End of Watch

End of Watch: Nothing Matters If You Don’t Get Home September 4, 2025 — Evening Some things in life don’t matter. The argument you lost at work. The job that chewed you up. The hours you swore were wasted. What matters is making it home at the end of the day. Walking through that door. … Read more

Words, Naratives and Firearms Rights

Firearms rights — words matter. Words, Narratives, and Firearms Rights It seems like every time the subject of firearms comes up, certain groups work hard to twist the language and shift the conversation. Clear terms get redefined, narratives get rewritten, and before long the public discussion isn’t even about the same thing anymore. I’ve written … Read more

Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm M2.0

Scheels All Sports offered the Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm M2.0 at a steep discount on Black Friday this year.  Since I am rather fond of my M&P 9 Compact I decided to add the M2.0 to my collection.  This one is the full size 4.25″ barrel 17 round gun.  I will say that the … Read more

Homemade Case Lube

Tired of the expense of buying cans of spray case lube?  The last can of Hornaday One Shot I purchased sports a sticker that says I paid $9.99 for it. That’s ridiculous for a 7oz can.  After doing a quick google and youtube search I was able to find an alternative case lube that’s both … Read more

New Ruger 22/45 22lr

This afternoon I met a former coworker in the parking lot of a local gunshop. He was in the market for a shotgun and I happened to have one that rarely saw any use. After we exchanged gun for cash we walked inside. I proceeded to fill out the 4473 form, wait for the background … Read more

New Holster – Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 3.0

I was in need of a replacement for the “temporary” holster that came with my Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm Compact.  After agonizing over the multitudes of kydex holsters on the market today I decided on the Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 3.0 hybrid holster.  Today was my first day with this holster so I really … Read more

Bucket ‘O Lead

This morning I spent some more time in the garage melting lead. So far I have a mostly full 5 gallon bucket of ingots ready to be turned into bullets. This is just the beginning of my lead melting project.