ever popular CMP Service Grade M1 Garand (what many consider to be the platonic ideal of what the CMP has to offer) went out of stock, many began...
Author: Winfield
A Retrospective: The Colt 633 “DOE”
Intro It’s likely the same stupidity that led me to purchase a V8 sedan the same year a Democratic president took office that convinced me now was the time to build a PCC in...
Gear Review: USGI MOLLE Medium Ruck
Intro Even in the military, the MOLLE medium rucksack (also known colloquially as the “half ruck” or “mini ruck”) isn’t that common. The first time I saw one in use was during a field...
Battle of the Basic 1911s: Colt S70 Repro vs RIA GI
Introduction When I was a young buck of 18 and managed to find someone to sell me a handgun in a private transaction, there was only one that my weirdly fudd-like brain would accept;...
Soldier of Fortune Magazine: /k/ before the Internet
To be honest, I hadn’t discovered Soldier of Fortune until I first visited /k/, and even then didn’t know anything about SOF in earnest until I reached enough time on the image board for...
The Dan Wesson 15-2: The Forgotten Fourth Child of American Revolvery
When it comes to revolvers in the US, the “Big Three” of Colt, Smith and Wesson, and Ruger remain strong. But in the 1970’s a new company emerged and attempted to challenge these three...
The S&W 5906: America’s Surplus Pistol
For a brief time between the decline of the service revolver and rise of Glock, US police carried a quintessentially American Wonder Nine, the S&W 5906. A solid stainless, 4 inch barreled, 2.5 lb...
