New articles

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Windham 224 varmint rifle in Dillon Blue Press, page 40.

(Just photos) Remington R5 in Tactical Life.

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Random strangers on camera

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Oleg Volk

On my way back from Pyramyd Air Cup 2018, I took a snapshot of a young child at Columbus airport. The eye-tracking feature of my new Sony camera worked extremely well, getting the focus just right even at 2.8 fairly close up. The kid’s mother and I talked for a while, turned out she was also heading to Nashville.

Today, I took a few studio photos of them. I’ve only edited one so far, but quite a few came out well. The kid, being a very positive, smiley cherub, stole the show.

The kid’s aunt, his mother’s younger sister, came along for company and also ended up on camera. This way, I met interesting people and gained an interesting local model. I like how things just work out.

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Today’s photos, the first two edits.

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Oleg Volk

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Pregnancy and contact martial arts do not mix.

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Ranged solutions tend to be more convincing…even before shots are fired.

Obviously, it’s best to have training completed before pregnancy progresses much.

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Editing old photos

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Every so often, I look through old images and find something worth editing. This photo from last year was one such picture.

Sometimes, people from my past reach out and that prompts me to review the archives, finding something editable there. The portraits below date back seven years.

Besides me being a bit better with Photoshop, I think forgetting the original intent of the composition helps with a fresh re-approach to it.

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Short or long rifle forend: new on DefenderOutdoors

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Short or Long: Picking the Forend Length

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Очень интересная книга

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Oleg Volk

https://fantasy-worlds.org/lib/id24700/read/ Научно-политическая фантастика.

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Half-Pint Sharps .44-40 Win: new on American Hunter

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Speaking of time travelers…a special guest from the 19th century is here.

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How safe is your area? New on AllOutdoor.

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Oleg Volk

A simple visual indicator of crime levels.

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RDB-S Review: new on Shooting Illustrated

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Kel-Tec RDB-S Survival Carbine

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Two WW2 commemoratives just made for each other.

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Winchester WW2 series | Inland Mfg. M1911A1

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Casting couch for an action movie?

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Oleg Volk

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Testing Kydex holsters for comfort: new on AllOutdoors

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Oleg Volk

The only way to find out if something works…is to try it out.

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Catching up on last year’s photos

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Oleg Volk

I met Angel by chance late 2015, and we did the first photo shoot Spring of 2016.

Fast-forwarding to October 2017…she made pretty good progress with weaponcraft.

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Birthday treats for the rest of the world

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Oleg Volk

On the birthday of the author Amie Gibbons, her fans can get something special too: audiobook of Psychic Undercover, and the latest addition to that series, Psychic Spiral.

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Ridiculous, defined

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Oleg Volk

This is a 1954 Chinese type 53 (a clone of the Soviet M44 Mosin carbine). Somebody chopped the forend short, replaced the buttstock with an AKMS folding stock and a pistol grip of unknown provenance.

The end result is a rifle that’s nearly useless for bayonet fighting for lack of a grip space for the support hand, and rather unpleasant to fire thanks to the underfolding stock. That stock, already uncomfortable on the lower-powered, self-loading AKMS, was originally meant for an open bolt 9mm submachine gun (MP38/40) with almost no felt recoil. Every round fired from this bolt action is outright painful.

 

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Fun with tracers.

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Southern Ballistic Research extended range 45ACP tracers combined with the low-recoil gas-operated Alpha carbine add up to fun and fearsome capability.

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A Disgruntled Republican

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Oleg Volk

The author of A Disgruntled Republican blog.

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Rare handguns and custom holsters: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Oleg Volk

“It pays to build a relationship with a local craftsman.”

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Applies to the current desert peaches too

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Writer David Burkhead with his own sword and his daughter graphic artist Athena with my vz58.

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