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Two sides of Angel Kim

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

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Outdoor fun in mid-December

Beck Defense carbine in 7.62×35(300 Blackout). For more effective warming of the environment, .510 Beck — in this instance, a 690 grain monolithic subsonic. Another Beck shortie. Contrary to my expectations based on using most other suppressed ARs, these rifles … Continue reading

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Two challenges remain.

I have two issues with which I could use help. The first is my computer — it still has interrupted mouse input, where every so often (sometimes every  few minutes, others every few seconds), the cursor freezes for as little as … Continue reading

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Rifle manual of arms in a shotgun

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My typical work day

(Photos by Bob Faxon)  

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New on AllOutdoor: Designing meaningful practice targets

How to learn from every range trip…on the cheap.

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Visible bullet trace

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Recent fun and games.

Both days featured sunshine, rain, snow and hail mixed up randomly. The outfit looks goofy but was very comfortable and practical. Schmidt-Rubin stripper clips are goofier by far. Day one featured Sig550 and P210, Day two K31 and P210, including … Continue reading

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Rimfire AR

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New on CTD: Self-Diagnostic for Defensive Rifleman

Self-Diagnostic for Defensive Rifleman Three rounds of ammunition, two dimes’ worth of office supplies and five minutes could tell you much about your degree of readiness.

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Faxon uppers — a better mousetrap.

At the recent industry shoot, I had a chance to try new Faxon AR uppers. The design is an AK-style long-stroke piston with a FAL-type gas regulator. It allows effective suppressed use without any gas blowback at the shooter. Little … Continue reading

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Today’s range trip.

Grace wanted more trigger time with her laser-equipped LCR. Ended up trying that, S&W 317 and 63 rimfire revolvers, a quiet Walther P22, Kel-tec PF9-22, Star S (.32ACP quasi-1911), HK P7, Kahr P9 and the SU22 shown here. Star S … Continue reading

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Anderson AR15 checks out

Today, I managed to forget the box containing almost all the ammo, the spotting scope and the chronograph. So no range report with SSG69 or Henry Big Boy. I did have 75 rounds of 32CP, enough to discover that Star … Continue reading

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Ready on the right?

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Chronograph and accuracy data

Sometimes measurements confirm what we expect. For example, S&B 115 grain ball flies at 1060fps from an HK P7PSP but speeds up to 1340fps from JRC carbine. But I had no idea that 1980s vintage .22 Short fired from the … Continue reading

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Good weather makes range time that much better.

Cutts compensator doing its job well. (Photo by Mike Branson) Full report on Savage mkII-SR, JRC 9mm, STG44, Henry .22 and others coming a little later.

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When zombies come, I want her on my fire team

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Anime-grade cuteness

And, once done with her course of fire, all smiles. Above, 16″ Vepr in 7.62×39.

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More fun than practical.

That’s about high heels.

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Fun with massive firepower

Linoge from Walls of the City brought this shotgun last month. It was a lot of fun.

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