David Reeder

80 Percent Arms and a lawsuit by the State of Commiefornia

The State of California is suing the BATFE to make 80% lowers and frames like those of 80 Percent Arms illegal across the entire country.

Gear

Tactical Pen Trionym (see what we did there?)

September 24, 2019October 3, 2020 David Reeder 1 Comment EDC Tactical

The so-called “tactical pen”, also known as a “self-defense pen” is an EDC tactical implement du jour. Is it really a worthwhile carry, though, and which one’s best?

Guns

Henry Repeating Arms – For the Modern Gus McRae

September 1, 2019July 7, 2020 David Reeder 0 Comments Henry Repeating Arms, Lever Guns

Henry Rifle is showing off a contemporary interpretation of the classic American rifle – it’s the Henry X1, first of what we hope is an entire X concept series. Take a look.

Assorted Ramblings

SIG P320 Reviewed

August 20, 2019October 3, 2020 David Reeder 7 Comments M17, Modular Handgun System, Popular, SIG P320, Sig Sauer

This is the SIG P320 reviewed — from several places…but gathered together here, with a partial history, some useless trivia,

Frank Horrigan's Secret Service Glock 47

Guns

Glock 47: Quietly Seeing Service in More and More Units

August 2, 2019December 3, 2020 David Reeder 5 Comments Glock, Glock 47, handguns, new Glock

The Glock 47, provided originally by Glock to CBP, will reportedly now be issued to the Secret Service Special Operations Division.

Learnin'

Grunt Life – the Infantry at War

May 14, 2019July 14, 2019 David Reeder 4 Comments Military Matters

The infantry have been described as the “poor bloody infantry.” Ernie Pyle called them the “mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys.” These are their stories.

KMS Bismarck by AsariGoddess https://www.deviantart.com/asarigoddess

Learnin'

Alternate History Maps and Warfare: Battles of Alternative History

March 16, 2019July 7, 2020 David Reeder 0 Comments Alternate History

What if things England had fallen to the Germans in a timeline where the United States and Japan formed the Oahu Pact? How would a combined Japanese-American fleet fare against a massive Italo-German fleet led by both the Bismarck AND the Tirpitz? Read on and find out.