SixSeptember 2251 Tarbos – Fleet Spacedock Four ships, the last remnants of a beat-up Task Force, sat smoking and battered in the Tarbos Fleet spacedock. The Orleans was the last to arrive, and the first man off the battered ship was Rear Admiral Isaac Gauss, on...
August 2251 The Orleans Combat Information Center “Oh, that’s very clever,” Admiral Gauss pointed at two new images that suddenly appeared in the holographic ‘tank’ displaying the exercise. “Captain Wallace brought his task group out of subspace sixteen hundred...
July 2251 Tarbos, six weeks later “Gawd almighty, would you look at that?” Horace Hamilton gaped at the sight. The Mountain View’s Pilot Lounge offered a good view of space to the starboard side of the ship, and it was there that the newest ship in the Fleet was...
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For a change of pace, I have given a little thought to five weapons that you might find handy in the event of Something Bad Happening.
So, without further ado, here are five pistols you should shoot before you die, in no particular order.
Anyone who has read much of my work knows I am a wheelgun man.
Every enthusiastic shooter and collector has a list of guns they want to own, or maybe just to shoot.
So why is this one of the top five shotguns you should shoot before you die?
From Whence Beer? In these virtual pages we've seen some sterling reviews of various beers, so I thought I'd do some speculation as to the origins of the noble brew itself. Benjamin Franklin is reputed to have said "beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be...
Jon frowned down at his shoes.
While Winchester produced several slide-action and semi-auto rimfires prior to the introduction of the Model 52, for the purposes of this piece we’ll just look at (rimfire) bolt guns.
My ideal small-to-medium game rimfire rifle would take this form…
It was in the conquest of Gaul and its aftermath that Antony’s various talents came to the fore.
Someday, probably after I retire and hang up my traveling shoes, I’d like to have another gun dog.
What could possibly go wrong?
Blessed be those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
Every crowd of teenagers has at least one misfit.
Jon beamed; he wasn’t accustomed to his culinary skills receiving that sort of acclaim.
Ewart Grogan was not a man to cross.
Now, as I write these words, I’m seated in a comfortable chair in a warm house, drink at my elbow, with music playing.
Resolved: The .30-06 Springfield, originally known as the Caliber .30 U.S. Govt Model of 1906, is the standard by which all North American centerfire big-game cartridges must be judged.
I reflected that Jon’s perceptions in this matter were probably less than completely reliable…
Lately I’ve been experiencing a little of the old man’s nostalgic desire to visit places I enjoyed in my younger years.
Resolved: The Winchester Model 1894, being a near-perfect combination of rifle and cartridge, is the gold standard by which all succeeding lever-action rifles must be judged.