Springfield, Massachusetts.For well over a century, large stacks of black walnut were stockpiled to air dry in the cavernous Long Storehouse. This wood was used as gunstocks throughout the S… Read More

Last Updated on April 27, 2023 by Robinellis To remove the breech plug without a tool, first ensure that the gun is unloaded. Next, locate the retaining pin on the side of the br… Read More

Pop punk music rocks. You know it, we know it, but perhaps not everyone at your wedding knows it (yet). So how do you include your wedding guests who might not share your impeccable taste in… Read More

Inline muzzleloaders, like CVA and Knight Rifles, have broken down some of the barriers that kept some sportsmen from entering the smoke pole fray. In some ways, that’s a good thing. T… Read More

I finally got a chance to have some quality time with ‘Bess, just her and me. Up until now, there have always been Moose and Angus sharing the firing line, and all sorts of other co… Read More

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Reading about history is fascinating. Living our own period of history sucks!Yet I recently found comfort in a brilliant Twitter thread written by… Read More

The tale starts way back. I had shot a Brown Bess once; it was decades ago. At some point in the deep past I read an account of a fellow in the modern-day using one as a general-purpose h… Read More

First, this interview is solid. You know my thoughts on Rushdie. Trust the tale not the writer and all. So I'm wondering if Substack should be the place for me right now. There are a few of… Read More

A US Marine fires an M1911 during a training exercise, January 22, 2016. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Joshua W. BrownSince 2017, the US military has distributed to troops more than 100,000 M17 and M… Read More

Back-to-back World War champs and arguably the strongest military in the world, America’s Soldiers have carried a wide array of rifles in the past 244 years. Colonial origins Going as… Read More

Arcane Legends Legendary Elite Gear Distribution by drgrimmy Brackenridge and Ydra Forest: Elite Chest II (replaced Elite Chest in season 3)Drops from all elite bosses in Bracken… Read More

When I teach folks about firearms, whether it’s understanding a pistol they want to buy or teaching at the range, the biggest concern center on their handgun’s “operating s… Read More

Claremore, Oklahoma has been home to the J.M. Davis since 1965 (Photo: Davis Museum) An Oklahoma arms museum is using an auction house to trim their excess collection to keep the rest of the… Read More

As I have written previously, I love the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Shortly before moving to the UK to get married I bought this painting from a shop on Kabul’s Chicken St… Read More

A year or so ago, I was talking to someone about a fellow in a popular reality show about alligator hunters in Louisiana.  We share the same name, but  he lives in a homemade shack… Read More

The world we live in gets crazier and crazier every day.  Watching Toledo News Now on channel 11 last night I learned that a group of students belonging to the Young Republicans organiz… Read More