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Remote Brutality 2025: Burpees For Everyone! (Ad-free)

Grayman & Co Tailoring:

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Because of the scheduling of Finnish Brutality 2025 early this year a...

Larry Thorne Biography Part 2: Green Berets in Vietnam (Ad-free)

"Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry Thorne" by J. Michael Cleverley; recommended English language book on Thorne:

Törni/Thorne shirts & patches:

2025-10-04 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Lauri Törni Biography Part 1: Soldier of Three Armies (Ad-free)

"Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry Thorne" by J. Michael Cleverley; recommended English language book on Thorne:

Törni/Thorne shirts & patches:

2025-10-03 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Bommarito: America’s First Toggle-Locked Battle Rifle (Ad-free)

Designed by Giuseppe Bommarito, this was one of the many independent rifle designs submitted to the US War Department in the 1910s hoping fo

Designed by Giuseppe Bommarito, this was one of th...

An Interesting Silenced Bulgarian Makarov (Ad-free)

Today we are taking a look at an interesting silenced Bulgarian Makarov with a mechanism added to lock the slide. This sort of feature is us

Today we are taking a look at an interesting silen...

BUG Match: Serbu Super Shorty vs MIL Thunder 5 (Ad-free)

Today at the Back-Up Gun Match we have a showdown between shotguns. But not proper shotguns; oh no - we are using only tiny shotguns! Friend of the channel (and regular BUG Match enjoyer) Matt Haug...

Full Conceal M3D

Scheduled for October 18.

Hotchkiss Model 1886 3-pounder Quick Firing Gun (Ad-free)

Small fast boats with torpedos (or other explosives) have always been a threat to large warships. One of the weapons the British Royal Navy adopted to counter that threat was the Hotchkiss Model 18...

M1918A2 MOR: How to Make a Non-NFA BAR (Ad-free)

Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent firearms books:

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Where I Shop for Clothes & Gear (and why it's Varusteleka) (Ad-free)

I've been wearing Varusteleka clothing in my daily life and using their military kit for many years now, because t'swell made, high quality, and comfortable. They very much fit the Nordic stereotyp...

Hovea M44: Husqvarna Makes a Submachine Gun (Ad-free)

The Hovea M44 was tested by the Danish and Swedish militaries in 1945, competing agains the Carl Gustaf M45. It was designed and produced by

The Hovea M44 was tested by the Danish and Swedish...

September 2025 Q&A: All About Battle Rifles (Ad-free)

NATO Battle Rifles book:

https://www.headstamppublishing.com/cold-war-battle

00:30 - What is ...

Prototype vz.38 "Nutcracker" in 9x19mm (Ad-free)

The Czechoslovakian military adopted the vz.38 pistol as a simple blowback action chambered for .380 ACP (well, the Czech military version of .380 ACP). Other countries were interested in other cal...

FAMAS G1: Simplified for Export (Ad-free)

The FAMAS G1 was developed as a lower-cost option for FAMAS export sales. The original F1 model had been offered for international sale, but

The FAMAS G1 was developed as a lower-cost option ...

S.R.E.M.: Britain's Experimental WW2 Bullpup Sniper (Ad-free)

Want to know more about the S.R.E.M. and other British bullpup rifles? Check out Jonathan Ferguson's book on this subject, "Thorneycroft to SA80":

2025-09-15 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

French Marine Commando 2-Gun: CETME-B & MAC-50 (Ad-free)

There is a well-documented incident of the French intercepting a couple hundred CETME-B rifles being smuggled to the FLN in Algeria, and putting them into service with the Marine Commandos. I manag...

Czechoslovakian Flare Pistols: vz 44/67 and vz 44/81 (Ad-free)

In 1951, Czechoslovakia received the technical data package for the Soviet SPSh flare pistol. This was a simple single shot break-action 26.5mm signal flare launcher, and they put it into productio...

French Trials FN CAL: Adding Rifle Grenade Capability (Ad-free)

Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books:

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Japanese Last-Ditch Pole Spear Bayonet (Ad-free)

Japanese bayonets followed the same trend of simplification as Arisaka rifles towards the end of World War Two, culminating in what is today called the "pole bayonet". Abandoning even the fittings ...

Steyr's New Modular Pistols: AT-C Competition and AT-D Defense (Ad-free)

Steyr has just released its first new handgun since the M9. This new design is call the AT (Austria), with a competition model (AT-C) and a service/carry/defense model (AT-D). The gun is a Browning...

September Q&A Question Request: Battle Rifles

Maybe this is too specific a subject, but let's give it a try. For the September Q&A, how about the topic of battle rifles...what would you like to ask?

SIG SP2009 & SP2022

Scheduled for October 3.

The Best Operational Briefcase: American 180 & Laser Sight (Ad-free)

The “American 180 Security Briefcase” is the best execution of the operational briefcase concept that I have yet seen. The idea is simple; hide a submachine gun inside an ordinary looking brief...

Knife-Gun Monday: Sigaud-Barnerias 5mm Pinfire (Ad-free)

Bommarito

Scheduled for October 1.

Registered Bolt vs Registered Receiver Uzis (Ad-free)

Most of the transferrable Uzis in the US are not factory original guns, but rather semi autos that were converted and registered as machine guns in the US before 1986 (when such activity was legal)...

M2 Carbine vs MP44 Sturmgewehr (w/ John Keene) (Ad-free)

Today we are considering two late World War Two rifles: the American M2 Carbine and the German MP-44 Sturmgewehr. Which would you take into combat? The Sturmgewehr is certainly iconic, with a more ...

Webley .22 Target Model Mk IV Revolver (Ad-free)

Webley made a variety of .22 rimfire revolvers and revolver conversions for most of its history. Rimfire conversions were used by the military for reduced-cost training, and they were popular on th...

Potato Digger at War: Marlin Model 1917 Machine Gun (Ad-free)

John Browning’s first machine gun design was a gas operated system that used a swinging lever instead of a linear piston. He presented the first prototype to Colt in 1890, and it went into produc...

"The World's Assault Rifles": Essential for any Firearms Library (Ad-free)

Available from Chipotle Publishing:

https://chipotlepublishing.com/product/the-worlds-as...