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Apr 2, 2020
3 min

Wild Bill Hickok, MLB Umpire, Part 2

The game of baseball was gaining traction at the national level following the Civil War, and the first organized leagues were starting to...

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Neal Lane

Apr 2, 2020
3 min

Wild Bill Hickok, MLB Umpire

Well, not really, but pretty close. Stay with me here…. I have various interests outside of firearms, and I freely confess that I have a...

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Neal Lane

Mar 4, 2020
2 min

Making the SKS Weird, Part 2

SG Works, an establishment I was only slightly familiar with, has made a system that completely converts your SKS into a little AUG-ish...

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Neal Lane

Mar 4, 2020
2 min

Making the SKS Weird, Part 1

One thing I love about working in the firearms industry is that everything, and I mean literally everything, eventually comes across my...

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The Walther P38, and Subsequent Pistol Awesomeness - Part 2

Neal Lane

Feb 22, 2020
3 min

The Walther P38, and Subsequent Pistol Awesomeness - Part 2

As it turns out, even the German disarmament was a temporary arrangement, (isn’t everything?) Only ten years later, the Allies were...

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The Walther P38, and Subsequent Pistol Awesomeness - Part 1

Neal Lane

Feb 20, 2020
3 min

The Walther P38, and Subsequent Pistol Awesomeness - Part 1

When I was 10 years old, my dad gave me the coolest toy gun I’d ever seen. I remember that being a significant accomplishment, because...

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Neal Lane

Jul 3, 2019
3 min

Unicorns, Fairy Dust, and the SIG P365

From my first experience with this charming handgun in 2018. Since SIG Sauer officially announced the arrival of the P365 compact 9mm...

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The 6.5 Creedmoor - A Tale of Love at 3rd Sight

Neal Lane

Jul 3, 2019
4 min

The 6.5 Creedmoor - A Tale of Love at 3rd Sight

An early writeup of mine on this controversial little cartridge. I’m not a band wagoner, nor a follower of trendy fads. Not even close....

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