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That has to be a pretty expensive program if they are going to destroy the drone after jettisoning it's guts.

Politics didn’t kill the F-14; operating costs did. It was a very expensive a/c to fly, and with the collapse of the Soviet Union in ’91, its mission of protecting the fleet from hoards of cruise missiles coming over the horizon ended. As a former F-4 guy, I always thought of the F-14 as a pig...

My uncle brought a 4” Luger back from the war. I finally got a chance to play with it. Amazingly bad sights, shot about 3” high at 50’, but it was reliable and shot very well. I know about the money-bar trigger linkage, but in spite of that, it actually had a pretty good trigger pull. I liked it...

The Ultimak aluminum upper handguard clamps pretty tightly to the barrel. I really haven't shot enough over enough time to see how well it holds zero, but it is pretty good so far.

I inherited an Underwood carbine. Shoots very nicely, but my best configuration is replacing the upper handguard with a picatinny rail handguard and mounting a red dot just in front of the receiver.

Magnificent aircraft. I flew against the F-15A's 50 yrs. ago in the F-4. The capabilities of the F-15 just dwarfed the F-4. It has only gotten better over the years.

I love Ruger single actions. I have a 5 1/2" Bisley .45 and several 5 1/2" NMBHs. I prefer the NMBH.

I flew F-4’s out of Andrews in ’76 just as the 1st TFW was getting the brand new F-15A. We got to fight them in dissimilar ACM. The performance of the F-15 was eye watering. They were significantly superior to the F-4 in every area, particularly if the F-4 got below 400 kts. My technique for...

I was a Marine who started flight school in Pensacola, FL, in 1970. I picked jets, and by the time I was combat qualified in the F-4B, the war was over. During the time I was in Kaneohe, HI, I also got to fly helos. As a basic jet guy, flying helos is certainly different.

The linear comp helps with the noise, by pushing it down range, rather than back in the shooter's face. Look in the bright side, we may soon be able to get suppressors without F Troop approval. That would be particularly nice for these short guns.

I like my 11.5" 223 braced AR. Home made, shoots well with Bear Creek barrel. It has a linear comp to help mitigate the noise.

The thing looks interesting, particularly if you like the idea of the straight pull rifles used in biathlon, but the removable barrel seems to me to be a weak point for accuracy. I do notice from the various reports that the accuracy with good ammo is rather casual, but the accuracy with high...

I think 11.5" is a pretty good length for an AR pistol, particularly with a linear comp to push much of the noise down range, away from the shooter, and away from reflection off an overhead covering on the covered line.

What if, during the selection process that resulted in the M-14, when Armalite submitted the AR-10, they hadn’t insisted on a light weight barrel, against the advice of Gene Stoner, and the barrel of the AR-10 had not burst during sustained firing? Would the .308 AR-10 have been selected over...

The Israelis are showing some sense buying the machine gun in .308. In the US, we have not learned Better is the Enemy of Good. The Army wants to convert rifles and machine guns to an optimum caliber to fight the last war, while Biden has been trying to drag us into WW III, after we have given...

I built a .350 Legend with a Wilson 16” barrel. I load mine with minimum load of Lil Gun powder with 124 gr. 9mm RN bullets. The maximum overall length in the charts is 2.050”, but mine doesn’t feed reliably at that length. At 2.12” they feed fine and are pretty accurate. Looking at the feed...

Including when you are getting shot at? I liked to spend most of my time at 500 kts and above.

I confess that as a Marine pilot, I got to fly helos, but most of my time was in the F-4B/N. Helos are great if you like to fly in slow motion. I prefer jets.

I built an AR pistol in .223. Hated it. LOUD! I built a pistol in .350 Legend. Much better.

The titanium version is lighter. How does the durability compare?