I will first start with the stripper clip (also referred to as a charger clip in commonwealth countries). These were originally invented by Mauser in 1888 and used by many military rifle models since. It consists of a long strip of metal into which cartridges may be slid. At both ends of...
Many years ago, before California went totally crazy, it used to have some world-class gun shows. One of the biggest was the Great Western Gun Show held at the Pomona Fairgrounds with thousands of exhibitors. It was at that show some 40 years ago that I encountered a gentleman who owned...
What do you call it (‘cause I’m him (see also Robert Downey, Jr. in “The Singing Detective”) Are you faking?) Are we faking? Or, have you heard this all over? A machine, two road miners, 5:30. I can’t compete. So I can’t compete, the monsters will be showing (of, ...
The problem with asking gearheads a question like this is that you get the technical answer and not a practical one. As I said. I have both scopes and have compared them side by side on many occasions. Under the most common conditions the larger aperture of the Mak counts sometimes. So...
Cairns are carefully arranged piles of stones, and you will see these all over the place in Iceland. Though while ancient cairns are a natural part of the cultural landscape in many of Iceland’s National Parks, it hasbecome an increasing problemthat tourists are deciding to stack rocks to ...
AR: All the wordplay had to be absolute torture for you as a translator! I can’t thank you enough for being a pun factory and not cursing me out! What I wanted to do was to depict a personal relationship with language, to make something out of mishearings, and above all to turn ...