…a heavy musket was like an RPG. It didn’t give a guarantee of a win, but required armor to get so heavy as to be physically nonviable and prohibitively expensive. A real musketeer would have had a sword or a … Continue reading →

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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.

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Life skills.

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Oleg Volk

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A supermodel of bullpups.

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk

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Two sides of Angel Kim

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Oleg Volk

Cute, harmless, and smiley… And a slightly harder edge…

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There’s no cavalry to the rescue.

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Oleg Volk

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Today’s photos, the first two edits.

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Oleg Volk

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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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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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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 … Continue reading →

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Modernized FAMAS: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Oleg Volk

French Army patrols upgrade the old “Bugle”.

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ATV Riders

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Oleg Volk

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Two articles in March ’18 Blue Press

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Oleg Volk

My reviews of M+M 10x and Keltec RDB-S are up in Dillon Blue Press.

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Keltec RDB-S: new on AllOutdoor

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Oleg Volk

What that rifle is, really.

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More factual arguments for RDB-S carbine

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Oleg Volk

It’s lightweight and can be controlled with one hand. Collapsed, it can be comfortably fired by a 5 foot tall shooter. The strong hand grip is right around the boreline, so it’s easy to point accurately. It’s about the same … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: 223

Foxy Red, or why Soviet rifles use orange magazines.

Learning from history.

Red and green, almost Christmas colors

A very lightweight KP15 WWSD

Various Henry guns

If a knight was like a tank…