VolkStudio Blog

Casting couch for an action movie?

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Oleg Volk

Posted in humor, pistol, portrait | Tagged 9x19, CZ75 | 2 Comments

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.

Posted in holster, pistol | Tagged AllOutdoor, kydex | Comments Off

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.

Posted in interesting people, rifle, weapon | Tagged 223, 7.62x39, bullpup, RDB-S | Comments Off

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.

Posted in book, interesting people, portrait | Tagged Amie Gibbons | 1 Comment

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.

Posted in rifle, weapon | Tagged 7.62x54, bayonet, bolt action | 16 Comments

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.

Posted in ammunition, rifle, weapon | Tagged 45ACP, tracer | 2 Comments

A Disgruntled Republican

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Oleg Volk

The author of A Disgruntled Republican blog.

Posted in interesting people, portrait | Tagged politics, writer | 2 Comments

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.”

Posted in holster, Uncategorized | Tagged AllOutdoor | Comments Off

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.

Posted in interesting people, rifle | Tagged 7.62x39, sword, vz58 | 2 Comments

A good birthday party

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Oleg Volk

One of my longtime friends just turned 18. One advantage of dealing with well-raised home-schooled kids — they act like mature humans a lot sooner than most, so Grace and I have worked together since she was 12.

Thanks to various industry friends (Windham, Hi-Lux, Federal, others), her birthday was a little better equipped than most. This photo was made for the upcoming article illustrating how conservatives’ war on women is progressing…so far, they seem to be doing it all wrong. At least the tendency to get arms and training for young women appears counterproductive to the task of properly subjugating them.