I do like the looks of some of the older revolvers, especially those with wood grips. This is an area where modern semiautomatics all seem to fail me...
I think we are actually discussing something very similar, Steed. I should know better than to post off vague recollections without looking it up...
What surprises me is that the secret agents never kept copies of their codes for future posterity to be used in exactly this type of situation....
I think it is, but by the same token some people consider surrendering to be tantamount to cowardice. No one tells stories of the guys who gave up;...
I don't think overlooking your country's misdeeds is anything unique. One thing I found living in Honolulu is that Native Hawaiians have a very...
I saw Swing Kids back in high school! My German teacher was not impressed with its accuracy at all; in fact she basically told us to look at it as...
I read about this yesterday. I'm very curious to see what will be done with them. Of course the technology is obsolete, but the conditions in which...
I am rather fond of 1911s as well. Kimbers are very impressive visually, but I gather their quality is not so great these days. (That said, my...
Here in San Antonio we have Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery; I am not certain whether it is as old as the post, but I think it is very near. My...
Speaking of Babi Yar, have you seen Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem about the massacre? He is one of my favorite Russian poets, and that work is actually...
My name is my username. I'm mid-30s, married, with lots of kids. I'm from and living in San Antonio; my interest in military history is mostly a...
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