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Yes, dear readers, that is, in fact, a Chiappa Little Badger sporting a Gemtech Alpine suppressor and a Fraser-Volpe MARS sight. Why? Because race gun. Or, to put it another way: I did not get the chance to shoot the Little Badger, but I kind of want one now… if it were made by any other company, I would already have one. It is just the most elemental gun [...]
When Oleg Volk says I "improved" on what amounts to be the official history of Webley revolvers with my perhaps-too-detailed deconstruction of my new acquisition, it might be time to hang up my keyboard an call it a day. That, or I need to find someone who will pay me better than I do for writing this stuff…
So by now, everyone should be aware that I am getting patches stitched up with the new “walls of the city” logo (as conceptualized by Oleg Volk) on them, but they are going to be the traditional fabric patches that have been around since… forever. Not being folks satisfied with the status quo, however, the boys at Monderno went the high-speed-low-drag route, but in an awesome way: Yup, that is a patch, with [...]
Who wants patches of the new "walls of the city" logo, as imagined by Oleg Volk and executed by me? The end patch would be about 3" wide and about 3.9" tall, black merrowed border, with some portion of it being the twill fabric of the actual patch (probably the blue field, if I had to make a wild-assed guess), and with the hook side of velcro on their backs (I now understand [...]
(Note: I am well aware that the TLR-2 has an underslung laser and the WML does not. I will do my best to notate where the existence of that laser affects the comparison, and the laser itself was not used in any of the performance/run-down tests. Unfortunately, I did not have a TLR-1, so I had to make do with what I had.) As a recent negligent discharge adequately illustrates, one of the most [...]
Unless you are prepared for a veritable skyscraper of text (over 9,000 words) and a serious airing of grievances, you should probably go ahead and plan on skipping this post. That disclaimer dispensed with, here is how it is. Over the past few years, Robert Farago – the editor of The Truth About Guns – has functionally leeched off of, exploited, stabbed in the back, maligned, abused, lied about, misrepresented, stolen from, and infringed upon [...]
First off, check out the new “walls of the city” logo featured in the header image, the favicon for the site, and in the image to the right. The concept is courtesy of none other than Oleg Volk, though I personally sketched out the design you see before you now. Pretty shiny, no? So that is the easy part… now the more complicated part: We have t-shirts… and stickers! (Also, the link [...]
Where: Oak Restaurant, 947 Interstate Drive, Manchester, TN. When: 06OCT12, 1900 (7:00PM for you civilian-types). Who: You! Any reader, commenter, blogger, or whatnot else in the area, but at the least, me, Better Half, Oddball, Lynn H., Oleg Volk, and Wizard PC. So apparently the Timberloft in Manchester closed, Celtic Cup does not have “real” food (just sandwiches), and the TaterBox is not open past 2000, so aside from chain restaurants, this [...]
So I touched on this before, but with us getting to almost a week before the actual Appleseed shoot, it is probably time to start getting reservations and such on the move. Thus far, as confirmed attendees to some sort of get-together, I have: Better Half Me Oddball Lynn H Oleg Volk With Wizard PC being a tentative addition. Anyone else going to show up? Next detail: what day? We are going [...]
Better Half and I are now registered for the 06OCT-07OCT Appleseed shoot in Manchester, if anyone else wants to join us. I understand Oddball will be registering for the same event, and I am trying to get Oleg onboard as well. And yes, I went ahead and snagged a Rifleman Opportunity Card while they were still available; I have some serious reservations about being able to achieve The Patch in only a single weekend. [...]
I do not oppose homosexual marriage; in fact, I firmly believe that mature, adult human beings should be able to freely enter into whatever contractual arrangements they so desire, so long as they are doing so of their own free will. Furthermore, I believe that the federal, state, and local governments should get their happy little noses out of the “marriage” business entirely; that is a matter between the the persons getting married, their god(s) [...]
You may recognize the person "voting from the rooftops" here, but I rather prefer the shooter featured here, here, here, and here. The photography was, of course, done by the inimitable Oleg Volk and the props, including the Hummer, were provided by Wolf Arms (except the Vera SBS Saiga, which was, of course, provided by Coal Creek Armory), who are coincidentally owned by the same folks as Tennessee Guns International; I only mention the [...]
I can now officially say that a picture I took with my very own two hands has been featured on Oleg Volk’s site: Granted, I was using his hardware, but that is almost a challenge in and of itself – the number of buttons on a camera is directly proportional to the price of said device, and, as you can imagine, he does not exactly use cheap (in either sense of the word) equipment. [...]
Remember that video of me going to town with my Saiga-12? (I mean, it is only a few posts down from this one.) Well, it turns out that single, solitary video, posted six days ago, has had more views than the 33 most-recent videos the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Ownership put up… combined (and some of those videos have been up for four months now). Even better, neither "likes/dislikes" nor comments have [...]
Hm. I think I know that guy: As my mother (who recently out-shot my father with his HK45, much to his chagrin) told some of our Boston relatives, this is what happens when you do not allow children to have realistic-looking toy guns in the house. Bear that in mind. (I still made ones out of LEGOs.) And apparently I resemble Hugo Weaving. News to me. Though I can live with this [...]
Since Better Half and I have spent two weekends out at Oleg Volk‘s way, we had the opportunity to discuss some of his up-and-coming projects, as well as some of his ongoing work, which gives one something of a unique perspective into the firearm industry as a whole, since he is something of that industry’s primary professional photographer. I will not (and probably should not) discuss most of the details, but one of the most [...]
You know you have had a birthday party at Oleg Volk’s when you come home with a small box full of .22 ammunition of various types, flavors, and loadings. A big thanks to Oleg, Peter, Miss D., WizardPC, Mrs. WizardPC, everyone else who showed up, and, of course, Better Half for putting together what was a thoroughly entertaining party. With regards to the title, it would appear as though my recent modeling has convinced [...]
Over last weekend, thanks to Oleg’s seemingly bottomless pile of "shiny, cool stuff", I got to tinker around a little with a Crimson Trace Rail Master Universal Mount Laser, which appears to be a mouthful of advertising buzzwords essentially boiling down to "stupidly-small laser that can go on almost anything". Robb has a full-up review over at his place, and I largely concur with his overall impression of the gadget – easy to mount, [...]
For the uninitiated: And, yes, I know, wrong t-shirt and gun, no jacket, and Mr. Cobb has a lot of muscle on me, but still… (Original image courtesy of Oleg Volk. Saiga 12 short barrel shotgun courtesy of Coal Creek Armory.) [...]
I never thought I would be writing a post as… bizarre… as this one, but I guess it just goes to show how cheap access to the Internet has become, given the types of backbirths exposing their idiocy to the world on it. This does not appear to be an issue yet (I guess I am just not that important of a gunblogger), but just to make myself clear and start this post off [...]  |
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