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Owls

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Oleg Volk

Preview thumbnails are cropped, click on the photos to see them in great detail.

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Prague skylines.

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk

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One of many friendly people I met in Slovakia

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk

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ARAQ47 from Slovakia

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk

This is an AR10 receiver mated to a short stroke piston upper. It uses standard AK magazines. Not sure when it will become available in the US because of 1989 import restriction rules.

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Neat new designs from Grand Power (Slovakia)

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk

We will likely see all of these in the US in some form or another. A .22 Stribog, a long-barreled rimfire pistol, and a tilt-barrel 9mm compatible with Glock magazines but more ergonomic.

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My friends felt that PTSD statement was inaccurate…

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk

…so I made a more focused version.

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Father and son, quality time

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk

Walther P22 and PD380, trainer and carry models.

PD380, a slight update of the earlier PK380. Very low recoil.

17HMR for longer range interference with the lives of varmints.

KR9 carbine based on Russian Vityaz’ submachine gun.

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Young lady in control of her immediate 100 yards.

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk

Mossberg 802 Plinkster, simple but accurate

Henry 357 Big Boy revolver in a small girly hand.

Another 357 Henry, this time a 20″ barreled carbine.

Loading up 357Mag Steinel ammunition optimized for accuracy and expansion out of carbine.

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The motive of your enemy is not relevant to the choice of remedy.

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk

It doesn’t matter if robbery, rape, or murder is in the mind of the attacker — maybe it’s all of the above, plus cannibalism — what matters is the will and the ability to destroy the attacker. Forcible felonies are almost never one-and-done actions committed on the spur of the moment. Anybody you shoot has likely done this before and will, unless incapacitated, do this to others. Violence will be escalated, and the predatory conduct won’t cease until somebody stops them decisively.

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Movies claim that good guys would feel bad about killing evil-doers…

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk

…but that’s utter BS. St.George didn’t take to drink after slaying the dragon. Neither did Bard the Bowman, the archer who slew Smaug. And I am quite sure that every man who shot down a Soviet or Russian helicopter with a Stringer or Strela feels pretty good about that. This doesn’t change if the slain dragon was humanoid: people who have successfully defended themselves or their families against terrorism or criminal violence don’t lose sleep over the foes they vanquished.

I have many friends who had to stop attacks. Most did it with guns, one with a hammer (a 10 year old put a wannabe rapist in a coma). Every one of them felt fine about it. They won, the fiends lost.

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Musings on the occasion of October 7, 2023.

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk

A fate worse than dying — knowing that you failed to protect your family from harm.

It didn’t help that the Israeli government has long acted in the interests of Hamas, restricting ownership of guns and ammunition to a ridiculously low level.

In the end, lives were saved or lost mainly by the efforts of the victims themselves. Cops and soldiers couldn’t be everywhere at once.

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Recent magazine cover photos

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Oleg Volk

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Practical merits of .410 aside…

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Oleg Volk

…small gauge shotguns are just fun. Especially bullpups with 13-shot capacity.

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The will is critical.

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Oleg Volk

Even a century-old gun will work adequately in trained and **willing** hands.

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Know “why” is as important as knowing “how”.

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Oleg Volk

Incidentally, the rifle shown is the perfect configuration for left-handed shooters. Completely ambidextrous Sig M400 SDI lower is combined with the left-ejecting Pro 2A Tactical upper. The result is a tac driver that’s also sound suppressor-friendly.