Wednesday Wisdom: 11 November 2026

Trijicon Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG)

People often confuse the Bindon aiming concept with occluded eye shooting—they are different. Glyn Bindon was a South African immigrant who came to the United States and worked in the auto industry and also for NASA. He was also the founder of Trijicon; one of America’s most innovative manufacturers of combat optics.

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Folding With Style: The Law-300

The LR-300 was the first AR platform rifle with a folding telescoping stock. It relied on a bolt carrier that looked like half of a standard AR-15’s. Along with this, it used internal buffer springs to bypass the requirement for a receiver extension tube that housed the buffer and buffer spring (not unlike the AR-180, likewise designs, or the ARIC); thereby permitting the weapon to fire repeatedly with a folding stock. This upper receiver (slightly taller than a regular flat-top AR-15) mated to a standard AR pattern lower receiver.

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Understanding Serrated Edges

One of Sal Glesser’s—and Spyderco’s—most revolutionary achievements in the knife industry was the addition of serrated edges to modern pocketknife design. Although true saw blades were included in folding “escape” knives as early as World War II and serrated kitchen knives have long been commonplace, it wasn’t until 1982 and Sal’s C01 Worker™ design that pocketknife blades featured real cutting serrations. Shortly thereafter, his C02 Mariner™ model added them to a sheepfoot bladed folder, pioneering the concept of the modern rescue knife.

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You Really Should Suppress Your Pistol. Here’s How . . .

I must confess that although I have several suitable pistol-caliber suppressors, I rarely use them on pistols. Mine go on pistol caliber carbines. However, here’s a quick guide for making your handgun much quieter. Exact installation varies by each firearm and suppressor, so be sure to consult the manufacturers’ instructions.

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Everything You Might Want to Know About the M3 .50 Cal Machine Gun

 

The Browning M2 is one of the most famous machine guns ever made. The FN M3 takes the same basic .50-caliber lineage and turns the speed up to an absurd 1,100 rounds per minute, or roughly 17 rounds every second.

FN Herstal in Belgium provides a hands-on look at the M3M, the helicopter-mounted version of the M3. We also check out FN’s M3P aircraft gun pod, complete with a .50-cal machine gun and Hydra-compatible rocket tubes, see what armor-piercing explosive incendiary ammunition does to steel, and learn how FN is still refurbishing M2s that were sent to Europe decades ago. (Opens to a long, but fascinating video if you are into the Ma Duce)

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Not So Simple--Context is Everything

In strategic terms, goals and parameters are primary aspects of the context. A martial artist could ask what someone's "favorite attack" was and it's just not that simple. A matrix of context decides what is best in a given moment. 

One way to look at it is that there are four very different types of fights one can get in to:

1) You are completely surprised.

2) You suspect something bad is happening but may not be sure when or what.

3) Mutual fight - you know it's coming and you're waiting for it.

4) You initiate the first attack.

Many, many different things fall under the general heading of violence: getting shot at as a civilian is different than on duty; conducting a military raid is different than getting mugged; a MMA tournament is different than a gang rape; being taken hostage is different than getting caught in a riot. 

You see it when they ask for or offer simple solutions to vague situations. The good answers, the good actions, tend to be simple and efficient. But it is a simplicity that stands out starkly against the chaos yet is largely something the chaos dictates. Simple, but not that simple.

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Layerform Precision LP 3D Printed Chassis for Crickett Youth Rifles

One of the new production technologies that has most affected the firearms market is 3D-printing. Whether for polymer parts or DMLS metal printing of suppressors the computer aided tech has produced fascinating stuff. It has made all kinds of products possible, some useful ,and others that probably should have stayed on the drawing board.

This is a look at something likely falls firmly into the useful category. The Layerform Precision Cricket LP Target Rifle Chassis brings some of the features found on much more expensive precision rifle chassis to an affordable platform designed for young shooters.

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Dumb Criminal: Man Charged in Bizarre Diaper Attack

A young Minnesota man who “enjoyed wearing diapers” and “wanted to be given a ‘binky’” has been charged with assaulting and strangling his girlfriend as he forcefully sought to put a pull-up diaper on her, according to court records.

Investigators yesterday filed a criminal complaint charging Xander Holmberg, 18, with felony and misdemeanor domestic assault offenses in connection with the bizarre mid-June attack in the victim’s bedroom. Comment: I have no idea what a "binky" might be. Lesson: If you want a “binky,” don’t try to force a diaper on someone to get your binky.

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 And Now to More Serious Topics

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COMMUNISM IN AMERICA - PART 3

We must stop mincing words. The Democratic Socialists of America want to change the language. They claim to not be communist, yet you can call a turd a steak, but it will always be just a turd. And after all the debates and words are spoken, the last fact on the table is that socialism of any sort leads to communism.

Communism was the leading ideological cause of death between 1900 and 2000. The 94 million that perished in China, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Eastern Europe easily (and tragically) trump the 28 million that died under Fascist/Nazi regimes during the same period.

The United States may well be heading down the same path. 

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Is the NFA Honeymoon Over? Maybe, Probably

An attorney discusses the possible fallout from the midterm elections vis-à-vis the NFA and the budget process (opens to a video). Thank you, Republicans for not eliminating the NFA altogether when you had the opportunity. I personally have continued to do the Form 4 and Form 1 with zero tax on my NFA purchases and conversions. 

If/when the next session of congress reinstates the NFA tax in the budget reconciliation process, we will likely see the NFA tax raised to an exorbitant amount. If you are thinking about purchasing a suppressor, SBS/SBR, or doing a conversion, you might want to get on with it.

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