Author Archives: Oleg Volk

What’s in his nassssty pocketsssesss?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Oleg Volk

In Sprague de Camp’s Lest Darkness Fall (now available freely on-line!), a historian visiting Rome gets shunted from 1939 to 536AD. Besides half-way decent knowledge of Latin, he has what was in his pockets at the time of the transfer: … Continue reading →

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Dallas

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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A very girly gun.

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Oleg Volk

It’s not pink. It’s black and so go with every outfit. Collapsible stock, low-recoil 5.45 caliber, sensuous long-stroke gas piston operation. All it’s missing is the sling. Romanian AK74 clone with Primary Arms red dot on a Midwest Industries rail.

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And for the rest of us…

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Oleg Volk

…there’s the forward pistol grip. Lightweight Thompson with 100-round disk magazine.

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J.Neal Schulman’s blog

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Oleg Volk

http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com I recommend it.

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Behind the cat

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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Borrowed clothes

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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Old and flabby?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Oleg Volk

A certain 37 year old woman described her appearance thus: “I have had 2 kids and my boobs sag. I have also lost the equivalent of another human when I lost 100lbs. That leaves skin that can only be fixed … Continue reading →

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Fun plinker

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Tactical Solutions .22 upper, Primary Arms 1-4x scope, Black Dog Machine “everlasting” billet magazine.

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Your rifle doesn’t have to swim in gun oil to work

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Oleg Volk

The rifle shown with the Armatac drum is mine. Thanks to the Timney trigger and free-floated barrel, it shoots very well. Instead of the unmagnified EOtech holographic sight shown in the video, I use a 3.5-15x Nightforce scope.

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50BMG cartridge pen by Brian Evichin

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Oleg Volk

The real reason why the pen is sometimes mightier than the sword. Pen details

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Guitarist

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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Comforting embrace

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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Kriss 45ACP SBR

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Angela from Lucky Gunner is checking out short-barreled Kriss 45ACP carbine. The shape above the barrel is the integrated flashlight.

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Boberg XR9S, top view.

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Oleg Volk

XR9-S

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PPS50

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Unfortunately, I just over-wrote the layered file, so this image won’t get edited any further…

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Short pants, small arms

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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Magnolia

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Oleg Volk
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Coonan

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Coonan

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Good time at the range

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Had a good time at the range today with a couple of visitors (Ally from Seattle, Marina from New York), a trio of local Marines (Jerome, Aaron and one of their friends whose name escapes me just now) and Charles … Continue reading →

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