Ever cleaned the cosmoline out of an military surplus firearm? In today’s article, we demonstrate a straightforward way of cosmoline removal using a Type 56 carbine to show the cleaning process. As a lover of guns, I aspire to collect pretty much all of them. But I remember a not-so-distant past where I looked down on “old” military surplus (or “milsurp” as they are often known) guns. After all, what purpose would some old beat-up war rifle serve in a self-defense situation in modern America? So guns like the Mosin-Nagant rifle and under-appreciated SKS never really appealed to me. Getting…
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There are a lot of excellent precision rifle barrels available these days, but how do you pick the best one for your needs?It’s all about the barrel in 2026. Actions are just a delivery device to your chosen barrel.Modern precision rifle barrels are engineered for extreme accuracy, consistency, and longevity and are often used in competitive shooting, long-range hunting, and tactical applications. The rifling process—creating helical grooves inside the barrel to spin the bullet for stability—is a critical factor in performance. The three main methods discussed here are cut rifling, button rifling, and cold hammer forging (CHF). These differ in…
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With the Saudi pipeline being shut down, refineries in the Midwest dealing with outages, the war in Ukraine still hammering energy infrastructure, the Iran conflict disrupting Middle Eastern oil flows, and diesel prices surging here at home, I’ve been getting variations of the same question:How bad could this actually get? Are we looking at another recession, food shortages, food riots, or even a complete collapse of the system?The risk has gone up quite a bit in the last couple of weeks, but I’d separate “serious economic/food-price crisis” from “complete collapse.” The first is absolutely plausible. The second still requires several…
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The Brief: A property dispute in Lehigh Acres, Florida, escalated when Eddie Jordan II attacked a resident with a pickaxe. After being knocked to the ground, the resident shot Jordan in the leg in self-defense. Following a secondary dispute days later, law enforcement officers arrested Jordan near a local convenience store. Jordan was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Investigators ruled the resident’s use of force justified under Florida self-defense laws, as the resident faced an imminent, potentially fatal threat while pinned on the ground beneath an armed assailant. LEHIGH ACRES, FL — A confrontation over property boundaries…
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Editor’s Note: In today’s article, Yamil Sued reviews the XS Sights R3D 2.0 night sights for the Springfield Echelon. But, how do they perform? Read on to get Sued’s take on them. The sights were provided by the company to Sued for review. I’ve been a big fan of tritium night sights for a long time. Any time I test a new every day carry (EDC) pistol, the first questions I ask are: Does it come with tritium night sights, or can I easily find an aftermarket set for it? The author’s Echelon 4.5F wearing a fresh set of XS…
Last week, we warned that America’s fuel system was heading into refinery maintenance season with dangerously little room for another major disruption.Then another disruption showed up.Exxon Mobil’s Joliet refinery outside Chicago lost power Sunday and shut down. As of Friday morning, it still wasn’t running, and Exxon had not given a restart date. The company has since disclosed that floodwater overwhelmed a pump at the refinery, while the original blackout was blamed on storm damage to ComEd power lines.Joliet produces roughly 11 million gallons of gasoline and diesel every day. Five days offline means something on the order of 55…
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