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Mentoring With Military Firearms — Training and Teaching
A bit of background. My mother’s younger brother carried an M1 Garand as a member of the 103rd Infantry Division…Read More >
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Throwback Thursday: The M3A1 Grease Gun — A Desperate Gun for Desperate Times
At a time when Total War demanded every measure of effort industrial, economic, and spiritual that a nation might muster, the United States attempted to produce a quality submachine gun that was both effective and inexpensive while remaining amenable to mass production. That gun served tank crews well into the 1990s. Guest blogger, Will Dabbs, MD writes about the Grease Gun.
Firearms
Throwback Thursday: The Top 5 Military Side Arms of All Time
In putting together the top combat sidearms, a number of factors influenced the decisions including design, battle performance, cartridge, performance, comparable technology of the day and reliability versus practicality, but can a Glock be considered a “Combat Handgun?” Read on to see if the author agrees.
Firearms
M1 Carbine: The Classic Warhorse (Part III)
Collecting is a journey through the colorful history fraught with fakes and poor quality examples of an otherwise highly desireable firearm. In this final installment of our M1 Carbine overview series, the author covers the good, the bad and the ugly of collecting M1 Carbines, as well as stories of the M1 Carbine for hunting and comparisons to other self-defense guns and calibers.
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M1 Carbine: The Classic Warhorse (Part II)
Part two of this three part series focuses on the reputation of the M1 Carbine from returning GIs, the wave of popularity generated by the $24 rifles offered through the NRA and DCM in the early ’60s, and Hollywood’s contribution—plus a whole lot more!
Firearms
M1 Carbine: The Classic Warhorse
In part one of a three-part series, the author covers the genus of the M1 Carbine, its role in WWII and Korea, and the popularity it has enjoyed with shooters, plinkers, Hollywood movies for over 75 years. In this article, he delves into various versions employed in combat and the feedback—both positive and negative—from the GIs who carried into it harm’s way.
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Decoration Day—Let’s Create Our Roll of Honor
Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, has a murky origin at best, but marks the day we honor those who died while serving our country. Add the name of those you would like publicly remembered to our 2015 Honor Roll.
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Arizona Tears — “Remember Pearl Harbor!”
Today the battle-scarred, submerged remains of the battleship USS Arizona—the final resting place for almost half of the over 2,500 lives lost on the morning of December 7, 1941—remains as a memorial to lost souls and the cost of war.
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Military Surplus Spotlight: “The Ski Troopers” WWII Ski Goggles
Though you know heroes and freedom fighters of yesteryear used much of the military surplus items you acquire, it is rare to come across a piece with such a specific history. Buried deep in a Swiss bunker, we found original WWII, U.S. Mountain Troop ski goggles manufactured by Foster Grant. These well-worn military surplus goggles are a true piece of history. To know that a member of the “greatest generation” fought so hard in such harsh conditions fighting off the Germans, the well-worn goggles are worth every penny.
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The Eleventh Hour, of the Eleventh Day, of the Eleventh Month…
For those who served, regardless of time, duty station, branch of service, Cheaper Than Dirt! wishes to offer you a heartfelt and well deserved “Thank You for Your Service.”