Via: Matthew Bracken Substack Circa 1997, I was in Panama, on the Caribbean side, getting my boat ready to transit the canal to the Pacific. I was walking from Colon’s old so-called yacht club (now long gone) through an industrial port area to get to Colon City. When I was passing about…
Category: Improvised Weapons
Improvised Weapons History: The Humble Lady’s Hatpin
Before Mace, a Hatpin Was an Unescorted Lady’s Best Defense There were once, among the rogues’ gallery of men who harass women in public, disreputable fellows known as mashers. The masher took a lady’s arm, the masher took liberties, the masher might, with the slightest provocation, take advantage. He approached a woman he did not…
Guerilla Gunsmith: Guerilla Arms Factory in Colombia
Illicit SMG Factory Raided in Colombia Via: Radios Regionales “Parliamentarians from the Los Ríos region described the clandestine weapons factory found in the commune of Panguipulli as serious. The senator of Renovación Nacional, María José Gatica, assured that this discovery represents the capacity of criminal organizations to establish complex and technically advanced operations…
Improvised Weapons for the N(o)PE
Improvised Weapons for the N(o)PE Good read on keeping it REAL and PRACTICAL. Lot of Bullshit artist out there in the “tactical” community looking to make a buck. Caveat Emptor. An old street cop friend of my dad’s told me one time: “Never discount a determined individual with a screwdriver.” One Mind, Any Weapon….
Escaping Restraints
3 Ways to Escape Zip Ties: An Illustrated Guide As Greg states over at Active Response Training, with home invasions, kidnappings and abductions on the rise it is never a waste of time for the martial citizen to study how to escape common restraints like zip ties and handcuffs, but the PRIMARY GOAL should…
Homemade Firearms Twofer
Homemade MAC-10 Cartel grenade launcher factory raided
Where There is a WILL to be Armed, There will always be a WAY
Derringer & Karambit Make up your Mind Right Now to Stay Armed REGARDLESS of the circumstances. Seek out the Guerilla Gunsmith Skill-Sets RIGHT NOW to enable you to do so.
Impro Guns Twofer
FGC-9 seized in Ecuadorian prison You think American prisons are bad? Imagine doing a cell search and finding this arsenal. Drug dealer SMG “Happy Stick” Glock Mag Sao Paulo Special.
Old Design for New Hard Times
Slam fire zip guns A .22lr and 12 gauge slam fire firearm seized from the home of a man in Monticello, Indiana on September 23, 2022. Project “Safe Neighborhoods”. Remember that term going forward.
Guerilla Warfare History: Commercial and Artisanal Hand Grenades of the Spanish Civil War
Commercial and Artisanal Hand Grenades of the Spanish Civil War Hermit Notes: There are only a handful of Substack Subscriptions I would recommend and Karl Dahl’s is at the top of the list. I also Highly recommend his Fiction. WARNING! Don’t get any silly ideas – the information contained herein is for historic…