Savage M1918 Aircraft Lewis at the Range (With Rare Tripod Mount!)

April 10, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Firearms History, War Machines, Warrior Tech, Weapons & Ammo, World War One, WW1 Era Weapons and tagged Airplane Mounted Machine Guns, Firearms History, Forgotten Weapons, Warrior Tech, WW1 Era Weapons

Savage M1918 Aircraft Lewis at the Range (With Rare Tripod Mount!)

A True Blast from the Past!

What made the American Lewis Gun so powerful is it fired the venerable .30-06 round!

A bonafide Man Stopper!

M14 EBR: The Most Beautiful Battle Rifle in the World

March 8, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Afghanistan, Firearms History, Rifle Corner, Tales from the Battlefield, Taliban, Warrior Tech, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Breach Bang Clear, Firearms History, M14 EBR, Tales from the Battlefield, Weapons and Ammo

M14 EBR: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BATTLE RIFLE IN THE WORLD

General Douglas MacArthur once said “Old Soldiers never die, they simply fade away.”

I think the same holds true for Good Rifles.

The M14 saw service in Vietnam, then went into mothballs and some 40 odd years later shows up again in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!

Know Your Weapons: What’s Up With Norway and Military Scout Scopes?

February 4, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Armed Citizen Corner, Armed Citizen Corner Video, Firearms History, Know Your Weapons, Warrior Tech, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Forgotten Weapons, History of Weapons, Jeff Cooper, Know Your Weapons, Norway Scout Scopes, Weapons

Aside from the German widespread issue of the ZF-41 type scope, I have only come across three other military uses of long eye relief optics – and they are all Norwegian! One is simply Norwegian reuse of surrendered German K98k-ZF41 scopes, including updating them to .30-06 in the 1950s (these were eventually replaced by the…

What’s Up With Norway and Military Scout Scopes? — Forgotten Weapons

Double Boom

January 4, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Firearms History, Gun Hacks, Gun Reviews, Improvised Weapons, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Homemade Guns, Impro Guns, Improvised Weapons, Weapons and Ammo

Holy Shit 😱😱😱
It’s the actual gun Mad Max used in Road Warrior.

Seized yesterday by police in Trinidad and Tobago.

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7.62x39mm Gel Test – 7 Loads Put to the Test

January 4, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in AK Corner, Ammunition Files, Firearm Training Tips, Firearms History, Gun Hacks, Gun Maintenance, Gun Reviews, Gunsmithing, Rifle Corner and tagged AK Corner, Ammo Files, Ammo Penetration Testing, Box O'Truth, Firearms Training, Rifle Corner

7.62x39mm Gel Test – 7 Loads Put to the Test

The Jello Test on seven common x39 loads.

If you ever want to get the scoop on Practical Penetration testing, check out fellow Texan and Firearms Zen Master Ole’ Painless over at the Box o’Truth.

Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!

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