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My First Ever Article About Moosecocks
“None of it’s perfect, Dave. None of it is wrong. It is, what it is, when it is. Until it isn’t…” That’s the last thing I remember Pat Rogers saying to me. We were, appropriately enough, talking...
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Mexico Ranked Second Deadliest Country in the World
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) released their Armed Conflict Survey a couple of days ago, beginning with the term hyper-violent criminality. Unfortunately for Mexicans,...
View ArticleReact When Ready – Don’t go Shark-Eyed
React When Ready – Don’t go Shark-Eyed Don’t presume to assume. Don’t suppose you oppose. Think it through. React only when ready, and don’t go shark-eyed. We are about to enter a new year. If every...
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Crossbows, Golden Eagles, and Verisimilitude
Crossbows, Golden Eagles, and Verisimilitude How I get sideways, learn a lot, and get nothing done. Research in fiction is key to accuracy, plausibility, and verisimilitude – but it’s also a depthless...
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Stoopid Headlines: Gay Obama Appointee Legalizes Plastic Guns!
The case of Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dep’t of State, C15-0372RP (W.D. Tex), recently ruled on by the Honorable Judge Robert Pitman, has created a furor over the last several days, but very little...
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Roger Up at the Team Rubicon Roll Call
I finally finished my Team Rubicon training. It only took me, I don’t know, all year? There are several reasons I was procrastinating, but that hardly matters. It’s done now, and I’m finally eligible...
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The thing about tactical is…
…it has so many meanings. Many of them entirely incorrect, even when used correctly. You know what I’m talking about. Tactical is the most common marketing term in the...
View Article“Zeroed In”: Frankie McRae of Raidon Tactics
I’m writing this in June of 2021 but I’m gonna backdate it so it looks like I did it back when this issue of RECOIL actually ran. I recently* wrote an article about a really solid dude who spent a...
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The FYSA Files: a Fanfaronade
I use the term FYSA a lot. Probably too much. And I often use it improperly, when maybe FYI would be better suited. But it made a great alliterative term for my “FYSA File” articles. FYSA means For...
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Tactical Definition: Let’s talk about the T Word
What does tactical mean, you ask? Glad you asked. Even if you didn’t. The most commonly cited tactical definition in my world is something along these lines: “Of or relating to tactics; possessing...
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